{"id":1746,"date":"2026-06-24T10:07:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/determinants\/?p=1746"},"modified":"2026-06-24T10:07:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:07:46","slug":"new-article-introducing-the-canadian-accessibility-and-remoteness-index-cari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/determinants\/2026\/new-article-introducing-the-canadian-accessibility-and-remoteness-index-cari\/","title":{"rendered":"New Article: Introducing the Canadian Accessibility and Remoteness Index (CARI+)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n New Article: Introducing the Canadian Accessibility and Remoteness Index (CARI+)\n <\/h1>\n \n \n \n\n

Tomoko McGaughey and Paul Peters<\/p>\n\n\n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

Abstract<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Rurality and remoteness are policy-relevant concepts for planning and evaluating equitable access to services across Canada, yet existing measures rely on categorical, urban-centric, and coarse spatial definitions that obscure variation in accessibility across the rural-urban continuum. The Canadian Accessibility and Remoteness Index Plus (CARI+) is a small-area accessibility index at the dissemination-area level. It is based on road-network travel to stratified service centres, including population centres and 24-hour emergency departments stratified by settlement size. Category-specific scores are capped at 3, summed to produce an overall score, then normalized. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We examined the CARI+ values against socio-demographic indicators and compared them with the Index of Remoteness (IOR). CARI+ yields a more even population distribution than the IOR (39% vs 77% in the most accessible category) and reveals socio-demographic gradients: material deprivation and Indigenous identity increase with remoteness, while educational attainment and immigrant representation decline. In very remote areas, CARI+ identifies 25% of Indigenous residents and 27% of the population with less than high school education, versus 78% and over 50% respectively under the IOR. The CARI+ provides a transparent, service-specific, high-resolution measure of accessibility that addresses key limitations of existing Canadian indices and supports nuanced analysis for health and social service planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article is part of our Rural Data project<\/a>, which aims to make disaggregated data on health and social service access available for researchers and planners in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the Article:<\/strong> https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/cag.70082<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Citation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
McGaughey, T., & P. A. Peters. 202670:. Introducing the Canadian Accessibility and Remoteness Index (CARI+). Canadian Geographies \/ G\u00e9ographies canadiennes, 70, e70082. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/cag.70082<\/a><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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