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Smart Cities Challenge

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.

Timelines

  • April 24, 2018: Application Submission Deadline
  • June 1, 2018: Finalist Announcement
  • March 5, 2019: Final Proposal Submission Deadline
  • May 14, 2019: Winner Announcement

Our steering committee

Biorem
Guelph Chamber of Commerce
Guelph & Wellington Task Force for Poverty Elimination
Ontario Agri-Food Technologies
Innovation Guelph
Provision Coalition
Maple Leaf
Conestoga College
Arrell Food Institute
Guelph CHC
Waterloo Wellington LHIN
Upper Grand District School Board
University of Guelph
TruLeaf
Toward Common Ground

Knowledge champions

Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute
CAPI Eng Logo JPG
Smart Prosperity Institute
Ontario Centres of Excellence
Institute for the Future
Digital Public
Conestoga College
University of Guelph
The Behavioral Insights Team
Alectra
Public Sector Network
IDEO
Delphi Group
Arrell Food Institute
Michael Keegan and Associates Ltd.
DGen

Our growing list of champions

  • 10C Shared Space
  • Ag Energy Co-operative
  • Beef Farmers of Ontario
  • Bioenterprise Corporation
  • Biomimicry Frontiers
  • Cisco
  • Community Engaged Scholarship Institute – UofG
  • Conestoga
  • Family and Children’s Services
  • Family Counselling and Support Service G-W
  • Goodleaf Community Farms Ltd.
  • Greenbelt Microgreens
  • Guelph Community Health Centre
  • Guelph Family Health Team
  • Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition
  • Innovation Guelph
  • Invest in Guelph
  • Katan Kitchens
  • Lakeside Hope House Leanintuit
  • Longview
  • MannMade
  • Ontario Federation of Agriculture
  • Oreka Solutions
  • Organic Meadow
  • Public Health Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph
  • Quinta
  • Taste Real
  • The Guelph Community Foundation
  • The Seed
  • Toque Ltd.
  • United Way Guelph-Wellington-Dufferin
  • Wellington-Waterloo Community Futures
  • Workforce Planning Board of Waterloo Wellington Dufferin
  • YMCA-YWCA of Guelph
  • Yorklands Green Hub

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