What is the Toronto Industry Network?

The Toronto Industry Network (TIN) is a group of manufacturers and manufacturing associations with operations in the City of Toronto. Collectively the Network employees approximately 35,000 people directly and another 100,000 indirectly through suppliers and customers.

TIN provides the manufacturing community with a window at City Hall, participating in the formulation of policies that affect industry. The Network is particularly interested in how it can help make our City more competitive within Canada and internationally. Some recent activities include:

  • Actively promoting industry's needs regarding the City-wide zoning by-law to be enacted later this year.
  • Working with the City to implement a Green Roofs By-law for new industrial construction that will allow not only vegetated roofs but also other forms of green roofs treatment.
  • Successfully negotiated an industrial water rate discounted for large industrial water users, and
  • Encouraged Council to enact a policy to lower Toronto’s high industrial property taxes to match the 905 area's residential-industrial/commercial tax ratios.

 

The Network believes strongly that there is an important role for industry in the development of sound public policy. Our organization closely monitors City Hall and has developed an excellent working relationship with many of the senior managers.


Did you know?

  • 5,000 manufacturing establishments employ 143,000 people. Wages are 25% above the national average (from CME)
  • 13% of all full-time jobs in Toronto are in manufacturing
  • Key manufacturing clusters are sugar and confectionaries, bakeries, clothing and knitting mills, leather goods, converted paper products, computers, other electronics, office furniture and jewellery manufacturing
  • Toronto's ethnic diversity strengthens manufacturing. Recent immigrants account for 40% of manufacturing workforce (from CME)
  • Manufacturing produces an annual value-added (GDP) of $13 Billion or 10.5% of the total output of the City. Close to 60% of Canada’s manufacturing output is exported (from CME)
  • Manufacturers pay $249 Million in property taxes including education and other levies.