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1. Measuring Ontario’s Regional Prosperity Gap

   By global standards, Ontario is a prosperous place. Ontarians enjoy living standards and access to opportunities that are the envy of much of the world. However, within its own economic region, Ontario is an economic laggard. This bulletin ...

2. What a difference a decade can make—southwestern Ontario’s sobering lesson for Alberta

   At the start of this century, southwestern Ontario was among the most prosperous regions in Canada. With a strong manufacturing sector, there were plenty of good high-paying jobs. In the following years, the regional economy was battered ...

3. Southwestern Ontario lagging behind in job creation, income growth

   Over the past 20 years, while Ontario’s two biggest cities (Toronto and Ottawa) have enjoyed relative prosperity, large and populous parts of the province have suffered significant economic pain. In fact, a recent study showed that ...

4. Economic Performance in Ontario CMAs: A National Comparative Perspective

   Several recent Fraser Institute studies have documented the weak economic performance in Ontario over the past 20 years outside of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), and to a lesser extent Ottawa. This bulletin builds on that analysis by examining ...

5. Another recession means more hardship in areas of Ontario that struggled in recent years

   It’s no secret that Ontario has gone through more than its share of economic pain in recent years. Thanks to weak economic and fiscal performance, we characterized the period from 2007-2016 as a “lost decade” for the provincial economy. ...

6. Uneven Recovery: Job Creation in Ontario’s Urban Centres between 2008 and 2018

   Past analyses from the Fraser Institute completed in 2015 and 2017 have measured labour market performance in various regions across Canada in the period during and follow¬ing the 2008/09 recession. This short paper updates this work with the most ...

7. Ontario vs. Michigan—a tale of two manufacturing jurisdictions

   Ontario has suffered more than its share of economic pain in recent years, particularly in its manufacturing sector. Southwestern Ontario, once the manufacturing heartland of the country, has seen its manufacturing sector battered for ...

8. The Power of Comprehensive Policy Reform: Lessons for Ontario from Michigan

   In recent years, Ontario has experienced weak overall economic performance and rising public debt. Further, the province has seen its manufacturing sector—once a primary driver of growth in the province—decline substantially. By comparison, the ...

9. Why many parts of Ontario feel left behind

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, April 11, 2018 In 2017 Ontario enjoyed one of its strongest recent years of overall economic growth. The Wynne government sent out rosy press releases celebrating the province’s success. But there were two big problems with the ...

10. Ontario’s throne speech ignores growth and competitiveness

    On Monday, Premier Wynne’s government delivered its throne speech to layout its vision for the rest of its mandate and the future. Much will be said and written about what the speech discussed at length (various new government ...