Our Research Reports

The Missing Middle Initiative, housed at the University of Ottawa’s Institute for the Environment, seeks to revive Canada’s urban middle class. Our knowledge mobilization strategy includes written pieces, research reports, the Missing Middle Podcast, and appearances in the mainstream media.

Our studies and research reports are listed below, along with the project’s Supporting Partner organization. The list includes reports published while the authors were at the Smart Prosperity Institute, or working under the PLACE Centre brand.

List of Studies and Research Reports

1. 2025 Provincial HOMES Report Card, December 2025.

2. Unleashing Innovation: The Case for Agile Health Data Regulation, December 2025, with Supporting Partner, Canada 2020.

3. Q3 2025 GTA and GGH Housing Report Card: Starts, Sales, and Employment, September 2025, with Supporting Partner, RESCON.

4. Families on the Move: 670,000 More Households in Eastern Ontario by 2051, October 2025, with Supporting Partner, the Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association.

5. Regulatory Delays, Dollar-Backed Stablecoins, and Affordability for Canadians, September 2025, with Supporting Partners, Canada 2020 and Coinbase.

6. Q2 2025 GTA and GGH Housing Report Card: Starts, Sales, and Employment, September 2025, with Supporting Partner, RESCON.

7. RoCA Benchmark 3.0 Model: A method to forecast local housing needs, September 2025.

8. Strengthening the core: Increasing social license for healthy infill development in London, Ontario, June 2025, with Supporting Partner, the Public Health Agency of Canada.

9. Report Card on More and Better Housing, May 2025, with Supporting Partner, More and Better Housing Canada.

10. Housing Canada: A Sovereign Plan to Protect Canadians and Build a Resilient Housing System, March 2025, with Supporting Partners, the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness.

11. Decarbonizing Canada’s Commercial Buildings: The Owner & Investor Perspective, December 2024, with Supporting Partners, REALPAC and the Canada Green Building Council.

12. Four Pathways to Housing Affordability, November 2024, with Supporting Partner, the Clean Economy Fund.

13. Ontario’s need for 1.7 million more homes: an update, April 2024.

14. The Innovation Agenda for Canadian Real Estate, March 2024, with Supporting Partner, RealInnovators.

15. The Blueprint for More and Better Housing, March 2024,with Supporting Partner, the Clean Economy Fund.

16. London, Ontario: Employment Prospects Reports 2023 - 2031 - Health Sector, October 2023, with Supporting Partner, London Economic Development Corporation.

17. London, Ontario: Employment Prospects Reports 2023 - 2031 - Information Technology, October 2023, with Supporting Partner, the London Economic Development Corporation.

18. London, Ontario: Employment Prospects Reports 2023 - 2031 - Manufacturing, October 2023, with Supporting Partner, the London Economic Development Corporation.

19. London, Ontario: Employment Prospects Reports 2023 - 2031 - Construction, October 2023, with Supporting Partner, London Economic Development Corporation.

20. Working Together to Build 1.5 Million Homes, August 2023, with Supporting Partner, Ontario’s Big City Mayors.

21. The National Housing Accord: A Multi-Sector Approach to Ending Canada’s Rental Housing Crisis, August 2023, with Supporting Partners, REALPAC and the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness.

22. Who Will Swing The Hammer?, May 2023, with Supporting Partners, the West End Homebuilders’ Association and the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce.

23. EnerGuide Labeling of Homes at the Time of Sale, September 2022, with Supporting Partner, the Canadian Real Estate Association.

24. Ontario’s Need for 1.5 Million More Homes, August 2022.

25. Unlocking the Future - 5 Year Housing Outlook. Chapter 2: Climate Change, with Supporting Partner, RE/MAX Canada.

26. Border Carbon Adjustments — Four Practical Challenges, April 2022.

27. Efficient Nitrogen Fertilizer Management: Opportunities for Prince Edward Island’s and Ontario’s Agricultural Sector, March 2022, with Supporting Partner, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada (AAFC).

28. The Growth of London Outside of London, March 2022, with Supporting Partner, London Development Institute.

29. One Million New Ontarians: As Ontario’s population booms, policymakers must adapt new housing supply to meet demographic-based housing demand, February 2022, with Supporting Partner, Ontario’s Big City Mayors.

30. Forecast for Failure: How a broken forecasting system is at the root of the GTAH’s housing shortage and how it can be fixed, January 2022, with Supporting Partner, BILD.

31. Renewal and Reinvention of Alberta’s Hydrocarbon Cluster: Learning from the past, December 2021, with Supporting Partner, Energy Futures Lab.

32. Banning Blind Bidding: Would it slow the growth in Canadian real estate prices?, October 2021, with Supporting Partner, Canadian Real Estate Association.

33. Clean Growth in Canada’s Agriculture and Agri-food Sector, March 2022,with Supporting Partner, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada (AAFC).

34. Baby Needs a New Home: Projecting Ontario’s Growing Number of Families and their Housing Needs, October 2021, with Supporting Partner, Ontario Home Builders’ Association (OHBA).

35. Priced Out: A lack of housing options for working families in the Goods Production & Distribution District of Canada’s Innovation Corridor, September 2021, with Supporting Partner, the Toronto Region Board of Trade.

36. City of London: Factors that will impact a Community-Centred Recovery, August 2021, with Supporting Partner, London Community Recovery Network.

37. Ontarians on the Move - Local Intelligence Report - Hamilton, June 2021, with Supporting Partner, the West End Homebuilders’ Association.

38. Made in Ontario: A Provincial Manufacturing Strategy, June 2021, with Supporting Partner, Ontario 360.

39. The Big Shift: Changes in Canadian Manufacturing Employment, 2003 – 2018, May 2021, with Supporting Partner, Future Skills Centre.

40. Ontario’s Options: Evaluating How Provincial Carbon Pricing Revenues Can Improve Affordability, October 2020.

41. Construction and Carbon: The Impact of Climate Policy on Building in Canada in 2025, May 2019, with Supporting Partner, Canada’s Building Trades Union (CBTU).

Learn More about MMI

For more information on MMI, please refer to the following links:

• About us: Who we are and why we exist.

• Our mission: Details on the strong middle-class Canada we are trying to create.

• Our strategy: How we will create a strong middle-class Canada

• Our impact: Our success, to date, in creating a strong middle-class Canada.

• Our team: The team working towards creating a strong middle-class Canada.

• Support us: How you can help us create a strong middle-class Canada.

As well as our knowledge mobilization outlets, including:

• Reports: A list of long-form studies and reports, including ones that predate the formation of MMI.

• Podcast: Links to the Missing Middle podcast (available in both video and audio versions), video content, and our social media content.

• Media: Links to MMI mentions in the mainstream media, along with guest pieces written by MMI staff in outlets from The Globe and Mail to The Toronto Star to The Hub.

• Substack archive: An archive of our past Substack posts.