What works in Canada
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Quality scores are 0–100 rubric scores; “strong evidence” reflects study design; adoptions count documented replications elsewhere. Know more
Evidence snapshot for Canada
Canada has demonstrated significant investment in accessibility and inclusive design through institutions like OCAD University's Inclusive Design Research Centre, which operates with ~20 staff and has secured $2.9M in major grants to build inclusive technology and education. The country has implemented a large-scale early-childhood policy through the $10-a-Day Child Care system, which reduced parental child-care costs from ~16% to 5% of after-tax family income and contributed to record maternal labour-force participation of 79.6% by 2023, though only 112,000 of 250,000+ targeted new spaces were created by 2024/25. Fable and K-Net demonstrate Canadian innovation in disability inclusion and First Nations digital infrastructure respectively, though the evidence here is primarily descriptive rather than outcome-focused. These practices illustrate Canada's policy and entrepreneurial commitment to equity, accessibility and inclusion, with mixed results on implementation scale.
Drawn from: Inclusive Design Research Centre (OCAD University) — Open-Source Inclusive Design · Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care System ($10-a-Day Child Care) · Fable — Accessibility Testing and Co-Design with People with Disabilities · K-Net — First Nations-Owned Broadband and Telehealth Network · Accessible Canada Act — Federal Accessibility Commissioner's Inspections of Plans, Feedback Channels and Progress Reports · TRIEC Mentoring Partnership · TRIEC Mentoring Partnership — Toronto's Skilled-Immigrant Employment Bridge · Caring Dads — Canada's Child-Protection-Linked Programme for Fathers Who Have Used Violence
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Evaluation evidence +21 pts 70 here · 49 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +20 pts 67 here · 47 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability +14 pts 68 here · 54 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +12 pts 85 here · 74 average
Weaknesses
Curator validation -12 pts 61 here · 73 average
Efficiency -15 pts 17 here · 32 average
Achievement / evidence -20 pts 67 here · 87 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding -22 pts 67 here · 89 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Canada. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Inclusive Design Research Centre (OCAD University) — Open-Source Inclusive Design · 100
Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care System ($10-a-Day Child Care) · 96
Fable — Accessibility Testing and Co-Design with People with Disabilities · 96
K-Net — First Nations-Owned Broadband and Telehealth Network · 96
TRIEC Mentoring Partnership · 91
TRIEC Mentoring Partnership — Toronto's Skilled-Immigrant Employment Bridge · 91
Caring Dads — Canada's Child-Protection-Linked Programme for Fathers Who Have Used Violence · 89
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in Canada concentrates — each city has its own evidence profile.
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 3 other places
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 4 other places
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
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- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Guyana's One-Third Gender Candidate Quota — Two Decades of Sustained Representation · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Serbia's 40% Electoral Gender Quota — From One-in-Three to Near-Parity Party Lists (2020-2025) · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more