Wellbeing in Canada: An Exploration as a Tourism Product Resource

This essay explores Canada's high ranking in global happiness and examines its wellbeing as a tourism resource. It delves into the connection between social capital and wellbeing, highlighting the role of social networks, trust, and community involvement. The Acadian community is presented as a case study, showcasing its emphasis on social, economic, environmental, and health conditions. Key concepts of wellbeing in Canada are discussed, including safety, democratic engagement, education, and environmental sustainability. The essay also relates these perspectives to the Acadian community, emphasizing its multi-dimensional approach to enhancing healthcare, education, and environmental practices. The essay references the Ottawa Charter and Jakarta Declaration theory and concludes with a reflection on the efforts made by Canadian communities to enhance wellbeing, noting both successes and difficulties.

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Introduction
For the given assignment, Canada has been chosen as the country that has ranked top in
global rank for happiness. Canada is a country known for its fun and interests. Canada stands
second after Denmark as one of the happiest countries in the world. As per the research and
findings, Canada is known to be experiences major life satisfaction by the residents of the
country. The study states the level of satisfaction among the youth generation is still high since
2003 till present, even the elderly people residing in the country is highly satisfied with their life
(Berry & Hou, 2016). There is a vast majority of the people in Canada who is happy in their life.
There are majorly main determinants of happiness of the residents of the country they are:
stability of the mental health of the people as well as their physical health, there is prevailing
sense of community and stress among the residents of the country. Some of the other factors
include better income structure of the residents in comparison with the other countries; the self
employed residents are stated to be in a happier state. There is comparatively low level of
unemployment, they have a high education system, the country faces no civil or political strife,
or any financial crisis. Canada is known to be a well developed country with social safety and
reducing level of poverty (Chen & Hou, 2018).
However, there are some regional differences in the country; these differences raise the
sense of community and the level of stress among the residents of the country. The rural states
and smaller cities of the country is said to have lower sense of community and stress. Larger
cities like Toronto and Vancouver, have lower level of satisfaction as compared to the smaller
cities and rural states (Evans & Soliman, 2017). The stress level in these cities is comparatively
higher than the smaller cities.

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The assignment provides an overview of the country and its life satisfaction .among the
country’s residents. The assignment comes with interesting findings based on Ottawa and Jakarta
declaration theory about the life satisfaction in Canada and the happiness found in Canada. It
emphasizes on the current issues faced by the country and the issues regarding wellbeing. It
analyzes the current issues faced and how the country makes plans to improve them. Lastly, it
concludes with the recommendations and suggestions to improve the state of happiness and
wellbeing in the country (Berry & Hou, 2016).
Research that links social capital and wellbeing
The following topic discusses on the social capital and wellbeing of the people of
Canada. Social capital can be said to be a collection of resources which are available to the
residents of the country. The social capital results from the maintenance and creation of social
networks, from the various flow of information, confined with the trust, co-operation and
productivity among the people. When there is a high level of social capital in the country, it is
described to be strong community with reliable and trustworthy personal networks; these are
factors which allow the residents of the country to get an emotional support, friendship and
assistance for the people of the community (Chen & Hou, 2018). Particularly through the
process of strong involvement, social connectional and active participation among the residents
of the country results in high level of social capital. Therefore social capital involves diverse
trustworthy relationships among the residents of the country. It ensures supportive environment,
strengthen the actions of the community. High social capital positively affects the society as a
whole (Evans & Soliman, 2017).

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Wellbeing of a country implies that almost all the residents of the country are reported to
have a life satisfaction which results from the quality of life (Berry & Hou, 2016). There are
various indicators which denote wellbeing of a country. The indicators of wellbeing of a country
includes GDP of that country, the level of income among the residents, the employments status
of the people as well as the physical and mental health of the people, the level of education,
secured infrastructure for health promotion. By measuring these indicators, the wellbeing of a
country is determined (Michalos, 2017).
There are many cross national research and studies which provides a relevant
comparative study that confirms the relation between the social capital and the wellbeing of the
residents that directly and indirectly affects the people. The social capacity of the country is
measured by the social trust, emotional and relational connection among the people and their
civic engagement (McLaughlin, 2013). The studies have found that there are positive correlation
and strong relationship between the life satisfaction and the social capital of the residents in the
country. Several study and research confirms that one of the main factor of or determinant of life
satisfaction among the people are social capital along with the income they earn. This increases
the life satisfaction among the people. The wellbeing of the people depends highly upon the
social capital (Haramati & Weissinger, 2015). Research have found that the wellbeing of the
women and elderly people of Canada have more returns on the social capital in comparison with
the men and the young population. There are other determinants to wellbeing such as
employment status, income, marital status and education.

