Join a community conversation about safety and well-being

HAMILTON, ON - Community safety and well-being cannot be addressed in isolation by any one institution, organization, sector, or individual – it needs all our collective action. The City of Hamilton and community partners are working to develop a Community Safety and Well-Being (CSWB) Plan and invite residents to join the conversation.

“Community safety and well-being impacts all of us. To create meaningful shifts and to ignite change we must take collective action to develop improved outcomes for our citizens. This means reviewing, rethinking and revaluating how we approach community safety and well being in order to create a more comprehensive, proactive and preventive approach.”

- Mayor Fred Eisenberger

Community input is needed to come up with creative solutions and ideas to tackle complex social issues facing Hamilton. Between November 9 and November 27, 2020 residents are encouraged to provide their input and shape Hamilton’s Community Safety and Well-Being Plan by visiting Engage.Hamilton.ca.

The aim of the Community Safety and Well-Being plan is to ensure all residents in the community feel safe, has a sense of belonging and can meet their needs for education, healthcare, food, housing, income, and social and cultural expression. Throughout the planning process the ideas, opinions of various stakeholders, service providers, and the broader community will help inform the plan, priorities, and strategies and actions.

“The development of a Community Safety and Well-Being Plan will enhance and build on work underway at the City and across the community. This planning is an opportunity to further examine root causes of complex social issues, and consider new ways to invest in the community, better align and integrate and balance services and supports across sectors.”

- Paul Johnson, General Manager, Healthy and Safe Communities Department

Quick Facts

• Community Safety and Well-Being plans support safe and healthy communities through a community-based and data driven approach to address root causes of complex social issues.
• The planning process seeks to achieve a proactive, balanced and collaborative approach to community safety and well-being across four key areas: social development, prevention, risk intervention, and incident response.
• Under the Province's Safer Ontario Act, 2018 municipalities are required to develop a Community Safety & Well-being Plan using the provincial government’s Community Safety and Well-Being Framework.

Additional Resources

• Provide input on Hamilton’s Community Safety and Well-Being Plan by visiting www.engage.hamilton.ca
• Learn about the development of Hamilton’s Community Safety and Well-Being Plan