The State of the Nation report on impact investing in Canada, jointly authored by Purpose Capital and the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing, was released yesterday morning at Impact Ontario.  Click here for the Executive Summary and Full Report.

This report has several related objectives:

  • To describe impact investing and how it is developing across the country
  • To assess current impact investing activity across sectors, regions and asset classes
  • To share examples of investments that integrate financial returns and social impact
  • To identify trends, issues and challenges across market segments
  • To prioritize recommendations to allow impact investing to fulfill its potential