Still Streamed: How High Impact Decisions Are Shaping Students’ Futures

September 07 2017

Across Ontario, grade 8 students are required to register for high school courses which are classified into three levels: academic, applied, and locally developed/essentials. Typically,...

Central Etobicoke Hub Preliminary Report

August 29 2017

Central Etobicoke is a large geographic area composed primarily of wards 3 and 4, located in the west-end of Toronto. The boundaries stretch north to...

Toronto’s ‘Condo Baby Boom’ Has Started: Young Families Seeking Community Spaces As School Year Ends

June 29 2017

Toronto’s downtown and waterfront condos are now home to thousands of preschool-aged children, finds a new report by Social Planning Toronto. The report reveals the...

New report finds Toronto faces ‘Rising Grey Tide’— Families strained as City and Province’s response lags

June 27 2017

Toronto’s baby boomers are aging and will soon overwhelm our already backlogged city infrastructure, according to a new report released today by Social Planning Toronto....

Demographic Change In Toronto’s Neighbourhoods: Meeting community needs across the life span

June 27 2017

Throughout 2017, Social Planning Toronto will be producing a series of reports highlighting newly released 2016 Census data from Statistics Canada and its significance for...

Desperately needed labour reform measures fall short for temporary, contract workers. New report backs stronger role for unions.

June 06 2017

The Government of Ontario could do more for almost half of Toronto’s workers who deal with precarious work, including temporary and contract workers, a new...

Unions and the Response to Precarious Work Series

June 06 2017

Social Planning Toronto is producing a 4-part Unions and the Response to Precarious Work series, examining the role of unions in responding to the troubling...

Growth Plan update a step in the right direction for residents struggling for affordable housing options

May 18 2017

Social Planning Toronto welcomed Ontario’s newly updated Growth Plan as an element in the effort to address the ‘missing middle’ of reasonably priced housing in...

Over 90 community leaders challenge Council on backward budget process

May 10 2017

In an open letter sent to Mayor John Tory and Toronto City Council, over 90 leaders from the nonprofit and community sector stressed the need...

Housing Policy Forum Series

May 01 2017

Beginning in May, we will be holding a series of policy forums covering a range of issues related to housing in Toronto. Join us and...