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The Smart21 Communities of the Year

Posted on Awards by · January 09, 2016 2:37 AM · 5 reactions

The Smart21 announcement is the first stage in ICF’s annual Intelligent Community Awards cycle. Based on Intelligent Community Index questionnaires submitted by communities large and small from around the world, ICF selects 21 finalists with the potential to become one of the Forum’s Top7 Intelligent Communities of the Year. The Smart21 Communities of the Year® are announced at least 60 days before the selection of the Top7 and promoted to the world’s media by ICF and the communities involved. Gaining a place among the year’s Smart21 is considered a badge of honor as well as the first step greater recognition as an Intelligent Community positioned to prosper in the broadband economy.

Learn how ICF selects the honorees in its award program on our Awards Process page.

 

 

Smart21 of 2025

Alcobendas, Spain Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Assaí, Paraná, Brazil Konya Metropolitan Municipality, Türkiye
Bilbao, Spain Langley City, British Columbia, Canada
Brightlands-Limburg, The Netherlands Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain
Bursa Metropolitan Municipality, Türkiye Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Chiayi County, Taiwan Pingtung County, Taiwan
Coral Gables, Florida Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil
Durham Region, Ontario, Canada Reykjavík, Iceland
Fairfield/Jefferson County, Iowa, USA Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain
Grey County, Ontario, Canada Warner Robins, Georgia, USA
Hilliard, Ohio, USA  

 

Smart21 of 2024

Assaí, Paraná, Brazil Hilliard, Ohio, USA
Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada Izmir, Turkey
Coral Gables, Florida, USA Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil Markham, Ontario, Canada
Defiance, Ohio, USA Pingtung County, Taiwan
Doral, Florida, USA Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil
Durham Region, Ontario, Canada Taitung County, Taiwan
Fairfield/Jefferson County, Iowa, USA Warner Robins, Georgia, USA
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada Woodstock, Georgia, USA
Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia Yunlin County, Taiwan
Grey County, Ontario, Canada  

 

Smart21 of 2023

Assaí, Paraná, Brazil Fairfield/Jefferson County, Iowa, USA
Astana, Kazakhstan Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Binh Duong Smart City, Vietnam Grey County, Ontario, Canada
Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada Hilliard, Ohio, USA
Coral Gables, Florida, USA Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil
Defiance, Ohio, USA Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Doral, Forida, USA Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Durham Region, Ontario, Canada Whanganui, New Zealand
Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada  

 

Smart21 of 2022

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia City of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
Alexandria Lakes Area, Minnesota, USA Markham, Ontario, Canada
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK New Taipei City, Taiwan
Binh Duong Smart City, Vietnam Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil Prospect, South Australia, Australia
Durham Region, Ontario, Canada Rochester, New York, USA
East Central Region, Minnesota, USA Seat Pleasant, Maryland, USA
Elefsina, Attica, Greece Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada Whanganui, New Zealand
Township of Langley, British Columbia, Canada  

 

Smart21 of 2021

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Markham, Ontario, Canada
Alexandria Lakes Area, Minnesota, USA Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK Moscow, Russia
Binh Duong Smart City, Vietnam Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada Prospect, South Australia, Australia
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil Rochester, New York, USA
Durham Region, Ontario, Canada Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Fairlawn, Ohio, USA Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada Wellington, New Zealand
Township of Langley, British Columbia Canada Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
City of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada  

 

Smart21 of 2020

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Binh Duong Smart City, Vietnam Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Chiayi City, Taiwan Prospect, South Australia, Australia
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil Rochester, New York, USA
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Tallinn, Estonia
Hudson, Ohio, USA Wellington, New Zealand
Issy les Moulineaux, France Westerville, Ohio, USA
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Whanganui, New Zealand
Markham, Ontario, Canada Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Matsu, Taiwan  

 

Smart21 of 2019

Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada Nairobi County, Kenya
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Prospect, South Australia, Australia
Binh Duong Smart City, Vietnam Rochester, New York, USA
Chiayi City, Taiwan Sarnia-Lambton County, Ontario, Canada
Chicago, Illinois, USA Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil Surat, Gujarat, India
Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Tainan City, Taiwan
Hudson, Ohio, USA Taoyuan, Taiwan
Issy-les-Moulineaux, France Westerville, Ohio, USA
Keelung City, Taiwan Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Moscow, Russia  

 

Smart21 of 2018

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Parkland County, Alberta, Canada
Chiayi City, Taiwan Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Espoo, Finland Sarnia-Lambton County, Ontario, Canada
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada St. Albert, Alberta, Canada
Hudson, Ohio, USA Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia Tainan City, Taiwan
Issy-les-Moulineaux, France Taoyuan, Taiwan
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada Western Valley, Nova Scotia, Canada
Kinmen County, Taiwan Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada York (Regional Municipality of), Ontario, Canada
Olds, Alberta, Canada  

