Municipal Economic Development “Key Sectors”: Do Priorities Match Realities?

IF 1.2 4区管理学 Q3 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique Du Canada Pub Date : 2026-06-15 Epub Date: 2026-04-29 DOI:10.1111/capa.70064

Aaron A. Moore, Joseph Lyons, Hannah Verrips

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This article explores whether municipal economic development priorities align with Canada's changing economy and workforce and whether these same priorities address the employment needs of municipalities' working-age residents. Our analysis draws on census division and census subdivision data from the 2021 Canadian Census and our own original database of economic sector priorities in Canadian municipalities with populations greater than 20,000. We find general alignment between municipal sector priorities and the current composition of Canada's economy and workforce. By and large, these priorities also reflect the employment needs of working-age residents in individual municipalities. However, we also find that municipalities and their economic development agencies continue to prioritize manufacturing, even though the sector has declined significantly as a proportion of Canada's economy and a focus on manufacturing does not reflect the increasingly educated working-age population within larger municipalities.

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城市经济发展“重点领域”：重点与现实相符吗？

本文探讨了城市经济发展的优先事项是否与加拿大不断变化的经济和劳动力相一致，以及这些优先事项是否解决了城市工作年龄居民的就业需求。我们的分析利用了2021年加拿大人口普查的人口普查部门和人口普查细分数据，以及我们自己的人口超过2万的加拿大城市经济部门优先级原始数据库。我们发现市政部门的优先事项与加拿大经济和劳动力的当前构成之间的总体一致性。总的来说，这些优先事项也反映了各市适龄工作居民的就业需求。然而，我们还发现，市政当局及其经济发展机构继续优先考虑制造业，尽管该部门在加拿大经济中的比例已经大幅下降，而且对制造业的关注并不能反映出大城市中受教育程度越来越高的工作年龄人口。

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Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique Du Canada PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION-

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期刊介绍： Canadian Public Administration/Administration publique du Canada is the refereed scholarly publication of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC). It covers executive, legislative, judicial and quasi-judicial functions at all three levels of Canadian government. Published quarterly, the journal focuses mainly on Canadian issues but also welcomes manuscripts which compare Canadian public sector institutions and practices with those in other countries or examine issues in other countries or international organizations which are of interest to the public administration community in Canada.