Why we need Station 20 West
Limited access to healthy food
Many residents do not own a car. For many, there are no grocery stores within walking distance. People sometimes must depend on convenience stores and gas stations as a source of food.
Health Disparity
(Based on government data from 2001)
- nearly four times as many people from low-income Saskatoon neighbourhoods wound up in hospital after attempting suicide compared to the rest of the city. The number of suicide attempts is also more than 15 times higher than the number in affluent neighbourhoods.
- hospitalizations for diabetes were three times higher in low-income neighbourhoods than the rest of the city, and nearly 13 times higher than in the eastern suburbs.
- only 46 per cent of inner-city children are up to date with their measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations while 95 per cent of kids in affluent areas are covered
- babies born in Saskatoon's lower income neighbourhoods are 5 times more likely to die than an average city baby
Income disparity
- in 2001, the average household income in Briarwood was $133,468 while the average household income in Pleasant Hill was $22,603
- 75% of single parents living in westside neighbourhoods live below the poverty line
- 65% of Aboriginal people in Saskatoon live below the poverty line (average Aboriginal family income in the core neighbourhoods is $16,497)
- the wealthiest 10% of people in Saskatoon earn 18 times more than the poorest 10%
- hardly any employment opportunities exist for Aboriginal people, whose populations range from 27% to 44% in the various core neighbourhoods
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