Master Deck 2015-09-30

WHYONTARIO?Prepared by: Global Competitiveness UnitResearch and Analysis Branch Policy and Strategy Division Ministry of Economic Development, Employment

and Infrastructure / Ministry of Research and Innovation

September 30, 2015

2 WHY ONTARIO? TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 | ECONOMIC PROFILE• Ontario as a Percentage of Canada• GDP Comparison with US States• GDP Comparison with Other Countries• Ontario's Regional Industrial Strengths• Toronto Financial Services• Ontario’s Share of Foreign Headquarters in Canada

• Ontario's Economic Outlook

2 | COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES• Location Advantage• Transportation Infrastructure• Educational Attainment• Ontario's Strong Educational Infrastructure

• Ontario's People Risk Index and Global Comparison

• Research Infrastructure• Cost of Doing Business• Healthcare Costs• Corporate Income Tax Rate Comparison

i. Competitive Corporate Taxes on Manufacturing

ii. Globally Competitive Corporate Taxes• Marginal Effective Tax Rate Comparison with OECD Countries

• R&D Tax Credit• Sources of Ontario’s Foreign Direct Investment Projects

3 WHY ONTARIO? TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont’d)

3 | INTERNATIONAL TRADE PROFILE

• Ontario's Goods-and-Services Export Intensity

• Exports and Imports, by Country• Exports and Imports, by Product• Canada’s Trade Agreements

4 | LIVING IN ONTARIO• Quality of Life• Languages Spoken• Ethnic Diversity

5 | GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO'S INVESTMENT AND TRADE PROMOTION

• International Representation• Ontario’s Plan for Jobs and Growth• Recent Initiatives for Investment• Program Initiatives

i. Competitive Business Taxii. Opportunities for Businessesiii.Modern Infrastructure iv.Highly Skilled Workforcev. Promoting Entrepreneurship and

Innovationvi.Helping Social Enterprises Grow

and Create jobsvii.Going Global

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ECONOMIC PROFILE

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Ontario: Canada’s Economic Powerhouse

Ontario as a Percentage of Canada, 2014

37% GDP

39% Population

38% Primary household income

45% Financial services employment

48% ICT employment

46% Production of manufactured goods

36% Goods exports

Sources: Industry Canada, Statistics Canada, and Ontario Ministry of Finance with data from Statistics Canada, 2015

ECONOMIC PROFILE > Ontario as a Percentage of Canada

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Ontario: The Eighth Largest Economy in North America

Top Ten by GDP, 2014 (Billion US$)

2,312

1,6481,405

840 746 663 583 572 549 483

Note: Figures in current US$. Ontario’s GDP listed at PPP. Ontario’s GDP at PPP was estimated as a percentage of Canada’s. Source: US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure with data from Statistics Canada, and OECD, 2015.

ECONOMIC PROFILE > GDP Comparison with US States

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Ontario’s GDP is Larger than that of Many Countries

GDP for Ontario and Select OECD Countries, 2014 (Billion US$)

943803

572480 473 437 397 394

333 320 295 286 272 253 241 221 218

Note: Figures in current US$. GDP at PPP for all countries. Ontario’s GDP at PPP was estimated as a percentage of Canada’s. Source: Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Infrastructure and Employment with data from Statistics Canada, and OECD, 2015.

ECONOMIC PROFILE > GDP Comparison with Other Countries

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Diverse Geographic Landscape with Competitive Regional Industries

Ontario’s Regional Strengths

Northwestern Ontario1% of total employment10% of paper manufacturing6% of mining and oil and gas extraction2% of construction employment6.2% unemployment rate

Southwestern Ontario11% of total employment63% of petroleum and coal products manufacturing37% of agriculture employment33% of transportation equipment manufacturing employment6.4% unemployment rate

Northeastern Ontario4% of total employment57% of mining and oil and gas extraction23% of wood product manufacturing15% of primary metal manufacturing7.7% unemployment rate

Eastern Ontario

13% of total employment20% of management, scientific, and technical services16% of paper manufacturing employment15% of computer system design services employment6.9% unemployment rate

