Age/Gender of Respondents

12 Years
6

13 years 10

14 years
12

15 Years
6

16 Years
6

17 Years
2

Male
17

Female
25

Question 1:     What do you like about your neighbourhood?

Question 2:     What would you like to change about your neighbourhood?

Question 3:     Do you think the neighborhood is getting better? 

Yes
27

No
12

No response
1

Select Comments of Respondents:

Somewhat, it's getting quieter, yet there is still lot's of racism and theft.

In a way, but there is still work to be done

Not really because more people are getting bad

I guess it's getting a little bit better

No, because people pick on each other

Yes much better

Sort of, in the drugs and stuff, but no, bullying

To tell the truth, not really cause everyone still throws their garbage and litter anywhere

Question 4: Would you like to see policemen walking around the neighborhood?

Yes
19

No
22

DK/No Response
1

Select Comments of Respondents:

Absolutely, Personally it would make me feel a lot safer and maybe stop a lot of crime in the neighborhood.

No. You shouldn't have to feel like you need one. There is problems in every neighborhood that doesn't mean police should be walking around in every street.

no, cause they might take the little kids that are walking around in the dark to the youth centre

No I wouldn't want policemen walking around

yes, so it will make people feel much safer

No. For what, the cops already drive around

Question 5:     Are there any businesses or stores you would like to see in the neighborhood?

Convenience Store/ 7/11

12

Wal-Mart

5

Giant Tiger

4

Tim Horton's/ Coffee Shop

4

Grocery Store

1

Shoppers Drug Mart

1

Pizza Place

1

Candy Store

1

McDonalds

1

Indoor Swimming Pool

1

Pet Store

1

Clothing Store

1

Non-Specific suggestions

1

None

9

No Opinion

2

Non-Business Suggestions

1

Select Comments of Respondents

Seven Eleven, Pizza Place, Animal Shelter

A Seven Eleven or a Macs, but it may increase in shoplifting and robberies; It should have security in it.

yes Tim Horton's

Giant Tiger and Wal-Mart

I would like a Wal- Mart or an Indoor pool

I'd like to see a candy store

puppy store

no, cause I like the stores in the neighborhood

I would like to see a Seven Eleven and Shoppers Drug Mart

Question 6:     What kinds of activities and programs would you like to see offered at the Community Centre?

Football

7

Basketball

6

Dancing/ Rap, Hip Hop, Break Dancing

6

Baseball

5

Soccer

3

Hockey

2

Cooking

2

Animal Projects

2

Skate-boarding

1

Swimming

1

Tennis

1

Gymnastics

1

Computers

1

Fashion Design

1

Beading

1

Playground for Little Kids

1

Video Games

1

Youth Centre

1

Jewelry Making

1

Softball

1

Non-Specific Outings

1

Non-Specific sports

3

Non-Specific Activities

3

Fine as is

1

Don't go There

3

No Response

5

Select Comments of Respondents

Skateboarding, free sports such as swimming, basketball, hockey, etc., guitar lessons.

More food programs

nothing, cause I like the community centre just how it is right now

I'd like to have a Youth Centre

Hip Hop, dance classes, basketball games, etc.

Puppy clinic

well, I don’t go to the community centre, but I like to see kids having fun with what they are doing

Question 7:     What do you like about your Community Centre?

Don’t Go There

7

Basketball

7

Computers

6

Non-Specific Activities

6

Nothing

5

Snacks/Canteen

4

Don’t Know/No Response

2

Gym

2

Movie Night

2

Hip Hop/Dance

2

It’s Safe for Kids

2

Kiddy Pool

1

It’s OK

1

Baking/Cooking

1

People Look Out for You

1

Dances

1

Bingo

1

Kids Club

1

Graffiti Gallery Activities

1

Select Comments of Respondents

The Kiddy Pool

Movies, dances, bingo, kids club

It's safe for kids to go and play

Playing sports out of the community centre

Hanging out with my friends. Graffiti Art crafts

Basketball, place to come after school

Fun for young people

I don’t go to any, so yeah, I wouldn't know.

It's a warm place to play, and it is safe

Free snacks, computers and baking

I don't know, it's rarely open

Question 8:     What would you like to change about the Community Centre?

