Source catalog
Dataset owner, update frequency, geography, methodology, citation format, and usage limits for every data source in the platform.
Local intelligence your council, investors, and funders will trust.
We turn your local economic data into cited briefs, council notes, and investor packages. Every claim sourced. Every output yours to approve.
Now accepting pilot partners across CanadaBuilt by people who understand the work.
We built this because EDO teams deserve the same evidence infrastructure that large policy shops have — without the headcount or the budget.
Built in Canada PIPEDA-compliant Data on Canadian servers StatCan-connected
How it works
Two ways the platform works for your team.
Draft cited outputs on demand, or let the platform monitor your data and surface what matters automatically.
Draft cited outputs in minutes.
Draft council notes, investor packages, grant evidence sections, and full economic reports from your approved data — ready for staff review and approval.
Briefing tool
Report tool
What your team can produce
- Council briefing note
Turn permit activity, labour data, and seasonal baselines into a defensible briefing note with charts and source caveats.
- Investor attraction package
Pull workforce profiles, commercial availability, and demographic proof points into a tailored, cited investor response.
- Grant evidence section
Assemble cited indicators, trend charts, and regional comparisons for funding applications — every claim traceable.
- Site selection evidence pack
Overlay trade areas, mobility data, and commercial listings for a developer inquiry, backed by local source data.
Know what changed before the next meeting.
Signals Radar monitors your datasets and flags meaningful changes, anomalies, and opportunities automatically — so your team acts on current data, not last quarter's.
Signals Radar
What your team will catch
- Permit activity above baseline
Catch unusual building permit volumes before the next council meeting and draft a cited context note automatically.
- Labour market deterioration
Detect quarter-over-quarter workforce changes and surface the relevant indicators before they become a council question.
- Sector growth or contraction
Flag shifts in business counts, sector concentration, or commercial vacancies as soon as updated data arrives.
- Retail spending leakage
Surface retail gap indicators when spending patterns shift and queue a retail opportunity brief for staff review.
Built for public accountability
Designed for public-sector scrutiny.
Every claim traced to an approved source. Every output stays in draft until a staff member approves it. Built around the review workflows your municipality already uses.
Evidence drawer
Claim-level traceability to tables, maps, documents, date ranges, and caveats. Inspect any sentence before it leaves the system.
Approval workflow
Draft-only outputs, human review gates, audit logs, and export history. Nothing is published without a staff decision.
Your data stays yours
PIPEDA-compliant. Hosted on Canadian infrastructure. We never train models on your municipal data, and nothing is shared with third parties.
What powers it
Raw data, refined into answers.
Statistics Canada, provincial feeds, and municipal systems — connected and unified for Canadian communities.
Statistics Canada Public statistical
TELUS Insights Mobility data
Spacelist Commercial listings
CMHC Housing data
BC Stats Provincial statistical
Labour Force Survey Labour statistics
Business licenses Municipal operational
Building permits Municipal operational
Chamber directories Local business
Tourism & visitor data Local operational
Retail gap report
Permit anomaly alert
Site suitability score
Investment readiness index
Council briefing note
Grant evidence package
Workforce snapshot
Explore your data
The environment where your team works.
Maps, charts, and report output in one place. Staff explore data spatially, inspect time series, and push approved visuals directly into briefs, investor packages, and council reports — without switching tools.
Interactive maps
Business locations, trade areas, listings, permits, and mobility context.
Filter by category, click any marker to inspect it, and export map states as evidence for a brief.
Economic indicators Employment Insurance beneficiaries
Data source: Statistics Canada, local workforce estimates. Caveat: latest wage estimate is regional.
Cited charts
Every chart carries source, geography, time range, and caveats.
Agents recommend visuals for a claim, but users can still inspect the underlying metric and export charts into branded reports.
Draft — Council Brief Q1 2026 Pending review
Building Permit Activity
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
+18.7% above seasonal baseline — strongest quarter since 2021
Source: Municipal permit feed · Statistics Canada · Updated Mar 31 2026
Report output
Move from interactive analysis to reviewed publication.
Approved visuals, evidence, and narrative blocks flow into council notes, investor packages, grant evidence sections, and public-facing dashboards.
From question to answer
Questions you get every week, answered in minutes.
A growing library of purpose-built analytical tools for economic development. A few examples.
Retail gap model
A developer calls asking about retail demand in your downtown.
You send them a cited gap analysis — by category, by trade area — before the end of the day.
Permit anomaly detector
Council wants to know why permit volumes are suddenly up.
Signals Radar flagged it two weeks ago. You already have a drafted context note with sources.
Site suitability scorer
A site selector needs to compare three locations in your region.
Each listing is scored by demographic fit, competitor proximity, and traffic access — in one package.
Investment readiness index
A federal grant application is due in three weeks.
Your investment readiness index benchmarks your community against regional peers with cited evidence.
Ready to see how it works for a community like yours?
We start with a 30-minute call to understand your community's data and workflows.
No pitch deck. No pressure.
Start with a conversation
A 30-minute call to understand your community, your existing data sources, and your team's workflows.
Run a scoped pilot
We set up the platform with your local data, typically in 2 to 3 weeks. Your team reviews every output before anything is finalized.
Flexible annual contract
Agreements sized for municipal teams. Data stays on Canadian infrastructure. No lock-in.
Schedule a call You'll speak directly with Hammad Shah · +1 403 461 7899
You'll speak directly with Hammad Shah · +1 403 461 7899