The Region of Peel, located directly west of Toronto and York Region, includes the City of Mississauga, the City of Brampton and the Town of Caledon. Compared to Ontario, Peel has a higher proportion of children and young families, is slightly better educated and has a higher proportion of immigrants, visible minorities, and those who speak neither official language.

Topics covered within this chapter include:

• Peel population demographics
• Homelessness
• Education
• Income and low income
• Employment
• Immigration status, ethnic origin and visible minority status
• Religion
• Language

Who Lives in Peel region? (PDF 13 pages, 2.30MB)

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Table of contents:

• Table of Contents (PDF 50KB, 1 page)
• Executive Summary (PDF 378KB, 4 pages)
• How to Read this Report (PDF 120KB, 1 page)



• What is Public Health? (Chapter 1)
• Determinants and Disparities (Chapter 2)
  * revised
• Risk Factors (Chapter 3) * revised
• Who Lives in Peel region?
  (Chapter 4)
• How Healthy are the Residents of Peel? (Chapter 5)
• Reproductive and Perinatal Health (Chapter 6)
• Heart Disease and Stroke (Chapter 7)
• Cancer (Chapter 8)
• Lung Disease (Chapter 9)
• Injuries (Chapter 10)
• Dental Health (Chapter 11)
• Mental Health (Chapter 12)
• Infectious Disease (Chapter 13)
• The Health of Cities (Chapter 14)
• Focus on Overweight, Obesity and Diabetes (Chapter 15)
• The Physical Environment (Chapter 16)
• Health Services (Chapter 17)
• Preventing Chronic Disease (Chapter 18) * revised
• Data Analysis Issues and Next Steps (Chapter 19, PDF 261KB, 2 pages)
• Acknowledgements (Chapter 20, PDF 113KB, 1 page)
• Data Sources and Limitations (Chapter 21, PDF 611KB, 10 pages)
• Data Methods (Chapter 22, PDF 883KB, 11 pages)
• Text References (Chapter 23, PDF 1.09MB, 19 pages)
• Data References (Chapter 24, PDF 111KB, 1 page)