Links to Resources
If you want to learn more about how to make your community age-friendly, here are supports, tools and resources to help you get started.
Tools and Resources
Canada and British Columbia
AFBC Toolkit
- Creating an Age-friendly Business in B.C. (PDF, 2.2MB)
- Becoming an Age-friendly Community: Local Government Guide (PDF, 4.9MB)
- Age-friendly Communities Action Guide (BC Healthy Communities)
- Age-friendly Reading and Resources (PDF, 284KB)
- Age-friendly Committee Terms of Reference (DOCX, 477KB)
- Funding Opportunities (PDF, 297KB)
- Age-friendly Council / District Board Resolutions (DOCX, 465KB)
- How to Pass a Local Council or District Board Resolution: Guidelines for Community Members (PDF, 229KB)
- Age-friendly and Disability-friendly Official Community plans
- Conducting a Focus Group Community Assessment (DOCX, 490KB)
- Community Coordinator Guidelines (DOCX, 463KB)
- Age-friendly Consultation Poster Template (DOCX, 204KB)
- Sample Action Plan and Template (DOCX, 475KB)
Canadian Resources
- Public Health Agency of Canada Age-friendly Communities Evaluation Guide: Using Indicators to Measure Progress
- Age-friendly Communication – Facts, Tips and Ideas (Canada)
- Public Health Agency of Canada - Age-friendly Communities
- Age-friendly Alberta
- Age-friendly Saskatchewan
- Age-friendly Manitoba
- Age-friendly Manitoba Initiative
- Ontario Age-friendly Communities
- Municipalités et Villes Amies Des Aînés au Quebec
- Age-friendly New Brunswick
- Nova Scotia Age-friendly Communities Program
- Age-friendly PEI
- Age-friendly Newfoundland and Labrador
- Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ministers Responsible for Seniors Forum
- Community University Research Alliance (CURA) - Age-friendly Communities - Active Aging Alliance
World Health Organization (WHO)
- Age-friendly World
- WHO Global Network of Age-friendly Cities
- WHO Age-friendly Environments Programme
- Age-friendly Primary Health Care (PHC) Centres Toolkit
