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The International Downtown Association is a world leader and champion for vital and livable urban centers. Through its network of diverse practitioners, its rich body of knowledge, and its unique capacity to nurture community-building partnerships, IDA provides tools, intelligence and strategies for creating healthy and dynamic centers that anchor the well-being of towns, cities and regions of the world.

Downtowns Canada is a national coalition of the International Downtown Association that represents organizations across the country who manage Canada’s business districts. We believe Canadian business neighbourhoods and city cores vary in form and size, and yet across the country they play a vital role in the nation’s identity and key centres of economic wealth.