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Provincial Benchmarking: Overall Performance

British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario have followed distinct paths to earn “A” grades in overall health performance

Research Areas

Economic Trends

World Outlook

Asia's aging population will strain the world's long-term economic growth.

Mid-Sized Cities

Nearly half of the 46 mid-sized Canadian cities have not recovered all the jobs lost during the recession.

Organizational Performance

Insider Threats

Definition: a rogue employee who might deliberately or inadvertently cause harm to the whole organization.

Nutrition in the Workplace

Chronic illnesses can contribute to lower labour productivity and increases in work absences.

Public Policy

Provincial Benchmarking

Healthy lifestyles have an impact on health care costs as well as on individual well-being.

Canada and India

Canadian commercial activities with India differ with the scale of trade and investment with its traditional partners.

Products and Services

Reports and Recordings

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  1. Paving the Road to Higher Performance: Benchmarking Provincial Health Systems
  2. Leading Indicator of Industry Profitability: February 2013
  3. Leading Indicator of Industry Profitability: May 2013
  4. Index of Business Confidence: Spring 2013
  5. Index of Consumer Confidence: April 2013

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Conferences and Events

Leadership Lessons from Undercover Boss Canada
7 Case Studies—Original Research—Conference Board Quality
May 27 | Toronto
Workplace Wellness and Mental Health 2013
Jun 18-19 | Toronto
HR Essentials for High Performance—Online Conference
Jun 20-24 |
HR 2013: Innovation Within and Beyond HR
Sep 23-24 | Toronto
Intergovernmental Forum on Risk Management 2013
Oct 2-3 | Ottawa

Webinars and Data

Best Practices in Workplace Wellness and Employee Health Webinar

May 27 at 2:00 PM

Paving the Road to Higher Performance: A Webinar on Benchmarking Provincial Health Systems

May 28 at 2:00 PM

Recent Data Releases

Consumer Confidence

May 2013, CBoC

5.1
Employment, Canada
Apr 2013, CANSIM

17,654

Leading Indicator of Industry Profitability

Apr 2013, CBoC

0.16

Executive Networks

Our more than 50 executive networks let you meet other experts to identify best and next practices on key issues facing you and your organization.

Leadership Development

The Niagara Institute

Leadership development programs for all levels of management.

The Directors College

Canada’s university accredited corporate director development program.

Custom Research

The Conference Board of Canada has a team of more than 60 experienced researchers to address your specific issues or prepare customized economic analyses.
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Special Projects

Centre for Food in Canada

Food impacts Canadians in an extraordinary range of ways. It affects our lives, our health, our jobs, and our economy.

How Canada Performs

A Report Card on Canada—Assesses Canada’s quality of life compared to that of its peer countries.

Centre for the North

This Centre will provide insights into how Canada can best address the enormous challenges and opportunities in its Northern regions.
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Centre for Business Innovation

This Centre is a five-year initiative to help bring about major improvements in firm-level business innovation in Canada.

Canadian Alliance for Sustainable Health Care

This Centre will provide insightful, forward-looking, quantitative analysis of the sustainability of the health-care system and all of its facets.

Saskatchewan Institute

This Institute is a multi-year initiative that focuses exclusively on issues relevant to Saskatchewan.
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Global Commerce Centre

The Centre helps leaders respond effectively to the rapidly changing global business operating environment.
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CIBC Scholar-in-Residence

This initiative actively engages renowned scholars in Conference Board advanced research programs.

Commentary
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Scandinavia’s Northern Lights Shine Brightly

Kip Beckman | May 22, 2013
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Making Robust Choices About Canada’s Energy Future

Satyamoorthy Kabilan | May 15, 2013
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EXCITE: Injecting Innovation into Ontario’s Health Innovation System

Gabriela Prada | May 8, 2013

Insights

Undercover Boss Canada

Photo of a woman and a man in business suits, standing back to back with arms crossedJoin us for an intensive day of leadership development and change management training. This truly unique event blends the tangible case studies from seven of Canada’s Undercover Bosses with the current research and insights thousands of leaders have come to rely on from the Conference Board, The Niagara Institute and Mercer.

Women and Leadership

Close-up photo of a woman smiling in front of a crowdAttitudes about advancing women into senior management roles are still polarized along gender lines.


Temporary Foreign Workers Program

Photo of Daniel MuzykaDaniel Muzyka, President and CEO, shares his thoughts about the changes to the Temporary Foreign Workers Program.

Canada and India Relations

Photo of flag of IndiaSo how do more Canadian companies actually start taking advantage of opportunities in fast-growth markets such as India?

Provincial Benchmarking: Health Systems

Photo of a female health practioner consulting with a male patientOntario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia rank highest for their performance in delivering health care services.

Provincial Benchmarking: Health Status

Photo of a patient getting blood pressure checkedBritish Columbia is the only province to receive an overall “A”



Provincial Benchmarking: Lifestyle

Photo of a cyclistB.C. earns by far the best grades among the provinces—obtaining “A”s in all but one indicator.