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Social value, 2026–2050
$48.3B
The Public Housing Dividend
How alternative GTHA public-housing pathways change outcomes for residents, communities and public systems.
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Total benefit (2020)
$6.57B
OMERS Economic + Social Benefit
$4.37B in retirement income plus $2.17B in monetized social benefit from higher life satisfaction.
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Annual social value loss, 2055
$151.1B
Burden of Arthritis in Canada
A national assessment connecting arthritis, health-system use, productivity, quality of life and income-equivalent wellbeing.
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$26.2B
Social Value Cost of GTA Housing Unaffordability
How unaffordable housing affects household wellbeing beyond conventional shelter-cost measures.
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$1.9B / yr
Ontario New-Home Sales-Tax Relief
A temporary tax bridge tested against housing-market dislocation, workforce pressure and fiscal constraints.
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$5.8B
BCI Pension Benefits & Community Economies
How pension payments support retirees, household spending, employment and communities across British Columbia.
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$1.2B
Social Value of Alberta Public Pension Plans
How retirement security across LAPP, PSPP and SFPP translates into member wellbeing.
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$9.36 / $1
Surety Protection Across Canada
How performance and payment bonds protect workers, suppliers, households and public infrastructure from insolvency risk.
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$404M
GTA Asphalt Harmonization
How technical procurement standards propagate through productivity, jobs, businesses and household wellbeing.
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$34.6B
Congestion in the GTHA
The wellbeing cost of congestion alongside wasted time, productivity and wider economic effects.
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$450M
Made-in-Ontario Pumped Hydro Storage
How energy storage creates economic and social value, including distributional effects and Indigenous partnership.
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1,200+ designs
Portable Health Benefits in Ontario
A 2023 economic-impact assessment comparing potential health-plan designs across businesses, government, households and industry sectors.
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70% lower burden
Dementia in Canada, 2020–2050
How delaying dementia onset changes outcomes for people, caregivers, health systems and the economy.
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3.2M families
Potential Reach of Basic Income Programs
How benefit design and funding choices change household and economy-wide outcomes.
Read case studyGDP contribution / $1 benefit
$1.97 GDP / $1
Economic Contribution of the Canada Child Benefit
How family transfers propagate through household income, spending, employment and public revenues.
Read case studyWorkers with a current mental-health challenge
680,000 workers
Mental Health in the GTHA Workplace
A person-level simulation connecting mental health with workers, families and regional economic outcomes.
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$1.54B / yr
Pickering Nuclear Continued Operation
How continued station operation affects GDP, employment, wages, public revenues and household affordability.
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200 projects
Canadian P3s and the Value of On-Time Delivery
How timing certainty changes the long-run value created by large public infrastructure portfolios.
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+1.5%
Regional Express Rail and Housing Affordability
How transit access changes commuting costs, housing prices and overall shelter affordability.
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