We're excited to have marketcityTO featured in the latest Learning From What Works report by the School of Cities and the Canadian Urban Institute!

The report identifies effective, locally driven solutions to the complex challenges communities are facing across Canada. In May 2025, a national call for innovative approaches to solving place-based challenges was put out and we responded along with many others. The responses was inspiring: they received over 120 organizations across the country whose community-based solutions are already showing success.

This report features 89 of the most promising submissions received, including 16 finalists whose inspiring initiatives are covered in depth. The transformative local solutions are from a range of organizations and address housing, mental health, climate change, and more. The report also features a chapter about how to scale social innovations like these so Canada can expand on “what works,” building on local assets and trust to address our most pressing economic, social, environmental, and cultural challenges.

The report was launched at the Canadian Urban Institute’s State of Canada’s Cities Summit, held in Ottawa in December 2025.

Read the report (and see the MCTO features on pg 18!) here: https://schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Learning-From-What-Works-3-Small-Businesses-Dec-2025.pdf