 

Smart21 of 2017

Astana, Kazakhstan Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Chiayi City, Taiwan Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Prospect, South Australia, Australia
Grey County, Ontario, Canada Rochester, New York, USA
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia Sarnia-Lambton, Ontario, Canada
Keelung City, Taiwan Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Knowle West, Bristol, United Kingdom Tainan City, Taiwan
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Taoyuan, Taiwan
Moscow, Russia Whanganui, New Zealand
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada Yilan County, Taiwan
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada  

 

Smart21 of 2016

Armidale, New South Wales Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Brabantse Kempen Region, The Netherlands New Taipei City, Taiwan
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Hsinchu County, Taiwan Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia San Diego, California, USA
Jönköping, Sweden Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Kaohsiung, Taiwan Taitung County, Taiwan
Lambton County, Ontario, Canada Taoyuan, Taiwan
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Whanganui, New Zealand
Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Montreal, Quebec, Canada  

 

Smart21 of 2015

Arlington County, Virginia, USA Prospect and the Eastern Region Alliance, South Australia, Australia
Astana, Kazakhstan Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Aurora, Illinois, USA Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Changhua County, Taiwan Shiojiri City, Japan
Columbus, Ohio, USA Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Dubuque, Iowa, USA Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Taitung County, Taiwan
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia Taoyuan County, Taiwan
Mitchell, South Dakota, USA Whanganui, New Zealand
Nairobi County, Kenya Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia
New Taipei City, Taiwan  

 

Smart21 of 2014

Arlington County, Virginia, USA Prospect, South Australia, Australia
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Columbus, Ohio, USA Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Heraklion, Crete, Greece Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Hsinchu City, Taiwan Taoyuan County, Taiwan
Kingston, Ontario, Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mitchell, South Dakota, USA Walla Walla Valley, Washington, USA
Montreal Metropolitan Area, Quebec, Canada Whanganui, New Zealand
Nairobi County, Kenya Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia
New Taipei City, Taiwan Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Parkland County, Alberta, Canada  

 

Smart21 of 2013

Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Castelo de Vide, Portugal Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Columbus, Ohio, USA Taichung City, Taiwan
Heraklion, Crete, Greece Tallinn, Estonia
Hsinchu City, Taiwan Taoyuan County, Taiwan
Jiading New City, China Tirana, Albania
Kingston, Ontario, Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mitchell, South Dakota, USA Whanganui, New Zealand
Oulu, Finland Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Prospect, South Australia, Australia  

 

Smart21 of 2012

Arlington County, Virginia, USA New Taipei City, Taiwan
Austin, Texas, USA Oulu, Finland
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Prospect, South Australia, Australia
Columbus Region, Ohio, USA Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil Riverside, California, USA
Dakota County, Minnesota, USA Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Danville, Virginia, USA Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Durango, State of Durango, Mexico Taichung City, Taiwan
Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico
Heraklion, Crete, Greece Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia  

 

Smart21 of 2011

Birmingham, United Kingdom Northeast Ohio, USA
Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Chongqing, China Riverside, California, USA
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil Shanghai, China
Dakota County, Minnesota, USA Sopron, Hungary
Danville, Virginia, USA Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Dublin, Ohio, USA Taoyuan County, Taiwan
Eindhoven Region, The Netherlands Trikala, Greece
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia Windsor-Essex, Ontario, Canada
Issy-les-Moulineaux, France Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India  

 

Smart21 of 2010

Arlington County, Virginia, USA Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Porto Alegre, Brazil
Besançon, France Riverside, California, USA
Bristol, Virginia, USA Suwon, South Korea
Dakota County, Minnesota, USA Tallinn, Estonia
Danville, Virginia, USA Taoyuan County, Taiwan
Dublin, Ohio, USA Tel Aviv, Israel
Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom Tianjin Binhai New Area, China
Eindhoven Region, The Netherlands Trikala, Greece
Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia Windsor-Essex, Ontario, Canada
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada  

 

Smart21 of 2009

Albany, New York, USA Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Ashland, Oregon, USA Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Bristol, Virginia, USA Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa
Dublin, Ohio, USA Porto Alegre, Brazil
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Riverside, California, USA
Eindhoven Region, The Netherlands Stockholm, Sweden
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada Tallinn, Estonia
Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia Taoyuan County, Taiwan
Issy-les-Moulineaux, France Trikala, Greece
Kenora, Ontario, Canada Westchester County, New York, USA
Malta  

