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Ottawa Real Estate Forum
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Chairs' Reception - Wednesday, October 8Rogers Centre, Ottawa

Stephen Tapp
Chief Economist at Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Speaker

Profile

Stephen Tapp is the Chief Economist at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. In this role, he is a key member of the Chamber’s executive leadership team, responsible for the operations of the Business Data Lab as well as economic analysis and research.

Stephen is the Vice President of the Canadian Association for Business Economics and a member of the Canadian Statistics Advisory Council.

He has more than 20 years of diverse experiences at many of Canada’s top economic organizations including at: Export Development Canada as the Deputy Chief Economist, the Bank of Canada, Parliamentary Budget Office, Finance Canada, think tanks as well as academia.

Stephen’s research was awarded the Purvis prize for Canadian economic policy. He has a Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from Queen’s University and an Honors B.A from Western. During his undergrad, he studied in the Netherlands and was the owner-operator of a student painting company.

Agenda Sessions

  • Examining current economic market conditions: What are the implications on commercial real estate in Canada and the National Capital Region for the remainder of 2024 and beyond

    8:10am