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Toronto
City of Toronto Economic Development Office
http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/business_resources/index.htm
"The City of Toronto Economic Development Office helps business succeed. Toronto's Economic Development services support and assist existing businesses, potential investors and business associations."
Toronto Association for Business and Economics
http://www.cabe.ca/chapters/TABE
"The professional association for business economists in the Toronto area."
Ontario
Office for Urban Economic Development
http://www.ontariocanada.com/ontcan/en/about_main_en.jsp
The Urban Economic Development Branch (UED) supports the Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation's role as the Province's leader on urban and regional economic development and competitiveness issues and trends.
Ontario Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation
http://www.ontario-canada.com
Ontario Ministry of Finance
http://www.gov.on.ca/ont/portal/!ut/p/.cmd/cs/.ce/7_0_A/.s/7_0_24P/_s.7_0_A/7_0_24P/_l/en?docid=EC002001
Canada
Bank of Canada
http://www.bank-banque-canada.ca/
"Provides Canadian financial statistics, Bank of Canada reports and working papers."
Bank of Montreal
http://www.bmo.com/economic/
"Includes economic reports, market trends and forecasts, as well as Canadian, US and global economy information."
Canada Department of Finance
http://www.fin.gc.ca/
Canadian Urban Institute
http://www.canurb.com/
Identifies "economic and social issues that relate to social development, housing, sustainability, the environment, urban infrastructure and economic development."
C.D. Howe Institute
http://www.cdhowe.org/
"The C.D. Howe Institute has earned a reputation as Canada's most respected independent, nonprofit economic and social policy research institution."
CIBC
http://research.cibcwm.com/res/Eco/EcoResearch.html
"Provides economic reports and forecasts for domestic and global conditions, as well as industry analysis and outlooks."
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.conferenceboard.ca/
Knowledge areas include "Economic Forecasting and Analysis". Fee-based.
Electronic Commerce in Canada
http://e-com.ic.gc.ca/english/index.html
"The Canadian E-Business Opportunities Roundtable is a private-sector led initiative formed in 1999 to develop a strategy for accelerating Canada's participation in the Internet economy. "e-Team Canada" is the Roundtable's action plan for implementing this strategy." Site includes a resource centre.
The Fraser Institute
http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/
"Canada's leading economic think tank."
Industry Canada - Economic Analysis and Statistics
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_ecnmy/engdoc/homepage.html
Institute for Policy Analysis, University of Toronto
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/ipa/
"Scholarly research in applied economics and related disciplines with the goal of enhancing policy analysis."
Institute for Research on Public Policy
http://www.irpp.org/
"Research aims to shed light on the choices Canadians must make to maximize both economic performance and social progress".
Scotiabank Economic Reports
http://www.scotiabank.ca/eccomm.htm
"Provides global economic outlook figures, market trends, forecasts, and economic commentary."
Statistics Canada - Canadian Statistics
http://www.statcan.ca/start.html
"Provides monthly and quarterly economic data for Canada, the provinces and occasionally, CMA's."
TD Bank Financial Group
http://www.td.com/economics/
"Analysis and information provided by TD Economics covers the globe, with special emphasis on Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia. Canadian analysis includes the provincial economies, major industries and government finances. Focusses on government economic policies, inflation, interest rates and currencies in each of the global regions it scrutinizes. Releases economic commentaries and publications on a regular basis."
Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
http://www.wd.gc.ca/
"WD's mandate is to promote the development and diversification of the economy of Western Canada and to advance the interests of the West in national economic policy."
International
Cambridge University, The Marshall Library of Economics: WWW Links
http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/marshlib/links/index.htm
Includes links to online journals and books.
The Dismal Scientist
http://www.dismal.com/
"The web's leading provider of economic analysis. The Dismal Scientist¨ offers comprehensive and timely economic analysis, tools, message boards, and other features designed to keep our readers fully informed on the state of the world economy."
Economy.com Inc.
http://www.economy.com/
"A leading provider of economic, financial, and industry research designed to meet the diverse planning and information needs of business organizations, governments, and professional and personal investors worldwide."
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
http://www.imf.org/
"Established to promote international monetary cooperation, exchange stability, and orderly exchange arrangements; to foster economic growth and high levels of employment; and to provide temporary financial assistance to countries under adequate safeguards to help ease balance of payments adjustment."
Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD)
http://www.oecd.org/
"Provides governments a setting in which to discuss, develop and perfect economic and social policy."
World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/
"The world's largest source of development assistance, providing nearly $16 billion in loans annually to its client countries. It uses its financial resources, highly trained staff, and extensive knowledge base to help each developing  country onto a path of stable, sustainable, and equitable growth in the fight against poverty. "
Updated January 2003 | 
