The Art of Ranking Places
We have all seen them, lists of the “top ten places for….”. Some are good, others not so much. With our release of the quality of life series, it is inevitable that the data will be used to add to the ever growing list of best and worst places. We recently were...
Does Money Make You Happy?
In the Panorama segmentation system, the most affluent segments are assigned to the lowest numbers with 01 One Percenters holding the top spot for affluence. Does money translate into happiness, or at least a better quality of life? To answer that question, we...
New Chronic Disease and Health Risk Factors Data
For many years now, we have carried healthcare data relating to estimates of expected case loads by condition, mostly used by hospitals and insurance companies. However, this leaves a gap for those suffering from chronic diseases and the various lifestyle habits that...
In Memory of a Mentor and Friend
This week, I read with considerable sadness of the passing of an old friend and mentor, Tony Lea. As many will know, Tony was an integral part of the success of Environics Analytics in Toronto over the past two decades. I first met Tony some forty years ago when I...
November 2022 Round-Up
At the end of each month, the AGS team looks back at articles and blog posts that we saw this month that stood out to us. Some are from news agencies, and many come from our partners, but not all use our data. Here is the round-up from November 2022. CBRE We are right...
Choose Your Own Adventure
Growing up, there was a series of books that was very popular among my classmates. It was a variety of different stories, but they all had the same theme—choose your own adventure. You would read a section, and then at the end it would instruct you to turn to page 27...
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