Measuring Main Streets

Measuring Main Streets is a groundbreaking toolkit of resources resources backed by two years of research funded by Infrastructure Canada. The research, case studies, and tools offer city builders the means to make informed investments at the main street scale to enhance community, resilience, and equity outcomes.

The Main Street Mapping Tool includes almost every main street across Canada, allowing users to evaluate housing, services, civic infrastructure, and more all in one place. This is the first research tool to use main streets as the primary unit of analysis, allowing any user to make the case for their main street.