Over this past semester I had the pleasure of working on an analysis consisting of Toronto’s coverage of healthcare facilities based on the 15-Minute City model.

The 15-Minute City is the concept where residents of the city are able to access essential services and amenities such as work, shopping, and leisure within a 15-minute walk or bike ride. For the project, this concept was extended to the accessibility of healthcare facilities across the city within either a 15 minute walk, bike ride, or public transportation journey.

This project set out to answer two key questions: which Toronto neighbourhoods lack 15-Minute access to healthcare; and do the neighbourhoods with low access share certain socio-economic characteristics? The project challenged common assumptions about access to healthcare in the city when looking at variables such as median household income, low income residents, and diabetes rates.

The project was completed alongside my colleague, Emmett Young, and was originally uploaded as a Story Map through ArcGIS Online. Please click the link below to view the story or a more thorough overview of the research objective, data used, methods, and results

Note from the editor: the StoryMap Juliette had embedded here doesn’t want to show up properly, you can get to it through this link:

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/6c87dc96aa7e4129b077edecf18baf43