Transformation AGO: Economic Benefits

Major economic benefits:

  • Increased tourism in Ontario
  • Job creation throughout hospitality and consumer sectors
  • Heightened appeal of region as a location for new businesses and other investments

Specific economic benefits*:

  • 2,058 person years of employment generated by the construction project
  • $96 million in new labour income generated from the construction project
  • One-time addition of $100 million to Toronto economy for expansion project
  • $54 million in provincial and federal tax revenues generated by the construction project
  • 245 permanent new jobs generated throughout the province
  • $3.8 million generated annually in tax revenues
  • $12.7 million in new tourism revenues throughout the province

* Prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers, April 2001 for AGO’s SuperBuild application

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Mark Lewis, Algonquin Park, Early March

Mark Lewis (Canadian 1957-), Algonquin Park, Early March, 2002, 35mm film transferred to digital betacam videotape. The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. Purchased with financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance program and with the assistance of the Estate of Christian Claude, the E. Wallace Fund and the Art Gallery of Ontario Contemporaries, 2005, © 2007 Mark Lewis.

Artist's Name: Mark Lewis