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)