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Martin Prosperity Institute
The Martin Prosperity Institute is the world's leading think-tank on the role of sub-national factors - location, place and city-regions - in global economic prosperity. Check out their website here:
martinprosperity.org

Richard Florida
Richard Florida is the Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute and Professor of Business and Creativity at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Check out his website here:
creativeclass.com/richard_florida

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American Cities of the Future 2013/14

fDi Intelligence,

The year 2012 signified Toronto's best for FDI since fDi Markets records began in 2003. Ranking fourth for economic potential, Toronto was a key destination in the region, with FDI up 40% in 2012.

Toronto ranks:

3rd overall for American Cities of the Future 2013
2nd overall in North American cities
2nd in FDI strategy in major city category
2nd in business friendliness in major city category
3rd overall in major city category
4th in economic potential in major city category
6th in infrastructure in major city category
10th in human resources in major city category

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Categories: Business Toronto

Living in Downtown and the Centres

Toronto.ca

Toronto is a large, complex mature urban centre that continues to grow through intensification, rebuilding and reurbanization. A key principle of Toronto's Official Plan is to manage this growth in a way that directs significant change to some areas while protecting existing neighbourhoods. The Official Plan identifies Downtown and the Centres (Scarborough, North York, Etobicoke and Yonge-Eglinton) as important growth areas Download Report

Categories: Educational Attainment, Labour Force, Living in Toronto, Quality of Life

The Value Of Investing In Canadian Downtowns

International Downtown Association

This project is the first of its kind - examining 10 Canadian downtowns (Halifax, Fredericton, Ottawa, Toronto, London, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Vancouver and Victoria) to assess changes in attitudes, perceptions, functionality and performance over time. This project also aims to inspire and inform city builders, with many excellent and innovative approaches to downtown revitalization that are being applied across the nation.

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Categories: Amenities, Business Environment, Real Estate, Success Stories and Profiles

Hot Spots - Benchmarking Global City Competitiveness

Economist Intelligence Unit

The Economist Intelligence Unit's Global City Competitiveness Report 2012. Hot spots is an Economist Intelligence Unit research programme, commissioned by Citigroup, which ranks the competitiveness of 120 of the world's major cities.

Top Rankings

Toronto ranked in the top five cities in North America
1st in Financial Maturity

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Categories: Business Environment, Finance

Global Competitiveness Report

World Economic Forum

Canada ranked 14th out of 144 countries on the 2012/13 Global Competitiveness Index (World Economic Forum). For the 5th year in a row Canada was found to have the soundest banking system in the world.

Key rankings:

Number of procedures to start a business – 1^st
Soundness of banks – 1^st
Inflation, annual % change – 1^st
Labour market efficiency – 4^th
Quality of management schools – 5^th
Quality of the education system – 6^th

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Categories: Business Environment

Innovation Cities Top 100 Index 2011 City Rankings

2thinknow

Toronto moved up two places on this year’s Index into the top 10 globally. The Innovation Cities Top Cities ranks the top cities in the world as innovation destinations. In 2011 the top Nexus cities (10% of all benchmark cities), Hub cities (next 20%) and selected Node cities are ranked.

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Categories: Business Environment

Global Financial Centres Index 12

Qatar Financial Centre Authority

The GFCI provides profiles, ratings and rankings for 77 financial centres. The aim of the GFCI is to examine the major financial centres globally in terms of competitiveness. The GFCI has been published every six months (although the index is actually produced every three months).

Toronto rankings in the:

Top 10 – globally on the GFCI 10
Top 10 – for Asset Management
Top 10 – for Banking
Top 10 – for Government & Regulatory
Top 10 – for Professional Services
Top 10 – for Wealth management/ private banking
4th - in Centres Likely to Become More Significant

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Categories: Global Hub

Forbes Best Countries for Business

Forbes

Canada ranks No. 1 overall in Forbes annual look at the Best Countries for Business. The Best Countries for Business looks at 11 different factors for 134 countries. The factors including in the study are property rights, innovation, taxes, technology, corruption, freedom (personal, trade, and monetary), red tape, investor protection and stock market performance.

Rankings:

Personal Freedom – 1st
Red Tape – 3rd
Investor Protection – 5th
Corruption 6th
Trade Freedom – 7th
Tax Burden 9th
Property Rights - 9th
Innovation – 15th
Technology – 15th
Market Performance – 20th
Monetary Freedom 39th

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Categories: Global Hub

A Summary of the Liveability Ranking and Overview: 2012

Economist Intelligence Unit

The concept of liveability is simple: it assesses which locations around the world provide the best or the worst living conditions. Assessing liveability has a broad range of uses. The survey originated as a means of testing whether Human Resource Departments needed to assign a hardship allowance as part of expatriate relocation packages. While this function is still a central potential use of the survey, it has also evolved as a broad means of benchmarking cities. This means that liveability is increasingly used by city councils, organisations or corporate entities looking to test their locations against others to see general areas where liveability can differ.

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Categories: Business Toronto, Living in Toronto, Quality of Life

Cities of Opportunity 2012

Pricewaterhousecoopers

Analyzes the trajectory of 27 cities, all capitals of finance, commerce, and culture—and through their current performance seeks to open a window on what makes cities function best. This year, we also look ahead to 2025 to project employment, production, and population patterns, as well as “what if” scenarios that prepare for turns in the urban road.

Toronto ranks:

#2 - Health, safety and security
#2 - Transportation and infrastructure
#2 - Intellectual captial and innovation
#2 - Sustanability and the natural environment
#4 - Ease of doing business
#4 - Demographics and livability

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Categories: Business Environment, Quality of Life

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