Central Ontario23% of total employment52% of primary metal manufacturing employment38% of machinery manufacturing employment37% of non-metallic mineral product manufacturing5.7% unemployment rate

Greater Toronto Area48% of total employment71% of finance employment69% of computer system design services employment44% of manufacturing employment7.4% unemployment rate

Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, August 2015

ECONOMIC PROFILE > Ontario's Regional Industrial Strengths

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Toronto: The Canadian and a Global Hub for Financial Services

TORONTO IS:

• Location of 83% of the foreign banks in Canada

• Headquarters for Canada’s five largest banks

• Headquarters of seven Fortune Global 500 companies

• Ranked fifth in North America and eleventh globally in competitiveness ratings of global financial centres

• Home to the eighth largest stock exchange in the world based on domestic equity market capitalization

Sources: The Global Financial Centre Index 17, World Federation of Exchanges, 2015. OneSource.com, Fortune Global 500 Companies, Canadian Bankers Association, Office of Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada; 2015

ECONOMIC PROFILE > Toronto Financial Services

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Ontario is Home to the Majority of Foreign-Controlled Head Offices in Canada

Foreign Head Office Distribution in Canada, Dec 2014

Ontario64%

Rest of Canada

36%

Source: Statistics Canada, 2015

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE > Ontario’s Share of Foreign Headquarters in Canada

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Positive Economic Growth is Projected for Ontario for the Next Few Years

Ontario’s Economic Outlook (Per Cent)

2015p 2016p 2017p 2018p

Real GDP Growth 2.7 2.4 2.2 2.1

Employment Growth 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.3

CPI Inflation 1.2 2.0 2.0 2.0

Note: p: projectedSource: Ontario Ministry of Finance, 2015

ECONOMIC PROFILE > Ontario's Economic Outlook

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2 COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

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142 Million Consumers within a Day’s Drive

Daily Two-way Goods Trade between Ontario-USA for 2014 Valued at C$844 million

Sources: Industry Canada, Statistics Canada and US Census Bureau, 2015

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE > Location Advantage

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Ontario has a Modern, Efficient and Widely Networked Transportation System

Ontario Transportation Infrastructure

Airport

Border Crossing

Road

Ontario Road

Railroad

ECONOMIC PROFILE > Transportation Infrastructure

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Ontarians are Highly EducatedPost-secondary Educational Attainment [Select Markets, 2013 (Age 25-64)]

Overall, 66% of Ontario’s adult population has completed post-secondary education

• University: 32%

• College: 27%

• Apprenticeship: 7%

66% 64%

55%

47% 44% 42%36%

32%

19%

Note: Not all jurisdictions count apprenticeship as post-secondary education Sources: Statistics Canada and OECD, 2015

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE > Educational Attainment

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Ontario’s Strong Educational InfrastructureOrganization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Programme for International Student Assessment, 2012

Reading ScoresPISA 2009 Score

528 523505 498 496 494

Ontario Canada G8 Avg. USA OECD Avg. EU15 Avg.

Mathematics ScoresPISA 2009 Score

518 514501 496 494

481

Canada Ontario G8 Avg. EU15 Avg. OECD Avg. USA

Science ScoresPISA 2009 Score

527 525511

504 501 497

Ontario Canada G8 Avg. EU15 Avg. OECD Avg. USA

Canada is among the highest ranked jurisdictions in the OECD’s assessment of students’ reading, math, and science skills.

Note: OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) compares standardized test results of 15 year-olds in 65 countries. It is conducted every three years. Sources: OECD and Statistics Canada, 2013

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE > Ontario's Strong Educational Infrastructure

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Ontario is a Leader in Recruiting and Retaining a Highly Skilled WorkforceOverall People-Risk Rankings, 2013

Rank City

1 New York City

2 Singapore

3 Toronto

4 London

5 Montreal

6 Los Angeles

7 Copenhagen

8 Hong Kong

9 Zurich

10 Vancouver

Out of 138 global cities examined, Toronto ranked third for low risks associated with employment and redeployment.

