While the number is still relatively high, the Quality of Life score has gone down for the City’s Satisfaction Survey.
More than 2,700 people answered the online survey that covered a range of topics like quality of life, community & belonging, perceptions on crime & public safety as well as perceived value for tax dollars spent.
Survey numbers show that people are logging a lower quality of life in Thunder Bay, that number went down by six points since the 2019 survey but be given a C grade or 76 per cent according to the data.
Even though 51 per cent of people responded that crime/public safety was top of mind for them in the city, more than 2,200 people do feel safe which is up by 28 points. The top three reasons that people noted for a good quality of life in Thunder Bay;
- More access to the outdoors/wildlife (140 respondents)
- A lot of facilities/entertainment available (77 respondents)
- Good cost of living/affordable (37 respondents)
*based off of the 378 people who responded that quality is good/very good in the City of Thunder Bay
When it comes to satisfaction around city services the most answering “not very satisfied” at 47 per cent, 33 per cent were “satisfied”, 12 percent were “very satisfied” and 7 per cent noted that they were “not at all satisfied”.
On the flip side when noting specific city services the majority was in the “very/somewhat satisfied” range, with the highest satisfaction with Fire, Public Library and Emergency Medical Services.
A full breakdown of the survey results can be found here.