Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan

Help shape Victoria's Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan by participating in an online survey by May 12.

The City of Victoria is developing a Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan and is seeking community input. Once complete, the Plan will identify opportunities and actions for the City and multi-sector partners to help make the community safer and to improve the wellbeing of all Victorians.


Have Your Say

You're invited to complete the Community Safety and Wellbeing Survey to share your concerns, experiences and suggestions. The online survey is available until May 12. Print copies of the survey can be picked up and dropped off at City Hall.

In addition to the survey, the City is working with six local facilitators who will reach out to close to 40 local organizations to create safe and supported dialogues about wellbeing and safety.

Community conversations will also be held with members of the Songhees Nation, the Esquimalt Nation and local Indigenous organizations and the communities they serve.

Individuals who work within an organization, sector or system in Victoria will be invited to complete a survey designed to assess perspectives on systemic challenges and changes that would help foster community safety and wellbeing.

“This public engagement will help us understand people’s thoughts, feelings, perceptions and opinions about wellbeing and safety, and encourage them to share their ideas on possible solutions. Our Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan will include strategies to enhance the quality of life for our community – residents housed and unhoused, businesses, non-profits, workers of all kinds – to create a community that is safe and inclusive for everyone. The Plan will tackle a range of social issues, embracing an array of solutions.” - Mayor Marianne Alto


Background

In August 2023, an 11-member Community Leaders Panel was convened by Mayor Alto to guide the draft Plan’s development and includes Indigenous, business, public health, housing, law enforcement, fire prevention, local service provider and neighbourhood leaders.

To help inform Victoria’s Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan, Muflehun, a resource centre that conducts research and analysis of current hate and extremism challenges, is deriving data from a variety of Canadian sources to compare data on crime, safety and hate in six communities to create comparators for local data.

Development of the Plan is being supported by the Canadian Centre for Safer Communities, a community of practice created to support municipalities to invest in effective, evidence-based and collaborative crime prevention strategies.

Input from surveys, community dialogues and Muflehun’s comparator data will help inform the draft Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan’s recommended actions that will be presented to City Council for consideration in September.

Help shape Victoria's Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan by participating in an online survey by May 12.

The City of Victoria is developing a Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan and is seeking community input. Once complete, the Plan will identify opportunities and actions for the City and multi-sector partners to help make the community safer and to improve the wellbeing of all Victorians.


Have Your Say

You're invited to complete the Community Safety and Wellbeing Survey to share your concerns, experiences and suggestions. The online survey is available until May 12. Print copies of the survey can be picked up and dropped off at City Hall.

In addition to the survey, the City is working with six local facilitators who will reach out to close to 40 local organizations to create safe and supported dialogues about wellbeing and safety.

Community conversations will also be held with members of the Songhees Nation, the Esquimalt Nation and local Indigenous organizations and the communities they serve.

Individuals who work within an organization, sector or system in Victoria will be invited to complete a survey designed to assess perspectives on systemic challenges and changes that would help foster community safety and wellbeing.

“This public engagement will help us understand people’s thoughts, feelings, perceptions and opinions about wellbeing and safety, and encourage them to share their ideas on possible solutions. Our Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan will include strategies to enhance the quality of life for our community – residents housed and unhoused, businesses, non-profits, workers of all kinds – to create a community that is safe and inclusive for everyone. The Plan will tackle a range of social issues, embracing an array of solutions.” - Mayor Marianne Alto


Background

In August 2023, an 11-member Community Leaders Panel was convened by Mayor Alto to guide the draft Plan’s development and includes Indigenous, business, public health, housing, law enforcement, fire prevention, local service provider and neighbourhood leaders.

To help inform Victoria’s Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan, Muflehun, a resource centre that conducts research and analysis of current hate and extremism challenges, is deriving data from a variety of Canadian sources to compare data on crime, safety and hate in six communities to create comparators for local data.

Development of the Plan is being supported by the Canadian Centre for Safer Communities, a community of practice created to support municipalities to invest in effective, evidence-based and collaborative crime prevention strategies.

Input from surveys, community dialogues and Muflehun’s comparator data will help inform the draft Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan’s recommended actions that will be presented to City Council for consideration in September.

Page last updated: 18 Apr 2024, 12:23 PM