Canada’s strengths are derived from strict enforcement of equal opportunity laws, clear government-mandated health and retirement benefits, low levels of corruption, and the high quality and broad availability of training facilities.

Source: AON Consulting, 2014

ECONOMIC PROFILE > Ontario's People Risk Index and Global Comparison

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Government Supported R&D Centres Located throughout Ontario

Medical Related ServicesCentre for Excellence for Mining InnovationBio Energy Research CentreNetworks of Centres of Excellence (NCE)Ontario Centres of Excellence (COE)National Research Council Institute (NRC)

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE > Research Infrastructure

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Competitive Business Costs

Overall Business Costs Index (US=100)

88.5 89.1

91.6 92.3 93.1 93.4 93.5 94.2

100

Source: MEDEI/MRI analysis, prepared using CompetitiveAlternatives.com Cost Model, 2014 version, accessed August 27, 2015

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE > Cost of Doing Business

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Lower Healthcare Costs for Employers Compared to the US

Employer Health Costs for a Typical Firm (Thousands US$)

980

457

US Ontario

Average cost to employers in the US is about twice as much as it is in Ontario

Note: Typical firm defined as having approximately 91 employeesSource: MMK Consulting, 2014 (Special run for MEDEI/MRI)

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE > Healthcare Costs

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Competitive Corporate Taxes on Manufacturing

Combined Federal and State/Provincial Corporate Income Tax Rate in Manufacturing (Per Cent)

25.0%

32.0% 32.5%35.3% 35.6% 35.9% 35.9% 36.0% 36.3% 36.4% 37.7% 37.9% 38.0% 38.0% 38.5%

Source: Ontario Ministry of Finance, based on information as of Dec 19, 2014.

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE > Corporate Income Tax Rate Comparison

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Globally Competitive Corporate Taxes

Combined National-Subnational General Corporate Income Tax (CIT) (Per Cent)

The combined federal‐Ontario general CIT rate is significantly lower than the average federal‐state CIT rate in the United States — Ontario’s major trading partner.

Source: Ontario Ministry of Finance, and KPMG International, based on information as of Feb 27, 2015

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE > Corporate Income Tax Rate Comparison

26.5% 28.2%31.5%

39.0%

Ontario G20 Average G7 Average US Average

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Marginal Effective Tax Rate (METR) on New Business Investment Lower than US and OECD Averages

Ontario’s Tax Competitiveness (Per Cent)

34.7%

20.2%16.3%

US Average OECD Average Ontario

Notes: The marginal effective tax rate (METR) takes into account federal and provincial/state corporate income taxes, capital taxes and sales taxes.The OECD METR is the average for OECD member countries excluding Canada.Sources: Finance Canada, and Ontario Ministry of Finance, based on information as of September 30, 2015.

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE > Marginal Effective Tax Rate Comparison with OECD Countries

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Ontario’s R&D Cost AdvantageR&D Cost Advantage (Per Cent)

28.1%

23.9%

23.3%

18.0%

17.3%

14.2%

14.1%

13.9%

0%

Netherlands

Ontario

France

Australia

Italy

United Kingdom

Germany

Japan

US

Ontario has a 23.9% cost advantage

relative to the US

Source: MEDEI/MRI analysis, prepared using CompetitiveAlternatives.comCost Model, 2014 version. Based on information as of September 15, 2015.

After-Tax Cost of $100 R&D ExpenditureSmall and Medium Sized Manufacturers

R&D Expenditure

(general)

R&D Expenditure

(at eligible Ontario research

institutes)

Gross expenditure $100.00 $100.00

Actual after-tax expenditure

$54.79 $42.62

Note: based on information as of September 30, 2015.Sources: Ontario Ministry of Finance and Canada Revenue Agency

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE > R&D Tax Credit

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Ontario Attracts Investors from Many CountriesForeign direct investment projects in Ontario by source country, 2014

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE > Sources of Ontario’s Foreign Direct Investment Projects

US, 45.13

UK, 12.39

Germany, 7.08

France, 6.19

China, 3.54

India, 3.54

Denmark, 2.65

Switzerland, 2.65

Japan, 2.65Sweden, 2.65 Other, 11.53

Source: fDi Intelligence, April 2015.

