Early Development Instrument (EDI) Neighbourhood Boundary

64 EDI neighbourhoods have been delineated in York Region. Neighbourhoods are identified by socio-demographic similarities and distinctive characteristics throughout a geographic area, and they reflect the communities in which children live. Several criteria were assessed when delineating the EDI Neighbourhood boundaries: an extensive community consultation process was conducted that identified geographic areas which reflected residents’ perceptions of the communities in which they lived; natural boundaries such as highways, railways and watercourses were taken into consideration; it was required that the EDI sample size be large enough in each neighbourhood to support statistically sound data analysis and to ensure that no child could be identified; it was necessary to limit the EDI neighbourhoods to a reasonable number for data analysis purposes; EDI neighbourhood boundaries were based on dissemination areas (DAs) to facilitate the use of Census/NHS data which are available at the DA level. Each EDI neighbourhood consists of a complete set of DAs; EDI results for each neighbourhood include all children that live within the neighbourhood regardless of which school they attend.

Publisher

The Regional Municipality of York

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Catalogue metadata updated

2025-08-01