In 2017, more than 200 municipalities across Canada responded to Infrastructure Canada’s Smart Cities Challenge with comprehensive proposals that leveraged new technologies and insights in support of economic opportunity, empowerment and inclusion, environmental quality, healthy living and recreation, mobility, and safety and security. Beyond the challenge, over the past five years, Canadian municipalities from Calgary to Kitchener (and above and beyond) have created digital strategies and plans for transforming their urban spaces to be more interconnected, efficient, and sustainable. Furthermore, these plans frequently rely on private sector partnerships and create new avenues for companies and start-ups to come to Canada, grow, and improve prosperity for citizens..
