Local IDEAs

Local Indicator Database for Economic Analysis

ANALYSIS – Ontario’s Urban Election

If “all politics are local” and “its about the economy, stupid”, then elections are about economic geography. The Ontario election last week was no exception. The Liberal Party won a … Continue reading

June 18, 2014 · 1 Comment

The Changing Economic Structure of Canadian Cities

In 2012 Consider Canada commissioned Local IDEAs to prepare a series of reports on its 11 member city-regions. This set of profiles provide an account of how the structure of … Continue reading

June 15, 2014 · Leave a comment

Benchmarking Canadian Cities in North America

In 2012 Consider Canada commissioned Local IDEAs to produce a benchmarking system for their 11 city-regions. The purpose was to identify the North American cities with the most similar economic … Continue reading

May 29, 2014 · Leave a comment

City-region Profiles

This post provides links to data profiles of Canadian city-regions. These profiles were produced for the Innovation System Research Network’s (ISRN) five-year study (2006 – 2010) of Creativity and Innovation … Continue reading

May 28, 2014 · 1 Comment

Innovation and R&D Profiles for 11 City-regions

Consider Canada commission Local IDEAs to prepare a series of reports on the state of the 11 cities that they represent. One set of these reports used a range of … Continue reading

May 28, 2014 · Leave a comment