Archived by Library and Archives Canada. Distributed by the Government of Canada Depository Services Program. Issued also in French under title: Un indice de la vulnérabilité des collectivités, cadre conceptuel et application aux variations de la population et de l'emploi, 1981-2001.

Includes bibliographical references.

Executive summary -- Introduction -- Background and conceptual framework for vulnerability assessment -- Application of the framework to a process of change -- Computation of the index of community vulnerability -- Results and discussion -- Conclusions.