{
  "id": "life-satisfaction",
  "category": "Health and well-being",
  "title": "Adults satisfied or very satisfied with their life, South Vancouver Island",
  "geography": "South Vancouver Island health service delivery area (Greater Victoria, Western Communities, Saanich Peninsula, Southern Gulf Islands)",
  "scope": "region",
  "levels": [
    "People and families",
    "Provincial (health system)"
  ],
  "plain_question": "Out of every 100 adults, how many are satisfied or very satisfied with their life?",
  "value": 82.0,
  "display_value": "82.0%",
  "unit": "of adults (18 and over), 2023/24",
  "period": "2023/24",
  "period_start": "2023-01-01",
  "period_end": "2024-12-31",
  "comparison": {
    "previous_period": "2021/22",
    "previous_value": 81.7,
    "change_percent": 0.3,
    "change_unit": "percentage points"
  },
  "breaks": [
    {
      "period": "2022",
      "label": "Survey redesigned"
    }
  ],
  "trend": "context",
  "direction_good": "up",
  "right_direction": "A higher share means more adults are satisfied with their life.",
  "trend_basis": "82.0% in 2023/24 (95% confidence interval 79.1 to 84.5) against 81.7% in 2021/22. Statistics Canada flags 2023/24 as not statistically different from 2021/22. B.C.: 82.2%. Canada: 84.3%.",
  "since_text": "B.C. 82.2%, Canada 84.3% in 2023/24. It is what people say about their own life.",
  "compare_text": "B.C. 82.2%, Canada 84.3%",
  "ci": [
    {
      "period": "2015/16",
      "low": 92.1,
      "high": 95.6
    },
    {
      "period": "2017/18",
      "low": 87.9,
      "high": 93.3
    },
    {
      "period": "2019/20",
      "low": 90.2,
      "high": 94.9
    },
    {
      "period": "2021/22",
      "low": 77.5,
      "high": 85.2
    },
    {
      "period": "2023/24",
      "low": 79.1,
      "high": 84.5
    }
  ],
  "caveats": [
    "Canadian Community Health Survey, two-year estimates for adults 18 and over. Each figure is an estimate with a 95% confidence interval (in the table).",
    "Survey redesign (marked on the chart): Statistics Canada introduced a redesigned questionnaire and a new collection method in 2022 and advises caution when comparing 2022 and later with earlier years. The 2021/22 estimate pools one year of each method. No change is calculated across that break, so this page has no better or worse label until the next estimate on the new method (2025/26).",
    "The area is the Province's South Vancouver Island health service delivery area (Greater Victoria, the Western Communities, the Saanich Peninsula and the Southern Gulf Islands). No City of Victoria figure is published."
  ],
  "charts": [
    {
      "title": "Life satisfaction, satisfied or very satisfied: South Vancouver Island, B.C. and Canada",
      "fmt": "dec1",
      "unit": "%",
      "breaks": [
        {
          "period": "2022",
          "label": "Survey redesigned"
        }
      ],
      "lines": [
        {
          "name": "South Vancouver Island",
          "area": "svi",
          "series": [
            {
              "period": "2015/16",
              "value": 94.1
            },
            {
              "period": "2017/18",
              "value": 91.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2019/20",
              "value": 92.9
            },
            {
              "period": "2021/22",
              "value": 81.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2023/24",
              "value": 82.0
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "British Columbia",
          "area": "bc",
          "series": [
            {
              "period": "2015/16",
              "value": 91.9
            },
            {
              "period": "2017/18",
              "value": 91.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2019/20",
              "value": 92.4
            },
            {
              "period": "2021/22",
              "value": 88.3
            },
            {
              "period": "2023/24",
              "value": 82.2
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "Canada",
          "area": "canada",
          "series": [
            {
              "period": "2015/16",
              "value": 92.5
            },
            {
              "period": "2017/18",
              "value": 92.8
            },
            {
              "period": "2019/20",
              "value": 93.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2021/22",
              "value": 89.4
            },
            {
              "period": "2023/24",
              "value": 84.3
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "series": [
    {
      "period": "2015/16",
      "value": 94.1
    },
    {
      "period": "2017/18",
      "value": 91.0
    },
    {
      "period": "2019/20",
      "value": 92.9
    },
    {
      "period": "2021/22",
      "value": 81.7
    },
    {
      "period": "2023/24",
      "value": 82.0
    }
  ],
  "refresh_frequency": "Every two years (two-year estimates)",
  "data_published": "2026-05-06",
  "source": {
    "name": "Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, two-year estimates, table 13-10-0972-01",
    "url": "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1310097201",
    "dataset_url": "https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/fca91b77-ecab-4305-a265-12ba44167661",
    "table_url": "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1310097201",
    "table": "13-10-0972-01",
    "publisher_page": "https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/survey/household/3226",
    "locator": "Table 13-10-0972-01: South Vancouver Island Health Service Delivery Area, Total 18 years and over, Both sexes, “Life satisfaction, satisfied or very satisfied”, Percent, 2023/24",
    "reads": "2023/24: 82.0% (95% CI 79.1 to 84.5); 2021/22: 81.7%"
  },
  "licence": {
    "name": "Open Government Licence - Canada",
    "url": "https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada"
  },
  "attribution": "Adapted from Statistics Canada, table 13-10-0972-01. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-11-13T05:22:13Z",
  "significance": {
    "significant": false,
    "text": "Statistics Canada's own test: 2023/24 is not statistically different from 2021/22."
