{"id":480,"date":"2025-12-17T14:41:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T14:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.findstoragefast.ca\/blog\/?p=480"},"modified":"2025-12-17T18:50:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T18:50:03","slug":"guelphs-student-goldmine-how-students-bolster-the-bottom-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findstoragefast.ca\/blog\/guelphs-student-goldmine-how-students-bolster-the-bottom-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Guelph\u2019s Student Goldmine: How Students Bolster the Bottom Line"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Guelph\u2019s Student Goldmine: How Students Bolster the Bottom Line<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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The pretty city of Guelph<\/a> is lined with limestone buildings and \u2013 come September \u2013 students arriving to hit both the books and the vibrant local music scene. Like any university town, the \u201cRoyal City\u201d attracts its fair share of shot-slamming, partying post-secondary students, wandering the 800-acre campus<\/a> in the bright light of a Friday morning, desperately searching for their next class.<\/p>

These hungover freshman might indeed compose part of the fabric of the school community, making it tempting to dismiss students in your town as a drunk-and-disorderly element that does more harm than good. But it would be a mistake to assume that all 20,000 students attending the nearly 150-year-old institution of University of Guelph act more as a drag to the city than a bolster. In fact, studies are showing that students contribute a huge amount to the communities that host them each year.<\/p>

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Buying everything from new clothes to notebooks, books to ballet lessons, to <\/span>summer storage rentals<\/span><\/a> and sublets, students spend an average of $1100 per month in local economies, including Guelph\u2019s. In fact, in this bucolic southern Ontario city, the local university population pushes nearly $23 million into city businesses per month. Over the eight months of the school year, this is a windfall of nearly $183 million contributing directly to the well-being and prosperity of many within the city.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Most students aren\u2019t just attending class. They\u2019re also rushing to their evening counter shift at the coffee shop or filling the weekend hours serving customers at the dollar store. In fact, 78% of students work through school in order to support themselves and 44% found employment off campus, according to<\/span> a study<\/span><\/a> conducted by Maclean\u2019s Magazine.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Hundreds of thousands of jobs \u2013 700,000, in fact \u2013 are created by the presence of universities and colleges, according to a Conference Board of Canada<\/span> report<\/span><\/a>, fuelling a whopping $55 billion into local economies.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Students Strengthen Community\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The stereotype of the self-obsessed sorority gal is just that: a stereotype that doesn\u2019t match the reality of most students. In fact, the majority are giving a great deal, both economically and through volunteer and community work. Guelph\u2019s own<\/span> Community Engaged Scholarship Institute<\/span><\/a> has connected students with organizations like the Guelph Community Health Centre and the Guelph-Wellington Local Immigration Partnership, enabling these smart and studious academic citizens to make important and valuable contributions.<\/span><\/p>

The bottom line is that if you live in a university town, you have a lot to be thankful for. Sure, orientation week might be a bit bumpy with the newbie renters still figuring out what day to drag their garbage curb-side or that they can\u2019t possibly party seven days of the week, but ultimately things will settle down. Sooner or later you\u2019ll be strolling through the beautiful Guelph arboretum with a genuine smile of appreciation for the students you see.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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