Tag: Canada; Ontario

Stratford Public Library published the results of their economic impact study in the February 2015 issue of their newsletter, Under the Umbrella. Using the economic impact model designed for Toronto Public Library, Stratford PL calculated a total economic impact of $14.91 million. Read the article in The Stratford Beacon Herald: Economic impact of Stratford Public Read More…

In 2014, Pickering Public Library (PPL) completed a detailed analysis of its economic impact using a methodology first used by the Toronto Public Library and developed by the Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto. Key findings from the analysis indicate that PPL creates over $32 million in total economic impact (which equates to $1,073 per Read More…

In July 2014, MPL completed a detailed analysis of its economic impact, using a methodology developed in 2013 by the Martin Prosperity Institute, Rotman School of Management for the Toronto Public Library. The analysis shows that MPL creates nearly $30 million in total economic impact (which equates to $930 per household, and $312 per capita). Investing Read More…

Halton Hills Public Library’s economic impact study, conducted in 2014, reveals that HHPL creates over $18 million in total economic impact, which equates to $892 per household and $301 per capita. Halton Hills Public Library Director, Jane Diamanti, presented their report to the HHPL Library Board on June 25, 2014. Halton Hills Public Library adjusted, for Read More…

Authored by Rod Sawyer, a Public Library Consultant at the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation, Cultural Partnerships Branch in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Introduction: Ontario public libraries have an enormous economic impact on their communities and on the province. They have unparalleled potential to be public access points to globally-available multimedia information available through Read More…