SHS possesses extensive experience in conducting surveys on a wide variety of public policy and research topics.  Working with some of Canada’s leading survey houses, our role includes questionnaire development, sampling strategy, data analysis and report preparation.  Surveys have been conducted at the local, provincial and national scale using techniques such as telephone interviews, mail-out questionnaires, face-to-face interviews and email questionnaires.  

Recent examples include:

• District of Thunder Bay Labour Market Survey, North Superior Workforce Planning Board (2009)
• Survey of Residents in Affordable Housing – Affordable Housing Initiative Program Evaluation, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (2008/2009)
• Survey of Applicants on the Social Housing Centralized Waiting List, Toronto Housing Connections (2007)
• Apprenticeship Survey, Durham Region Training Board (2005)
• Survey of Self-Help Housing in Canada, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (2005)
• Survey of Employer Utilization of Apprentices, Simcoe/Muskoka Workforce Development Board (2004)
• Survey of Social Housing Residents in Age-Mixed Housing, City of Ottawa/Ottawa Community Housing Corporation (2004)
• Skills Inventory and Labour Market Survey, Simcoe/Muskoka Workforce Development Board (2003)
• Survey of Utilization of Personal Flotation Devices, Canadian Coast Guard (2001)
• Survey of Housing Needs of Canadian Forces Personnel in Ontario, Canadian Forces Housing Agency (2001)
• All Our Kids are OK Community Survey, Region of York (2001)