Our Food Future: Guelph-Wellington: Where food problems are solved

Guelph-Wellington: Where food problems are solved

It’s official! Guelph-Wellington has been awarded the $10 million prize through a successful application to Canada’s Smart Cities Challenge.

The funds, awarded by Infrastructure Canada, will be used to implement Our Food Future: our vision to create Canada’s first circular food economy.

The joint proposal from City of Guelph and Wellington County was submitted in early March after nine months of planning involving more than 150 community partners. To learn more about this proposal, read our Smart Cities application.

Smart Cities

The Smart Cities Challenge is a Canada-wide competition open to communities of all sizes. The Challenge encourages communities to adopt a smart cities approach to improve the lives of their residents through innovation, data and connected technology.

Guelph-Wellington was successful in the category for cities with populations under 500,000.