Would Change Nothing

10

Open Longer/ More Often/ On Weekends

4

Get More and Better Computers

4

Don’t Know/No Response

3

Don’t Go There

3

Rita’s Attitude

3

More Activities

2

Stop Fighting/Bullying/Bad Stuff

2

Bigger Facility

2

Build a Skate Park

1

Guitar/Music Lessons

1

Have a Basketball Team

1

Pool Table

1

Have more Lighting

1

More Like a YMCA

1

Big Swimming Pool

1

Have Animal Training

1

Have River Walks to Observe Wildlife

1

Fishing at the River

1

Have more Stuff and Games

1

Have Wrestling

1

Select Comments of Respondents

It should be more available. Personally they should have a Y.M.C.A in our area. There is land behind Norquay Community Centre where you could put a Skate Park in…Guitar lessons would be nice there too.

I would like a bigger pool. They could have animal training, or we could go down by the river, and look at the Wild Life and go catch and release fish.

no fighting and no bad stuff

The bullying

more gym supervision

Leave it the way it is

Open on weekends

few more activities, pool table

just get more computers

Rita's attitude

Question 9:     Sometimes, kids are afraid to go to the neighbourhood parks, because they may not always feel safe. Can you think of any ideas to help make the parks a safe place, especially in the summer?

More lighting

7

Adult/community volunteers, someone older to be with younger kids

7

Police Station at the park

6

Neighbourhood Watch

4

Adults/someone to walk kids home

3

Clean up parks, no needles, broken glass

2

Have family events/ BBQs at parks

2

Security Patrols

2

Security Cameras

2

New and better-maintained parks

1

Warning signs posted to keep bad guys away

1

Don’t go There

1

Kids to go in large groups

1

Don’t Know/No Response

11

Select Comments of Respondents

They should have a Police station and like a skate park…as well as a new playground in Dr. Shaver Park with better maintenance

You could have park clean ups so it's clean and free of needles, and broken glass. Family activities at the park. BBQ at the parks, and then they will see that it's not so bad.

I think if they put a sign that say no guys allowed in the park like a pervert

walk, put lights on in the area, have someone walk kid home

getting elders to walk you home

make sure it's clean and no diseases

No. Kids should go to the parks with their parents or go in a large group

To have helpers and community volunteers there

Police, more lighting, more activities in the park

Have police watching the park, or something like the security cameras

Lighting, Neighbourhood watch

Parents/Adults present

Question 10:   Do you have access to the Internet at home?

Yes
26

No
16

Question 11:   Are there any people in the neighbourhood who you think are working to make it a better place to live?

Yes

16

No

12

Women’s Centre

6

Norquay Community Centre

6

My Mom

4

My Dad/Step-Dad

1

Norquay School

1

Graffiti Gallery

1

Don’t Know/No Response

3

Select Comments of Respondents

My mom is pretty much the only one in Point Douglas that tries

everyone

My mother, some neighbors, but I don't really know

yes, my step dad works at the water pump thingy

yes a lot of people

community centre, Norquay School, and the Women's Centre

yea, I know for a fact there is

Yes, my mother is trying

Question 12:   Do you attend the Boys and Girls Club Programs?

Yes
8

No
29

No Response
4

Question 13:   What do you like about the Boys and Girls Club?

Haven’t been there

6

Going on Outings

3

They Help the Kids There

2

The Volunteers

2

Games, Activities

2

Don't Know/No Response

28

Select Comments of Respondents

Supervision, you can always talk to them about a problem

All the games

They take you out

I like everything there, plus they help children that are at the club

Going on outings

Volunteering kids

Question 14:   What would you change about the Boys and Girls Club?

Haven't Been There

5

Wouldn't Change it.

2

Have Different Games/ Activities

2

Non-Specific Changes

2

Longer Hours

1

Include Kids who Aren't on the List

1

Bring Last Year's Volunteers Back

1

Don't Know/No Response

28

Select Comments of Respondents

Have last years people come back

Play different games

take kids that are not on the list, so they won't feel left out

I wouldn't change anything

It should be open longer

never went there before

Question 15:   Do you go to Graffiti Art Gallery?

Yes
16

No
22

No Response
4

Question 16:   What do you like about Graffiti Art Gallery?

Activities, Non-Specific

9

Painting/ Art/ Graffiti

5

The Leaders

4

Nothing

2

Building Things

1

Computers

1

Making New Friends

1

Crafts

1

Sewing

1

Sports

1

Don't Know/No Response

25

Select Comments of Respondents

Art, people mentor you

Safe and fun

Programs, Leaders being there

It's a cool place cause you can do graffiti without getting charged

Just playing sports

They teach you

Sewing, making crafts, friends, and art

Paint, and computers

I like the stuff we do there, because it's fun building stuff there

All the fun stuff we do

It looks like a great place to tag. but unfortunately you can't

Parents/Adults present

Question 17:   What would you change about Graffiti Art Gallery?

