The Toronto Bulletin presents local results from A Recovery-free Zone, a one-year province-wide follow-up survey conducted by the Social Planning Network of Ontario (SPNO) on the impact of the economic downturn on nonprofit community social service agencies in Ontario. The Toronto Story – A Summary One hundred and nine Toronto agencies took part in the 2010 follow-up survey. Demand Rising

• 56.3% of agencies reported mostly an increase in service demand over the past 12 months

            o 87.9% of these agencies attributed the increase, primarily or in part,                     to the economy