Geoff Cape

For almost 35 years, Geoff Cape has been at the forefront of promoting urban innovation and environmental sustainability across diverse platforms. As CEO of Assembly Corp, Geoff has a long background in real estate and urban planning. Geoff began with a hammer, framing new builds and restoring century homes off the east coast at the age of 19. He has been a builder, planner, operator and advocate for sustainable cities and green infrastructure. Geoff is most well known for starting Evergreen in 1991 and the transforming 42-acre Evergreen Brick Works into an internationally recognized centre for urban environmental excellence.

Selected in 2018 as a Member of the Order of Canada and in 1999 as “Top 40 Under 40”, Geoff has also been honoured with the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in recognition of “Canadians who have made outstanding and exemplary contributions to their communities or to Canada as a whole.” In 2007, Geoff won the prestigious Schwab Foundation’s “Social Entrepreneur of the Year” award. Geoff was founding Chair of the Sustainability Institute, past Board member of Sustainable Development Technology Canada and the Peter F. Drucker Foundation Selection Committee. Geoff has been a regular participant and speaker at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland and on their “Future of Urban Development Advisory Board” and “Technology Pioneers Selection Committee”. Geoff is a Global Fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation.

Geoff lives in the Annex neighbourhood in Toronto with his wife Valerie and 3 boys Toma, Ben and Sebastien and cycles to work every day—even in blinding snow storms.