In 2006 the Canadian Council on Learning introduced the Composite Learning Index

 The CLI has now been extended to include Learning Communities, this article from the CCL discusses the potential for the CLI to be used by learning communities around the world.

"It is estimated that there are now more than 300 “learning communities” around the world, the majority of them in Europe and Australia. In Canada, the idea of developing learning communities has spread eastward from Western Canada since the late 1990s. 

Today, Canadian cities and regions from coast to coast (including Vancouver, Edmonton, St. John’s and the Town of Fort Erie) have either started a learning community initiative or are seriously considering the idea."  read the full article here.