{
  "id": "mental-health-rating",
  "category": "Health and well-being",
  "title": "Adults who rate their mental health very good or excellent, 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 say their mental health is very good or excellent?",
  "value": 46.6,
  "display_value": "46.6%",
  "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": 44.8,
    "change_percent": 1.8,
    "change_unit": "percentage points"
  },
  "breaks": [
    {
      "period": "2022",
      "label": "Survey redesigned"
    }
  ],
  "trend": "context",
  "direction_good": "up",
  "right_direction": "A higher share means more adults say their mental health is very good or excellent.",
  "trend_basis": "46.6% in 2023/24 (95% confidence interval 42.7 to 50.6) against 44.8% in 2021/22. Statistics Canada flags 2023/24 as not statistically different from 2021/22. B.C.: 49.1%. Canada: 53.7%.",
  "since_text": "B.C. 49.1%, Canada 53.7% in 2023/24. It is what people say about themselves, not a diagnosis.",
  "compare_text": "B.C. 49.1%, Canada 53.7%",
  "ci": [
    {
      "period": "2015/16",
      "low": 69.8,
      "high": 76.5
    },
    {
      "period": "2017/18",
      "low": 64.5,
      "high": 72.1
    },
    {
      "period": "2019/20",
      "low": 55.8,
      "high": 65.4
    },
    {
      "period": "2021/22",
      "low": 40.5,
      "high": 49.3
    },
    {
      "period": "2023/24",
      "low": 42.7,
      "high": 50.6
    }
  ],
  "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": "Perceived mental health, very good or excellent: 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": 73.3
            },
            {
              "period": "2017/18",
              "value": 68.5
            },
            {
              "period": "2019/20",
              "value": 60.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2021/22",
              "value": 44.8
            },
            {
              "period": "2023/24",
              "value": 46.6
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "British Columbia",
          "area": "bc",
          "series": [
            {
              "period": "2015/16",
              "value": 68.5
            },
            {
              "period": "2017/18",
              "value": 66.3
            },
            {
              "period": "2019/20",
              "value": 62.4
            },
            {
              "period": "2021/22",
              "value": 53.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2023/24",
              "value": 49.1
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "Canada",
          "area": "canada",
          "series": [
            {
              "period": "2015/16",
              "value": 71.2
            },
            {
              "period": "2017/18",
              "value": 69.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2019/20",
              "value": 65.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2021/22",
              "value": 56.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2023/24",
              "value": 53.7
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "series": [
    {
      "period": "2015/16",
      "value": 73.3
    },
    {
      "period": "2017/18",
      "value": 68.5
    },
    {
      "period": "2019/20",
      "value": 60.7
    },
    {
      "period": "2021/22",
      "value": 44.8
    },
    {
      "period": "2023/24",
      "value": 46.6
    }
  ],
  "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, “Perceived mental health, very good or excellent”, Percent, 2023/24",
    "reads": "2023/24: 46.6% (95% CI 42.7 to 50.6); 2021/22: 44.8%"
  },
  "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": "2026-11-13T05:22:10Z",
  "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": 44.8,
      "text": "vs 2021/22: not comparable"
    },
    "five_year": {
      "period": "2019/20",
      "years": 4,
      "value": 60.7,
      "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": 5,
    "rung_name": "No target found",
    "as_of": "2026-11-12",
    "items": [
      {
        "kind": "none",
        "label": "No target found",
        "text": "No target for how people rate their mental health found in the Ministry of Health 2026/27 to 2028/29 Service Plan (February 2026), as of November 12, 2026. Its mental health and substance use measures are about treatment. Who could set one: the Province of B.C.",
        "area": "British Columbia",
        "source": {
          "title": "Ministry of Health 2026/27 to 2028/29 Service Plan",
          "publisher": "Province of B.C.",
          "date": "February 2026",
          "url": "https://www.bcbudget.gov.bc.ca/2026/sp/pdf/ministry/hlth.pdf",
          "terms": "https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/home/copyright",
          "refresh": "Yearly, with the provincial budget (February)",
          "licence": "Public document, not under an open licence. Quoted with attribution.",
          "checked": "2026-11-12",
          "key": "moh_sp"
        },
        "documents_checked": null
      },
      {
        "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."
  },
  "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,
  "no_target_found": {
    "documents_checked": [
      "moh_sp"
    ],
    "checked_on": "2026-11-12",
    "who_could_set": [
      "Province of B.C."
    ]
  },
  "decided_by": [
    {
      "body": "BC",
      "name": "Province of B.C.",
      "decides": "Sets provincial standards for health services and appoints Island Health’s board.",
      "laws": [
        {
          "key": "haa3",
          "label": "Health Authorities Act, s. 3",
          "url": "https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/96180_01#section3"
        },
        {
          "key": "haa4",
          "label": "Health Authorities Act, s. 4",
          "url": "https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/96180_01#section4"
        }
      ],
      "last": null,
      "next": null
    },
    {
      "body": "IH",
      "name": "Island Health",
      "decides": "Plans and runs health services in the region: which services, which facilities and the programs that deliver them.",
      "laws": [
        {
          "key": "haa5",
          "label": "Health Authorities Act, s. 5",
          "url": "https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/96180_01#section5"
        }
      ],
      "last": null,
      "next": null
    },
    {
      "body": "NONE",
      "name": "No government decides this directly",
      "note": "Mental health also depends on work, income, housing and relationships, which no single government decides."
    }
  ],
  "main_decision_maker": "Province of B.C.",
  "label_1y": {
    "key": "nc",
    "label": "Not comparable"
  },
  "label_long": {
    "key": "nc",
    "label": "Not comparable",
    "years": 4,
    "change": "not comparable"
  },
  "target_line": {
    "form": 4,
    "text": "No target found · B.C. 49.1%",
    "target": null,
    "gap": null,
    "comparison": "B.C. 49.1%",
    "applies_here": false,
    "note": null
  }
}