Wouldn’t change anything

6

Get More Computers

3

Make Stuff Easier

2

Let Teens go to Spray Bomb

1

Different Start Time

1

Kids' Stuff

1

Make it a Chill Out Spot

1

Better Activities

1

More Work Spaces

1

Don't Know/No Response

25

Select Comments of Respondents

getting more computers

nothing, all good for now

Let teens go to the Spray Bomb. Guitar lessons, and it would be neat if you could skate board in there.

More places to work

Question 18:  Which of the following would you like to do?

DJ, rap, hip hop, dance

26

Drawing, Painting

16

Singing

16

Learn to play a musical instrument

15

Make your own music recording

15

Fashion design

13

Making your own comic book or zine

12

Drama (acting in plays)

8

Animals

2

Football

2

Graffiti Bombs

1

Cooking

1

Crafts

1

Gymnastics

1

Spray Paint Art

1

Question 19:  What do you do for fun in the winter?

Question 20:  What would you like to do for fun in the winter?

Question 19 was asked to determine what teens do now for fun in the winter (given the limited resources of the community), versus Question 20 asking what they would like to do for fun, if money and opportunity were no obstacle. 

Tobogganing/ Sledding

17

Tobogganing/ Sledding

9

Make Snowmen/ Play in the Snow

10

Skiing

7

Stay Inside/ TV/Video Games

6

Make Snowmen/ Play in Snow

3

Ice Skating

4

Sleep/ Stay Home

3

Snow-boarding

3

Snow-boarding

3

Hang Out With Friends

3

Hang Out With Friends

2

Walking

3

Skating

2

Hockey

2

Bonfires

1

Skate-boarding

1

Make Igloos

1

Dancing

1

Guitar Lessons

1

Reading

1

Have Contests

1

Youth Churches

1

Reading

1

Shovel Sidewalks

1

Walking

1

Community Centre

1

Go to Malls

1

Ski-dooing

1

Bumper Shine

1

Go to Reserve

1

Travel

1

Don't Know/ No Response

3

Don't Know/No Response

9

Question 21:  What do you do for fun in the summer?

Question 22:  What would you like to do for fun in the summer?

Question 21 was asked to determine what teens do now for fun in the summer (given the limited resources of the community), versus Question 22 asking what they would like to do for fun, if money and opportunity were no obstacle. 

Swimming

12

Swimming

9

Walking

6

Baseball

3

Basketball

6

Beach

2

Bike Riding

6

Football

2

Football

4

Basketball

2

Baseball

4

Bike Riding

2

Beach

3

Hang out with Friends

2

Non-specific Activities

3

Walking

2

Visit/Spend Time with Family

3

More Camps

2

Soccer

2

Skateboard Park

1

Scavenger Hunt/Man Hunt

2

Break Dancing

1

Skate-boarding

1

Street Hockey

1

Camping

1

Soccer

1

Roller-Blading

1

Roller-Blading

1

Hang out with Friends

1

Play at the Park

1

Running

1

Go to Fairs

1

Street Hockey

1

Sports

1

Summer Camp

1

Race Car Driving

1

Summer Job

1

Go for Slurpees

1

Play with Pets

1

Have Money to do Things

1

Video Games

1

Concert/Talent Show

1

Don’t Know/No Response

1

Take care of Animals

1

Meet New Friends

1

Field Trips

1

Don’t Know/No Response

12

Question 23:   Do you know what the Youth Committee is?

Yes

3

No

27

No Response

6

Teens/Pre-Teens Helping Community

3

It’s when kids go to the Little Jail

1

Walking around the neighbourhood at night

2

Question 24:   Are you a part of the Youth Committee?

Yes

3

No

35

No Response

4

Question 25:   Some of the Grade 5 and 6 students at Norquay School may be worried about what they can expect when they go out in the neighborhood to a junior high school in another community. Would you be willing to talk to those students about how they can cope with the change?

Yes
18

No
23

No Response
1

Question 26:   Would you like to volunteer to help seniors in your neighborhood with their yard work or other jobs? Or just keep them company sometimes?

Yes
26

No
15

No Response
1

Question 27:   Do you have any concerns that were not discussed in this survey?

No
33

No Response
9