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3 INTERNATIONAL TRADE PROFILE

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Goods and Services Exports are a Key Part of Ontario’s Economy

Goods and Services Export Intensity, 2014Gross Domestic Product

International 33.6%

Interprovincial18.6%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

International exports are equivalent to around 34% of Ontario’s GDP

Note: 2014 GDP is $720,981 millionSource: Ontario Ministry of Finance, April 2015

INTERNATIONAL TRADE PROFILE > Ontario's Goods-and-Services Export Intensity

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Ontario Trades with the WorldTop Ten Trade Partners, 2014

Note: Figures for 2014. Export figures are domestic exports only (does not include re-exports)Source: Industry Canada with data from Statistics Canada, 2015.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE PROFILE > Exports and Imports, by Country

Exports

Rank Country % Share in Total

1 United States 79.3%

2 United Kingdom 6.4%

3 Hong Kong 1.8%

4 China 1.2%

5 Mexico 1.2%

6 Japan 1.1%

7 Norway 1.0%

8 Germany 0.6%

9 Italy 0.6%

10 Switzerland 0.6%

Imports

Rank Country % Share in Total

1 United States 56.4%

2 China 11.7%

3 Mexico 7.6%

4 Japan 3.0%

5 Germany 2.6%

6 Korea, South 1.6%

7 United Kingdom 1.3%

8 Italy 1.1%

9 Switzerland 1.0%

10 Taiwan 0.8%

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Ontario Trades in a Variety of Goods

Top Five Product Categories, 2014

Exports

34%

11%

9%4%

4%

38%

Motor Vehicles

Metals and PreciousStones

Machinery & Mech.Appliances

Plastics

Electrical Equipment

Others

Imports

21%

15%

11%

4%4%

45%

Motor Vehicles

Machinery & Mech.Appliances

Electrical Equipment

Metals & PreciousStones

Pharmaceuticals

Others

Source: Industry Canada, Trade Data Online (data from, Statistics Canada, November 2014)

INTERNATIONAL TRADE PROFILE > Exports and Imports, by Product

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Canada’s Trade Negotiations and AgreementsINTERNATIONAL TRADE PROFILE > Canada’s Trade Agreements

Countries with CompletedFree Trade Agreements

Countries with Free Trade Agreements Being Negotiated

Countries with Free TradeAgreements in ExploratoryDiscussions

All other countries without Free Trade Agreements withCanada

Note: FTA coverage does not include WTO Agreements. The Canada-EU trade agreement (CETA) negotiations concluded in August 2014 and is awaiting ratification. If approved in 2015 the CETA could be applied in 2016.

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4 LIVING IN ONTARIO

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Ontarians Enjoy a Good Quality of LifeMercer 2015 Quality of Living Survey Index, Top Cities in North America

Rank City Country

5 Vancouver Canada

15 Toronto Canada

16 Ottawa Canada

24 Montreal Canada

27 San Francisco United States

33 Calgary Canada

34 Boston United States

36 Honolulu United States

43 Chicago United States

44 New York City United States

44 Seattle United States

Source: Mercer - Quality of Living, 2015

LIVING IN ONTARIO > Quality of Life

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Ontarians Speak Many Different Languages

Select Languages Spoken by Ontarians

93,080 128,440 133,390 140,805 140,315 147,723 178,335251,330

499,380

685,193

1,426,540

Russian Polish Arabic Filipino German Portuguese Spanish Italian MajorChinese

languages

Majorlanguagesspoken in

India

French

Ontario’s population was 12.85 million in 2011.Source: National Household Survey (NHS), Statistics Canada, 2013 (data for 2011).