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Case community that provides background of social capital and wellbeing
The The chosen community which provides background of social capital and wellbeing is
Acadian community. The wellbeing of a community depends upon the combination of social,
economic, environmental and health conditions of all the individuals in the community. The
wellbeing of a country high determines the wellbeing of the communities present in the
country(Haramati & Weissinger, 2015). All the determinants of wellbeing such as health,
education, socio-economic conditions are essential for the development of the community and
the country as a whole.
The Acadian community is all about the values they believe in, the community fairly
deals with all the people with respect, dignity and diversity among them. The Acadian
community has a high standard of living with health population; they have a dynamic culture and
leisure. The level of education in the community is high (Haramati & Weissinger, 2015). The
Acadian community is described as an equitable community which is supported by high values
of respect, loyalty and trust. The community is known to be in a state of wellbeing and high
social capital for its diversity, empowerment of all the individuals and social justice. All the
individuals of the community are treated with equality and fairness. Among the community, all
the members have adequate access to education as well as health education centers. There is
opportunity available to strengthen the community, and increase capacity to develop of personal
skills of every individual ( Helliwell, Huang and Wang, 2014).
The Acadian community developed a vitality project, the focus of which was on
improving the wellbeing of the community and to increase the longevity for the community. As a
team the community was successful in changing the lifestyle of the people. The community
offers grocery stores with fresh and healthy foods, this was the policy built by the community to

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promote the health service of the people (Haramati & Weissinger, 2015). It offers infrastructure
for implementing health promotion. The community fosters connections among the members of
the community. It is highly supportive and provides social support to every individual, which
enhances the social trust and enables the individuals to live in harmony with others. It empowers
individuals to participate in the social events. All the factors mentioned above contribute towards
building social capital and wellbeing in the community and the country as a whole ( Helliwell,
Huang and Wang, 2014).
Concepts of wellbeing in Canada
The following topic provides information about the concepts of wellbeing in Canada.
There are certain concepts of wellbeing which directly measures and contributes towards
achieving wellbeing and social capital of the country. The country measures its strengths and
activities including relationship among the individuals of the community and the country as a
whole. Canada has maintained strong relationships among the public, the civil society and all the
individuals which influence the wellbeing and social capital of the country. The country
maintains safety in all the communities prevailing in Canada. The level of trust among the people
is relatively high, the ratio of poverty is tending to decrease in the recent years, and there are
minimal crimes or violence in the country (Nyqvist et al., 2013).
The people of the country is has a democratic engagement, the participation and interest
of the pubic in high, citizens confide with the federal governmental rules and regulations.
Women representatives in the parliament are high which denotes that there is gender equality in
the country (Haramati & Weissinger, 2015). Concerning the literacy and education level of the

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Canadians, there are high scope of education and development of personal ability and skills of
the people.
In respect with the environment, the country takes major steps in monitoring the effects
of natural environment, prevents wastage and encourages environment friendly products. This
helps in maintaining quality of the life of people as reduction of wastage influences clean and
healthy environment. The country keeps tract on the ecology and takes effort to protect the plant
and animal species (Nyqvist et al., 2013).
Canadians are exposed of healthy environment; the wellbeing of the people is because
almost the entire population of Canada has a social, physical and mentally fit health. Moreover,
they have access to the quality public health care system, along with selected health care
initiatives (Tay & Kuykendall, 2013). The Canadian community are highly exposed to leisure
and culture, they involve in the participation of various cultural activities, physical active leisure
and other cultural organizations. The Canadians have a high standard of living, they spends huge
amounts in the culture and other recreational activities. There is an equal level income
distribution among the people of Canada, in comparison with the other countries. The country
highly focuses on the wellbeing of the people by maintaining the GDP of the country, making
efforts to reduce the poverty rates in the country, enable high level of security and it emphasizes
on the issues concerning unemployment and job quality (Nyqvist et al., 2013).
In order to ensure the continuous development of the country and wellbeing of the
people, the policy makers and the government with the help of local public monitors the
wellbeing and the factors which directly or indirectly influence the wellbeing of the people
(Rodríguez-Pose & Berlepsch, 2014). Canadian people ensures a sustainable environment by

