The Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing solutions to important issues that have an impact on the quality of life in urban areas and communicating those solutions to a wide audience through a variety of media.

The CUI brings together experts from different disciplines to connect people, money and ideas to build strong communities and equitable and competitive urban areas in Canada and internationally. The CUI was established in 1990 by the City of Toronto and the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto with a mandate to:

	Connect urban decision-makers at all levels of government, the corporate and community sectors to enhance policy making and management of urban areas.
	Convene groups of decision-makers throughout Canada and abroad to facilitate the exchange of information between urban areas within Canada and internationally.
	Communicate the results of applied research and provide training in order to foster co-operative approaches to urban issues.