Community Well Being (CWB) Index Dataset Overview The Community Well Being (CWB) Index is a publicly available dataset that assigns each Canadian community including First Nations, Inuit and non Indigenous census subdivisions a socio economic “well being score.” The scores are compiled from four core components education, labour force activity, income and housing all drawn from Statistics Canada s Census of Population. For each community the dataset provides an overall CWB score (0 100) and, where data permit, component scores. The index was created and is maintained by Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), formerly Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada. It was launched in the early 1980s to give policymakers, researchers and Indigenous partners a consistent metric for tracking community welfare over time. Purpose use cases - Benchmarking Indigenous versus non Indigenous community outcomes. - Monitoring trends across the 40 year series (1981 2021). - Guiding federal, provincial and municipal program design and resource allocation. - Academic research on socio economic disparities and policy effectiveness. Key features / unique aspects - Four component, census based methodology that is transparent and repeatable. - Longitudinal coverage (four decades) enabling trend analysis. - Open government portal and interactive map that publish scores while suppressing component data for very small communities to protect privacy. - Allows direct comparison of individual community scores and aggregate averages for First Nations, Inuit and non Indigenous groups. These characteristics make the CWB dataset a cornerstone tool for assessing and addressing socio economic well being across Canada s diverse communities.