  },
  "licence_type": "open",
  "source_tier": 1,
  "measure_kind": "outcome",
  "better_measure": null,
  "status_rule": {
    "rule": "One rule for every measure: a change smaller than 5% of the earlier value, or smaller than the agency's own margin of error, is “About the same”; no change is calculated across a marked break in a series; homelessness estimates, prices, staffing and comparison pages are shown for context without a label.",
    "reason": "Shown for context, without a better or worse label.",
    "threshold_percent": 5.0
  },
  "changes": {
    "year": {
      "period": "2021/22",
      "value": 81.7,
      "text": "vs 2021/22: not comparable"
    },
    "five_year": {
      "period": "2019/20",
      "years": 4,
      "value": 92.9,
      "comparable": false,
      "text": "vs 2019/20: not comparable"
    }
  },
  "direction": {
    "type": "outcome",
    "rule": "Outcome measures read Better, Worse or About the same; published government targets read Ahead of, On or Behind target; value-judgement measures read Rising, Falling or Steady in a neutral colour. A change smaller than the agency's own margin of error, or otherwise smaller than 5% of the earlier value, is About the same (or Steady). No change is calculated across a marked break in a series.",
    "key": "nc",
    "label": "Not comparable",
    "vs": "2021/22",
    "why": "Survey redesigned, so it is not compared with 2021/22.",
    "five": {
      "period": "2019/20",
      "comparable": false,
      "years": 4,
      "text": "not comparable",
      "longest": true
    }
  },
  "benchmark": {
    "rung": 4,
    "rung_name": "Context measure: no target expected",
    "as_of": "2026-11-12",
    "items": [
      {
        "kind": "context",
        "label": "Context measure: no target expected",
        "area": null,
        "source": null,
        "documents_checked": null,
        "text": "Context measure: no target expected. How residents feel about their life, from a survey. This site has not found a government target for it."
      },
      {
        "kind": "compare",
        "label": "Comparison, not a goal",
        "area": null,
        "source": null,
        "documents_checked": null,
        "text": "The British Columbia and Canada lines are shown for comparison. They are not a goal."
      }
    ],
    "drawn": [],
    "rule": "Highest rung found is shown; the site never sets a target. Methods, Targets."
  },
  "no_target_expected": "How residents feel about their life, from a survey. This site has not found a government target for it.",
  "benchmarks": [
    {
      "rung": 4,
      "kind": "comparison",
      "label": "The British Columbia and Canada lines are shown for comparison. They are not a goal.",
      "fit": "full",
      "drawn": true,
      "area": null,
      "applies_here": false,
      "same_measure": true
    }
  ],
  "highest_rung": 4,
  "decided_by": [
    {
      "body": "NONE",
      "name": "No government decides this directly",
      "note": "Each person’s life depends on many things no government decides."
    },
    {
      "body": "COV",
      "name": "City of Victoria Council",
      "decides": "Decides the City’s services, such as parks, recreation and community programs.",
      "laws": [
        {
          "key": "cc8",
          "label": "Community Charter, s. 8",
          "url": "https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/03026_02#section8"
        }
      ],
      "last": null,
      "next": null
    }
  ],
  "main_decision_maker": "No government decides this directly",
  "label_1y": {
    "key": "nc",
    "label": "Not comparable"
  },
  "label_long": {
    "key": "nc",
    "label": "Not comparable",
    "years": 4,
    "change": "not comparable"
  },
  "target_line": {
    "form": 7,
    "text": "No target expected · B.C. 82.2%",
    "target": null,
    "gap": null,
    "comparison": "B.C. 82.2%",
    "applies_here": false,
    "note": "How residents feel about their life, from a survey. This site has not found a government target for it."
  }
}