Breaking away from the pack: Enhancing Canada's global competitiveness

What better time than now to discuss competitiveness? In this rapidly evolving environment, Canada and its businesses will have to become better innovators to compete and win.

Private Equity Canada 2008

McKinsey's sixth annual report on the Canadian private equity industry reviews 2008’s early record-breaking activity in fund-raising and investments, the dramatic collapse in debt markets in the second half of the year, and the growing importance of sovereign wealth funds.

Our Client Impact

Shaping Canadian Business

McKinsey's Canadian office is dedicated to solving the toughest problems facing Canadian businesses and helping to build global Canadian leaders. We serve a distinctly Canadian set of clients in all the major industry sectors. The Canadian office has strengths in many of McKinsey's global practices. Our Toronto location has extensive experience in financial services, private equity, consumer retail, and health care. Our Montréal location is home to the global Corporate Risk Practice. And our Calgary location is quickly becoming a hub for basic materials and energy.

Collectively, our offices span the major economic centers in Canada. Although all of our offices have strengths in particular industries, as a consultant, you can serve all major industries from any office. We have recently served clients in the following industry sectors: financial services, basic materials, consumer retail, energy, communications and media, professional services, health care, public sector and nonprofit.

Below are several examples of client studies from around the world. As a McKinsey consultant, you will have the opportunity to have impact at home and across the globe.

Financial institution

Building a bank from the ground up

One of the Middle East’s largest and oldest banks had decided to expand into Malaysia. We worked with them to create an innovative, customer-focused bank unlike any other.

Technology

Building trust in change

The success of a leading consumer electronics company was masking underlying problems that eroded its profitability. Find out how McKinsey earned the client’s trust to deliver difficult—but essential—recommendations for its long-term growth.

Pharmaceutical

Achieving marketing excellence through customer insights

Learn how McKinsey helped one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies rethink how it markets its products.

TV network

Creating change in a creative organization

A TV network with a global audience of more than 1.5 billion wanted a bold new growth strategy. We recommended they instead focus on reinventing how they work. Find out why—and what the results were.