Government Of Canada Launches Smart Cities Challenge

The Government of Canada recently announced the launch of the Smart Cities Challenge. This bold new initiative encourages communities to address local, everyday issues through the use of data and connected technology.¹ The goal of the project is to solve the problems that community residents face by providing an implementation platform. Overall, the program is intended to provide Canadians with meaningful results of problem-solving processes. Individual communities will set their priorities and identify the results they wish to achieve, and are encouraged to work with private and non-profit sectors and the research community in doing so.

The advantage of the smart city approach is that it can be adopted by communities of any size, whether they are municipalities, Indigenous communities or local governments, and all communities are welcome to participate in the Smart Cities Challenge. Deadlines for submissions close April 24, 2018. Finalists will receive a $250,000