 

Smart21 of 2008

Ashland, Oregon, USA Hammarby Sjöstad, Sweden
Barceloneta, Puerto Rico Hwa Seong Dong Tan, South Korea
Cape Town, South Africa Hyderabad, India
Doha, Qatar Isle of Man
Dublin, Ohio, USA Malta
Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom Northeast Ohio, USA
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Tallinn, Estonia
Eindhoven Region, The Netherlands Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada Westchester County, New York, USA
Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia  

 

Smart21 of 2007

Ashland, Oregon, USA Kabul, Afghanistan
Bettendorf, Iowa, USA Karlskrona, Sweden
Burlington, Ontario, Canada Loma Linda, California, USA
Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario-Quebec, Canada
Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom Reykjavík, Iceland
Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea San Francisco, California, USA
Hong Kong Sunderland, England, United Kingdom
Ichikawa, Japan Tallinn, Estonia
Isle of Man Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Issy-les-Moulineaux, France Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia
Jia Ding, China  

 

Smart21 of 2006

Adel, Georgia, USA Monmouth, Illinois, USA
Burlington, Ontario, Canada Nunavut, Canada
Cleveland, Ohio, USA Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario-Quebec, Canada
Dubai Internet City, United Arab Emirates Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Évora, Portugal Spanish Fork, Utah, USA
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea Taipei, Taiwan
Ichikawa, Japan Tianjin, China
London, England, United Kingdom Västerås, Sweden
Manchester, England, United Kingdom Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia  

 

ICF Renaissance Dialogues: Interview with Whanganui, Smart21 Community of 2016

Posted on Podcast by · January 04, 2016 1:28 PM · 1 reaction

ICF's Robert Bell interviews Marianne Archibald, Malcolm Inglis and Annette Main about Smart21 Intelligent Community Whanganui.

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The Intelligent Community Forum names the Smart21 Communities of 2016

Posted on News & Media by · October 21, 2015 1:39 PM

New York City and Dublin, Ohio, USA - 21 October 2015 – The Intelligent Community Forum today named the world’s Smart21 Communities of 2016. This select group of communities will now be in contention for the prestigious designation of Intelligent Community of the Year in June 2016.

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The Building on Bobcat Way

Posted on News & Media by · October 20, 2015 4:56 PM

Well, here we go: another Smart21 announcement day approaches, and a new group of communities – cities, towns and regions representing millions of people – will prove yet again that the future belongs to places that we may have once thought were extinct or in great danger of perishing.

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Getting From Smart to Intelligent

Posted on News & Media by · January 19, 2015 12:18 PM

On January 22, ICF narrows its 2015 list of 21 really smart communities to a short-list of 7 intelligent ones. Those two words – smart and intelligent – are often confused or often used to mean the same thing. But I think they describe very different realities.

Every Intelligent Community we have seen is a Smart City. That is, it invests in information and communications technology (ICT) to deliver services, monitor operations and rejigger failing systems. That is good news for taxpayers, businesses and institutions.

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The Intelligent Community Forum Announces World’s Smart21 Communities of 2015

Posted on News & Media by · October 21, 2014 11:26 AM

New York - 21 October 2014 – The Intelligent Community Forum today named the world’s Smart21 Communities of 2015. This select group of communities will now be in contention for the prestigious designation of Intelligent Community of the Year in June 2015.

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As the United Nations calls for a new approach to improving the world’s cities, the Intelligent Community Forum demonstrates solutions with its selection of the 2014 Smart21 Communities

Posted on News & Media by · October 21, 2013 5:55 PM · 1 reaction

North Canton, Ohio & New York – Monday 21 October 2013 – The Intelligent Community Forum today named the world’s Smart21 Communities of 2014. This select group of communities is now in contention for the prestigious designation of Intelligent Community of the Year in June 2014.

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As threat of global downturn demands new approaches, ICF offers solutions with new book and announcement of 2013 list of world’s most intelligent places

Posted on News & Media by · October 21, 2012 1:44 PM · 1 reaction

“Seizing Our Destiny” book title inspired by Riverside California’s transformation into a model city for high tech innovation and economic recovery

Riverside, CA – 21 October 2012 – With the International Monetary Fund scaling back its global growth forecast for 2012 to 3.3 per cent from 3.5 per cent and warning that risks of a serious global economic slowdown are “alarmingly high”, the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) is offering communities worldwide, and their mayors, municipal administrators, economic development executives and educational institutions a new solutions playbook entitled “Seizing Our Destiny”. The launch of the group’s new book, available now on Amazon.com, coincides with the announcement of ICF’s 2013 list of Smart21 Communities.

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