LIVING IN ONTARIO > Languages Spoken

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Ontario is Ethnically Diverse

Ontario’s Immigrant Population by Place of Birth

Asia44.8%Europe

33.4%

United States3.2%

Americas16.1%

Africa5.4% Oceania

and other0.3%

Sources: Statistics Canada, 2013. National Household Survey (NHS)

LIVING IN ONTARIO > Ethnic Diversity

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5 GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO’S INVESTMENT AND TRADE PROMOTION

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Government of Ontario’s Presence AbroadGOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO’S INVESTMENT AND TRADE PROMOTION > International Representation

37 WHY ONTARIO?GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO’S INVESTMENT AND TRADE PROMOTION > Ontario’s Plan for Jobs and Growth

Ontario’s Plan for Jobs and Growth

• Launched in Budget 2013, Ontario’s Economic Plan for Jobs and Growth is supporting economic renewal and positioning the province to continue its global economic leadership through the 21st century.

• It builds on Ontario’s strong economic fundamentals to focus government policy and investments in priority areas that will drive economic development and job creation. This includes building

the talent and skills of Ontario’s workforce, building modern infrastructure and supporting a dynamic and innovative business climate.

• The 2015 Budget expands on this plan. The government will continue to work hard to ensure Ontario is well-positioned for continued economic growth over the next 10 years.

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Recent Initiatives Encouraging Investment

•Has eliminated the capital tax, reduced corporate income tax rates and has passed the Supporting Small Business Act, increasing the exemption for the Employer Health Tax for small businesses.

•Has announced the Going Global Trade Strategy to help more companies export to global markets, helping to create jobs in Ontario.

•Has invested in key sectors and regions of the economy, and in promoting research, innovation and commercialization.

• Is extending the Ontario Youth Jobs Strategy by $250 million for two more years, that has helped over 29,000 young people gain the benefit of on-the-job workplace experience over the last two years.

GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO’S INVESTMENT AND TRADE PROMOTION > Recent Initiatives for Investment

The Ontario Government:

39 WHY ONTARIO?GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO’S INVESTMENT AND TRADE PROMOTION > Program Initiatives

Competitive Business TaxImproving Business Tax Competitiveness

The government has fundamentally restructured the tax system to improve Ontario’s business tax competitiveness and enhance Ontario’s advantages in sustaining long‐term economic growth and job creation.

These measures include:

• Replacing the Retail Sales Tax with the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST), a more modern value‐added tax;

• Eliminating the Capital Tax, which corporations paid whether or not they had a profit and was a significant disincentive to investment;

• Cutting Corporate Income Tax (CIT) rates for small and large businesses; and

• Streamlining CIT and sales tax administration, which is saving businesses over $635 million per year in reduced compliance costs.

Ontario’s business tax system is one of the most competitive internationally. Since 2009, the marginal effective tax rate on new business investment has been cut in half.


Opportunities for BusinessesProvincial Initiatives

• The new province-wide, 10-year, $2.5 billion Jobs and Prosperity Fund (JPF) will partner with business to attract investments, strengthen Ontario’s strategic sectors and support the province’s future economic growth.

The new fund will secure business investments that focus on job‐creating innovation, productivity and going global, and will invest in Ontario’s key sectors.

• The government has committed over $110 million in regional economic development through both the Eastern Ontario Development Fund and Southwestern Ontario Development Fund, leveraging a total investment of over $1 billion.

•

These regional programs support economic development initiatives to businesses, municipalities and not for profit associations.

• The Better Business Climate Act, 2014 requires the government to publish an annual report highlighting the government’s burden reduction activities. Ontario’s new burden reduction strategy will save businesses and stakeholders over $100 million by the end of 2017.

Through the act, which went into effect in December 2014, Ontario will work with business and other partner leaders to develop cluster development plans that identify key polices to support cluster growth and promote stronger collaboration.


Modern Infrastructure The province plans to invest more than $130 billion in public infrastructure over ten years, including $24 billion by 2015-16. Infrastructure investments would remain focused on the most critical areas such as transportation, health care and education.

