National Human Settlement - Social Fabric and Capacity Thresholds

The Social Vulnerability component of the National Human Settlement Layer (NHSL) includes information about broad spatial patterns of social vulnerability at the neighbourhood scale, and indicators about the capacities for a community to withstand and recover from disaster events based on intrinsic characteristics of housing, family structure, individual autonomy and financial agency.

Information in the model provides a means of comparing relative levels of social vulnerability from one region to another across Canada and helps to identify specific dimensions within a community that contributes to their relative levels of social vulnerability. This information is not intended for site-specific study, but instead to understand broad patterns of social characteristics and vulnerability across multiple census dissemination areas.

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Champ	Valeur
Dernière modification	avril 17, 2026, 18:21 (TU)
Créé le	avril 17, 2026, 18:21 (TU)
contact_email	philip.lesueur@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
contact_person	{"fr": "Gouvernement du Canada; Ressources naturelles Canada; Secteur des terres et des minéraux, La commission géologique du Canada,GSC.info.CGC@RNCn-gc.ca", "en": "Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Lands and Minerals Sector, Geological Survey of Canada,,GSC.info.CGC@NRCan.gc.ca"}
criticality_level	[]
data_dictionary	["society"]
geographic_scope	[]
open_canada_collection	fgp
open_canada_date_published	2020-11-15 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"fr": ["Planification", "Développement durable", "Gestion des terres"], "en": ["Planning", "Sustainable development", "Land management"]}
open_canada_subject	["society_and_culture"]
sensitivity_level	unrestricted
title_fr	Zones de peuplement au niveau national - Tissu social et seuils de capacité
update_frequency	as_needed