Resources
- Frank Clayton (PDF file) "How an Appreciation of Economics Will Make You a Better Land Use Planner," presentation at 2017 Ontario Professional Planners Institute Conference, October 5, 2017.
What We're Reading
(PDF file) "BILD Municipal Benchmarking Study." (external link)
By: Altus Group Economic Consulting for BILD | September 2022
"To Solve the Housing Crisis, We Have to Increase the Housing Supply" (external link)
By: Alex Hemingway (Jacobin) | September 2022
(PDF file) "ULI Emerging Trends in Real Estate, 2021."
By: Urban Land Institute | November 2021
(PDF file) "BILD Municipal Benchmarking Study."
By: Altus Group Economic Consulting for BILD | September 2020
"Housing Market Outlook: Special Edition, Spring 2020." (external link)
By: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation | May 2020
"Pandemic Reshapes Economic Picture for Canadian Cities."
By: The Conference Board of Canada | May 2020
"Corona Escape: City to Suburbs." (external link)
By: The New York Times | May 2020
(PDF file) "Big city rental blues: A look at Canada's rental housing deficit."
By: RBC | September 2019
(PDF file) "Examining the Feasibility and Option for an Inclusionary Zoning Policy in Toronto." (external link)
By: Focus Consulting for Maytree | July 2019
"Safe as Houses." (external link)
By: The Economist | June 2019
(PDF file) "Evaluation of Potential Impacts of an Inclusionary Zoning Policy in the City of Toronto." (external link)
By: N. Barry Lyon Consultants for the City of Toronto | May 2019
"Order Without Design: How Markets Shape Cities. (external link) "
By: Alain Bertaud | December 2018
(PDF file) "Planning the Next GGH." (external link)
By: Pamela Blais | December 2018
(PDF file) "The Future of Housing in the GTHA: The Impact of Land Use Policy. (external link) "
By: Matthew Cory | November 2018
(PDF file) "What is the Missing Middle? A Toronto Housing Challenge Demystified. (external link) "
By: Michelle German | August 2018
(PDF file) "The GTHA's Unbalanced Housing Stock: Benchmarking Ontario's New LPAT System." (external link)
By: Paul Smetanin | December 2018
Through the Roof: The High Cost of Barriers to Building New Housing in Canadian Municipalities (external link)
By: Benjamin Dachis and Vincent Thivierge, CD Howe Institute, May 2018
(PDF file) Room to Grow: Comparing Urban Density in Canada and Abroad (external link)
By: Josef Filipowicz, Fraser Institute, January 2018
(PDF file) Scaling Up Affordable Ownership Housing in the GTA (external link)
Canadian Urban Institute | June 2017
Additional Resources
The following is a list of academic and professional research centres, institutes and professional organizations producing interest work in urban research.
Canadian Universities
- The City Institute, York University (external link)
- Institute of Urban Studies, University of Winnipeg (external link)
- Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance (IMFG) – The Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto (external link)
- Sauder School of Business: Canadian Cities Housing & Real Estate Data, University of British Columbia (external link)
- The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary (external link, opens in new window)
- Planning in theory & practice, Dalhousie University (external link)
American Universities
- Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota (external link)
- Center for Urban Economic Development, University of Illinois at Chicago (external link)
- Center for Urban Initiatives and Research, University of Wisconsin (external link)
- Great Cities Institute, University of Illinois (external link)
- Institute for Environmental Science and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago (external link)
- National Center for Smart Growth Research & Education, University of Maryland (external link)
- Metropolitan Research Center, University of Utah (external link)
- The Milwaukee Idea, Brownfields Research Consortium, University of Wisconsin (external link)
- Center for Urban & Regional Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (external link, opens in new window)
Other Research Centres & Think Tanks
- Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program (external link)
- Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) (external link)
- Centre for the Study of Commercial Activity (CSCA)
- CD Howe Institute (external link)
- Conference Board of Canada report: (PDF file) "What We Heard: Shaping Canada's National Housing Strategy" (external link) , November 2016.
- Fraser Institute (external link)
- The Furman Centre for Real Estate & Urban Policy (external link)
- Macdonald-Laurier Institute (external link)
- Montreal Economic Institute (external link)
- The Mowat Centre (external link)
- Neptis Foundation (external link)
- New Zealand Productivity Commission (external link)
- Pembina Institute (external link)
- Smart Prosperity Insitute (external link)
- Toronto Region Board of Trade (external link)
- Terwilliger Centre for Housing (external link, opens in new window)