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increasing access to public health, vibrant communities, recreational activities and cultural
events and other factors that influence the wellbeing of the people(Nyqvist et al., 2013).
Perspectives which relate to the Acadian community
The following topic discusses on the perspectives which relate to the Acadian community
in Canada. The Acadian community successfully fulfills all the domains to influence the
wellbeing of the community. The community examines the wellbeing from the perspective
which is multi dimensional. The community successfully implements the policies and the
procedures that aim to successfully enhance the factors such as health care system, providing
access to education, efforts in minimizing waste and encouraging environment friendly products
for maintaining a sustainable environment in the community which contributes towards the
wellbeing (Michalos, 2014). In order to improve the wellbeing of the Canadians the community
influences public health, create a supportive environment, encourage recreational activities and
public participation in the cultural activities, this influences the public interactions thereby
building trust and relationship in the community (Rodríguez-Pose & Berlepsch, 2014).
Although the community has a minority status, the community has developed many
institutions that has enabled in shaping the society. The community is highly known for its
ethics, values and its popular cultural events which contribute towards the wellbeing of the
community (Michalos, 2014). The Acadian community institutions encourage and provide
access to education for the youth generation and the women population. The Acadian community
has a strategic position in development of the minorities (Haramati & Weissinger, 2015).
The situation of the Acadian community has been growing since the year 1961. There has
been increase in the level of education (Chen & Hou, 2018). It has contributed greatly towards

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the wellbeing of the country; the community has increased its level of participation in the
workforce. The community is highly responsible for cooperative entrepreneurship, increased
economic activities. Acadians strive towards achieving modernity, has given rise new
entrepreneurs thereby increasing private industries and enterprise ( Portela et al., 2013) This has
helped in creating more jobs to the community and the general public. The high spirit of the
community has lead to development of the entire community and contributions towards
economic development.
However, there are few issues regarding employment in the community. This is an issue
which is still faced by the Acadian community ( Portela et al., 2013).. There have been strong
oppositions by the community in order to change the governmental and federal policies and the
programs. There have been rise in the protests by the community regarding the governmental
policies relating to fishing. These are some of the issues faced by the community and a cause of
great concern (Rodríguez-Pose & Berlepsch, 2014).
Conclusion
The Acadian community is making great efforts in order to enhance the wellbeing of the
country. The popular community actively contributes towards the physical and mental health of
the people by organizing health care systems and recreational facilities to the people in general
and the community members. The community successfully promotes the lifestyles and habits of
the people, supporting cultural programs and sports activity team. The Acadian community is
highly committed in providing education to the people and uplifting the social status of the
people. The committee significantly contributes towards social interactions among the people,

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communities and workplace. Moreover the community has supported financial wellbeing of the
people in general and contributes towards the wealth of the country.
The success of the community lies in the fact as research and study marks its continuous
growth and diversity since the year 1961, as mentioned above. The community has found success
in organizing social and cultural events which has successfully enabled to influence the
relationship between the communities and the general public. It has also provided opportunity to
the people in building trust and loyalty by organizing events. It has also been successful in
providing health care services and creating opportunity for physical and mental wellbeing of the
community. However, the community faces many challenges being a minority. They are unable
to create more jobs; the rate of employment among the community people has been stagnant.
There are protests in the community for the rules and policies of the government.
Therefore it can be concluded that Canada has been successful in bringing wellbeing and
social capital for the country. By influencing the mental health of the people and increasing
support to the people the country can further influence the wellbeing. It is recommended to
promote the physical and mental health of the people and by building healthy relation and
cooperation among the people of the country. The country must focus on the further reducing the
poverty and unemployment from the country.

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