Focus 2010

At the Capital Corridor event in Watertown, NY, the KIS team presented findings on rural economic development priorities from 23 community workshops.  Click here for details.

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Agriculture ad Agri-Food Canada
(www.agr.gc.ca/)

This site provides economic and market information, as well as publications, on agricultural sustainability and development.

Major site themes include information for producers, an analysis of agri-industries, Canada’s positioning in the international agricultural business, science and innovation, and the management of land.

Community Information Database
(www.cid-bdc.ca)

The Community Information Database (CID) is intended to provide communities and governments with consistent, reliable and accessible information on economic and demographic factors at the community level.

Ontario East Economic Development Corporation
(www.onteast.on.ca)

The Ontario East Economic Development Commission is a group of economic development professionals and business leaders that are working co-operatively to promote the region.

The website provides a description of the key economic activity sectors in Eastern Ontario and mini-profiles of the towns, cities and counties that make up the region.

Rural Economic Development Data and Intelligence
(www.reddi.gov.on.ca/)

This site contains rural Ontario community profiles, as well as economic analysis tools to the gauge strengths and weaknesses of communities. Information on business retention and expansion as a development strategy.

Statistics Canada – Community Profiles
(www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Index.cfm?Lang=E)

This site generates data from the 2006 consensus for specific communities. Community-specific data is available on such characteristics as population, education, ethnicity, immigration and citizenship, income and earnings, the labour force and language.