•Transportation Infrastructure: $31.5 billion over ten years to improve transportation infrastructure, including $2.5 billion in 2015-2016 for highway rehabilitation and expansion projects across the province.

•Education Infrastructure: to provide over $11 billion over ten years in capital grants to school boards that will help build new schools in areas

of high growth and improve the condition of existing school facilities. As of the spring of 2015, nearly 100 major capital projects are either in planning or underway across the province.

•Postsecondary Infrastructure: to provide more than $900 million for infrastructure in colleges and universities.

•Health Infrastructure: to invest over $11 billion over ten years in capital grants to hospitals over three years. Across Ontario, approximately 40 major hospital projects are under construction or in various stages of planning.


Highly Skilled WorkforceOntario has made significant investments to build the knowledge and skills of its population, ranging from full-day kindergarten to postsecondary education.

•Youth aged 15 to 29 account for 35 per cent of participants in Employment Ontario, the province’s $1 billion system of employment and skills training programs and services.

•Ontario is renewing its Youth Jobs Strategy that will provide an additional investment of $250 million over two years to prepare up to 150,000 of Ontario’s youth with the right skills for employment opportunities in growing industries.

•Since 2002–03, there are over 170,000 additional students enrolled at Ontario colleges or universities, an increase of 43 per cent.

•Since 2002–03, Ontario has created almost 16,000 new graduate spaces, an increase of 58 per cent.

•66 per cent of adults in Ontario had a postsecondary credential in 2013, up from 56 per cent in 2002 and higher than any country in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.


Promoting Entrepreneurship and Innovation

The Government of Ontario offers programs and funds to promote entrepreneurship and innovation such as:

• Commercialization and Innovation Voucher Pilot Program: helping entrepreneurs and small businesses to access innovation, productivity and commercialization services offered by Ontario’s research institutions.

• Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund: a $300 million fund in partnership with the federal government and the private sector.

• The Ontario Brain Institute: supporting medical discovery by committing $100 million to the Ontario Brain Institute over five years.

• The Youth Jobs Strategy’s Youth Entrepreneurship Fund and Youth Innovation Fund are providing young entrepreneurs with training, resources, mentorship and capital and helping develop Ontario’s future business leaders


Helping Social Enterprises Grow and Create JobsThe Government of Ontario has launched a new Social Enterprise Strategy that will help social enterprises start and grow their businesses while supporting the creation of 1,600 new jobs in the sector by focusing on four key areas:

• Connecting, co-ordinating and communicating information to, and about, social entrepreneurs, including exploring new ways to help create 'hybrid' corporations that reinvest profits in a social purpose

• Building the social enterprise brand by increasing awareness of the sector using tools like an interactive web portal where social entrepreneurs could meet and connect with investors, and access services.

• Creating a vibrant social finance marketplace through various initiatives, including implementing a new $4 million Social Enterprise Demonstration Fund to improve access to capital for high-growth social enterprises. In February 2015, the government announced support for 11 social finance organizations through the Social Enterprise Demonstration Fund.

• Delivering other innovative supports, like a pilot program to help social enterprises be part of procurements related to the 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games

Our goal is to make Ontario the number one jurisdiction in North America for social enterprise.


Going Global

Ontario is helping expand the province's presence in global markets, grow the economy and create jobs through a new trade strategy. As part of Ontario’s Plan for Jobs and Growth, the Going Global Trade Strategy will:

•Already helped exporters with over 90 outbound missions in priority sectors.

•Streamline export programs and resources for businesses so they can more easily access the supports they need to go global.

• Increase support for more Ontario companies to export their products or services.

•Strengthen trade corridors with the United States.

•Work with the federal government to pursue new trade agreements

•Maximize the benefits from the Canada-EU Trade Agreement.

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GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO’S INVESTMENT AND TRADE PROMOTION > Contact Information

Prepared by:Global Competitiveness UnitResearch and Analysis BranchPolicy and Strategy DivisionOntario Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure / Ministry of Research and Innovation

900 Bay Street, 7th FloorToronto, OntarioM7A 2E1

Phone: 416-325-0078

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