Community Safety and Well-Being Plan

Advisory Committee What is a Community Safety and Well-Being Plan? is located about 515 km from Thunder Bay on route A Community Safety and Well-being Plan addresses key issues in areas like 105 North. Red Lake is located 70 km north of Ear Falls. • Municipality of Red Lake education, mental health, food security, housing, crime and violence to ensure Both are reliant on tourism and resource-based industries. • Township of Ear Falls healthy and vibrant communities. It helps agencies and community groups work 45 minutes apart on a provincial highway, proximity to each • Keewatin Patricia District School Board together to respond to issues more effectively and develop innovative ways to other and isolation from other communities means planning • Conseil scolaire de district catholique des improve the lives of residents. together makes sense. A joint Community Safety and Well- Aurores boréales (French Catholic School Being Plan will enable opportunities for collaboration while What is happening here? Board) recognizing the unique circumstances of each community. • Community Counselling & Addictions Red Lake and Ear Falls have established an Advisory Committee to lead development Services of a joint plan for our communities. The Committee is seeking input from the The highway currently ends in Red Lake, but the proposed • Northwestern Health Unit community to help identify key risk factors, current gaps in services, and “Road South” has the potential to connect Red Lake and Ear • Red Lake Indian Friendship Centre opportunities to make a difference. Falls to a growing regional population. Over 10,000 people • District Services Board that live in the First Nation communities of Pikangikum, • Firefly Sandy Lake, Keewaywin, Deer Lake, North Spirit Lake, Coordinated, impactful services To reduce demand here… • Kenora Child and Family McDowell Lake, and will be able to here … Services drive to Red Lake with an all-season road. It is estimated to • Tikinagan Child and Family Services be complete in 2023. • Provincial Police • Red Lake Police Services Board Population 12,000 Establish Advisory Committee •Identify Risk Factors 10,000 •Identify Services 8,000 •Engage Community

6,000 Develop Plan 4,000 •Engage Community •Municipal Adoption 2,000

0 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 Communicate & Implement Plan (2021+) Red Lake Ear Falls Region Snapshot – Red Lake Detachment Crime Incidents, OPP Annual Distribution of Family Income, 2016 Reports 80% Select 250 70% 225 60% 200 Community 50% 150 40% Statistics 122 100 98 30% 20% 50 10% 0 5 0% 2017 2018 2019 Red Lake Ear Falls Ontario Kenora, City Dryden Kenora, District

Violent Crime Property Crime Drug Crime Total In the bottom half of the distribution In the top half of the distribution

Red Lake & Ear Falls Average House Price** Level of Education Achieved (Population over 15 years of age), 2016 • Red Lake: $241,000 Compared to Ontario* • Ear Falls: $148,000 40% Average Monthly Rent** 35% • Red Lake: $961 Alcohol related E.R. • Ear Falls: $758 30% 5X visits Tenants in subsidized housing** 25% • Red Lake: 25% • Ear Falls: 32% 20% Spending more than 30% of income on 15% E.R. visits from mental shelter** 10% 4X & behavioural disorders • Red Lake Total: 13% due to substance abuse o Renters 31% 5% • Ear Falls Total: 16% 0% o Renters: 22% Red Lake Ear Falls Kenora (District) Ontario Shortage of Long-Term Care space No certificate, diploma or degree Hospitalization related • Red Lake: Wait list High school diploma or equivalent 1.6X to mental & • Ear Falls: No facility Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma behavioural disorders • Regional population over 65 projected to College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma increase by 57% between 2016 and 2025** University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above

*Compared to the Ontario rates per 10,000 per year, 2014-2018 **As of 2016 Census