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Overview

About the Project
The Community Action for Workforce Development program is an initiative funded by the Government of Canada through the Community Workforce Development Program that pilots intersectional, community-led workforce planning models in three rural communities across Canada that support economic diversification strategies that take action on climate change and contribute to clean growth. In each community, the process engages small and medium enterprises from a range of industries and sectors as well as relevant community-based organisations and public agencies in community workforce planning, training and work placements in order to provide upskilling and reskilling training, wrap-around supports and work placements.
About CCEDNet
The Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet) is a values-based, non-profit association committed to connecting people and ideas for action that builds local economies, strengthens communities, and benefits everyone. We have members throughout Canada, including organisations, networks, and individuals who are strengthening sustainable and equitable local economies. Members are active across many sectors such as community development, social enterprise, rural development, co-operative development, employment development, and housing.
We are committed to the values of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Dignity, Self-Determination, Solidarity, and Local Control. Together, we are working towards sustainable and inclusive communities directing their own social, environmental, and economic futures through our Theory of Change.
Project Partners
CCEDNet is working with the following community partners to complete this project:
Community Futures Lesser Slave Lake, Town of Slave Lake, Alberta
Golden Community Economic Development, Town of Golden, British Columbia
Community Data Program (CDP)
CDP is preparing a rural community workforce development data portal for all municipalities across Canada to provide secondary data that can support these communities in developing their own workforce development plans and enacting a similar project.
Project Documents
Community Profiles
Arnprior, Ontario

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Golden, British Columbia

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Slave Lake, Alberta

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Click here to download the data used to produce the Community Profiles.
Clean Economy Profiles
Infographics and Dashboards
Community Profile Infographics - Demographic ProfileImage
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How-to Guides
For more information, please refer to these step-by-step guides:
- Registering and Creating a User Account
- Accessing data using the Beyond 20/20 data tool
- Accessing Dashboard and infographics using Tableau Data Tool
A video orientation for the Rural Community Workforce Data Portal is available here.
Click here to view definitions for terminology used in the Community Profiles.
For an orientation of the Beyond 20/20 software, skip ahead to the 30-minute mark of this orientation: https://communitydata.ca/resources/webinars/orientation-aug-16
You can also contact information@communitydata.ca if you have any questions about the data or this data portal.
Webinars
Upcoming Webinars
- TBD: Community Partner feedback on the Community Workforce Development Infographics
Past Webinars
- October 25, 2023: Orientation to the Community Data Program, the Catalogue and More
See the full list of upcoming and past webinars here. Recordings are available for most past webinars.
CDP Membership
Is your organization already part of a Data Consortium? Register as an individual user and find out more about the CDP.
Do you represent a member organization that needs to renew their membership? Do it online.
If a Consortium already exists in your community, you can join an existing Consortium as a Member Organization.
If there's no Consortium in your community, we encourage you to start one! It's a great way to access small-area data, bring together local groups, and join the Canada-wide CDP network.
- Learn more about membership in the Community Data Program
- Learn more about the Community Data Program
- See the CDP orientation presentation
- Check out a Memorandum of Agreement template
- Contact the CDP to establish a new Consortium in your community