Economic Development staff maintains up-to-date and comprehensive economic information and business-related statistics to assist business.

Together with local businesses and other stakeholders, staff create economic development strategies to facilitate economic growth and initiatives that could benefit the city's economy.

Publications and reports by sector:
Business Services Culture Design and creativity Fashion/apparel Film and Television Financial services	Food and beverage Green Information and     Communications     Technology Medical and biotechnology Tourism
Publications and reports by subject:
Business incentives     and services Economic indicators	Labour force Strategies

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Publications & Reports by Sector

Business services

• Business services sector profile (PDF)

Culture

• From the Ground Up: Growing Toronto's Cultural Sector (PDF)
• Creative Capital Gains: An Action Plan for Toronto (PDF)

Design and Creativity

• Competing on Creativity: Placing Ontario's Cities in North American Context (PDF)
• Creative City Planning Framework (PDF)
• Design sector profile (PDF)
• Making the LINK: Advancing Design as a Vehicle for Innovation and Economic Development April 2006 (PDF)

Fashion/apparel

• Fashion/apparel sector profile (PDF)

Film and Television

• Bounce back to fast forward -- Strategic Plan for Toronto's Screen Arts Industry (PDF)
• Toronto Film & Television Office profile (PDF)

Financial services

• Partnership and Action - Mobilizing Toronto's Financial Sector for Global Advantage
• Centre of Excellence in Financial Services Education and Innovation (PDF)
• Talent Matters - A Study of the Toronto Financial Service Industry Talent Market

Food and beverage

• Food and beverage sector profile (PDF)
• Food Industry Outlook: A Study of the Food Industry Growth Trends in Toronto (PDF)
• Toronto Labour Force Readiness Plan: The Food-Processing Industry in the Toronto Region (PDF)
• Toronto's Proposed International Food Processing & Innovation Centre (IFPIC) (PDF)

Green

• Toronto's Policies and Programs for Green Buildings 2011 (October 2011) (PDF 249 Kb)
• Economic Assessment of Toronto Environmental Initiatives - presentation (March 2011) (PDF)
• Economic Evaluation Framework for City of Toronto Environmental Initiatives (March 2011) (PDF 608 Kb)
• Workforce Challenges & Opportunities in the Solar PV Industry in Toronto (March 2011) (PDF 1.1 Mb)
• Workforce Challenges & Opportunities in the Home Energy Retrofit Industry in Toronto (March 2011) (PDF 1.2 Mb)
• Workforce Challenges & Opportunities in the Eco-Roof Incentive Program and Green Roof By-law (March 2011) (PDF 1 Mb)
• Green economic sector development strategy (PDF)
• Green Sector International Marketing Plan
• Solar Supply Chain in the City of Toronto (PDF)
• Solar Training Initiatives Reference Guide for the City of Toronto and GTA (PDF)
• Guide to the Requirements for Building Permits for Solar Systems on Residential Buildings in the City of Toronto (PDF)
• Green Building directory (PDF)
• Toronto Green Sector Scan - Electric Vehicles (October 2011) 
(PDF)
• Toronto Green Sector Scan - Green Buildings (October 2011) 
(PDF)

Information and Communications Technology

• Canada's High-Tech Hub: Toronto (March 2011) (PDF)

Medical and biotechnology

• Toronto's Discovery District - Innovation, Technology & Business (PDF)

Tourism

• Tourism sector profile (PDF)
• Premier-Ranked Tourist Destination Project Research Summary December 2007 (PDF)
• Premier-Ranked Tourism Destination Project Research Report "Making Toronto The Best It Can Be" December 2007 (PDF)

Publications & Reports by Subject

Business incentives and services

• BR&E Activity Overview 2010 (PDF)
• Business Connect (PDF)
• Enhancing Toronto's Business Climate - It's Everybody's Business
• Imagination, Manufacturing, Innovation Technology (IMIT) Incentives - program overview (PDF)
• IMIT Brownfield Remediation (PDF)
• IMIT Office development (PDF)

Labour force

• Census and trends
• Industry profiles
• Occupation profiles
• Toronto Business Directory 2010 (PDF)

Strategies

• Premier-Ranked Tourist Destination Project Research Summary December 2007
• Premier-Ranked Tourism Destination Project Research Report "Making Toronto The Best It Can Be" December 2007 (PDF)
• Toronto Prosperity Initiative: Establishing a Path for Growth (PDF)
• Bermondsey Employment Revitalization Area five-year strategic action plan: Reclaiming the Past - Moving in to the Future
• Enhancing Toronto's Business Climate - It's Everybody's Business
• Long-term employment land strategy for Toronto (PDF)
• Toronto Labour Force Readiness Plan
• Toronto Official Plan