Enterprise Types
Municipal Fuel & Gas Stations
Fuel is an essential cost for most households and businesses. Municipally owned fuel stations price at cost-plus-operating, reducing the fuel burden on residents and capturing fuel spending that would otherwise leave the community entirely.
Municipal Utilities
Where feasible, municipal ownership of utility infrastructure — electricity distribution, broadband, water — enables cost-at-service pricing and eliminates the profit extraction built into privately owned utility models.
Productive Agricultural Assets
Municipal ownership of agricultural land and processing infrastructure supports local food production, provides institutional demand for local farmers, and builds the supply chain that MGA depends on.
Local Enterprise Development
CDMM enterprise returns fund the development of new locally owned businesses — providing patient capital, technical support, and institutional purchasing commitments that private markets do not offer to small communities.
Employment & Human Capital
Every municipal enterprise creates direct local employment. CDMM emphasizes building local skills and career pathways — training residents for the roles that enterprises need, retaining human capital within the community, and reducing the outmigration pressure that hollows out smaller municipalities over time.
Direct Employment
Municipal enterprises employ local residents at fair wages — creating stable, community-rooted jobs that are not subject to corporate restructuring or offshoring decisions.
Skills Development
CDMM enterprises invest in training and skills development — building local capacity in retail management, logistics, agriculture, construction, and enterprise administration.
Career Pathways
As the enterprise portfolio grows, so do career advancement opportunities — giving residents a reason to stay and build their working lives within the community.
Reduced Outmigration
Communities that offer meaningful employment and economic opportunity retain their working-age population — reversing the demographic decline that threatens many smaller Canadian municipalities.
See the economic evidence
Scenarios, proposals, and infographics from the CDMM research base.