1. A Sustainable Action Plan for TORONTO

2. Location & History Previous Planning Efforts Current Planning Efforts Growth Future Needs A New Plan for Toronto

3. Location & History Toronto is located in the Great Lakes Region of Southern Ontario, Canada Founded as the Town of York in 1793 Surpassed Montreal as Canada’s largest city in the 1980s Regional Municipality amalgamated in 1997 to become 5 th largest in N America

4. Location & History

5. Previous Planning For past 50 years, regional land use planning and transportation have been coordinated by the Province Metropolitan Toronto Planning Area – 1953 MTARTS – Choices for a Growing Region – 1967 Design for Development – 1968 Toronto-Centred Region Plan – 1970 Central Ontario Lakeshore Urban Corridor – 1975 Central Ontario Smart Growth – 2002 Places to Grow – 2004

6. 1960s Plan for Development

7. Today’s Urban Areas v. 1960s Plan for the Future

8. Current Planning Official Plans Each Regional Government’s Plan for Development within their Municipality Oak Ridges Moraine Plan Niagara Escarpment Plan Greenbelt Plan “Places to Grow”

9. Greater Toronto Area Niagara Escarpment Lake Simcoe Lake Ontario Oak Ridges Moraine CITY of TORONTO HALTON PEEL YORK DURHAM

10. Greenbelt Plan A broad band of protected countryside that Provides for a diverse range of rural communities, agriculture, tourism, recreation, and resource uses Gives permanent protection to the natural systems, and forms an environmental framework around which major urbanization in Ontario will be organized complements existing Niagara Escarpment Plan and Oak Ridges Moraine Plan is not a “park” – permits existing uses, promotes agricultural and rural uses, and limits urban uses to existing Settlement Areas

11. Greenbelt Plan

12. “Places to Grow” where & how we should grow critical infrastructure needs what we need to protect includes reference to: “Smart Growth” work, the proposed Greenbelt Plan, the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority, and the GO Transit Expansion Plan

13. “Places to Grow” key themes 30 year planning and infrastructure strategy focus on strategic investment, growth in “Priority Urban Centres”, “Emerging Urban Centres”, and “Future Growth Areas” minimum 40% growth to be accommodated through intensification greater investment in transit and economic corridors for goods movement streamlining environmental assessment process

14. “Places to Grow”

15. Growth GTA growth rate is 2 nd only to Dallas Golden Horseshoe growing by 110,000 annually (equivalent to Guelph) attracts 55% of Canada’s immigration. Ontario has “exhausted” its infrastructure capacity put in place during the 1960s-1980s

16. Growth The problems facing Ontario today are similar to the late 1960s Strong economic growth and high immigration levels Planning/investment for infrastructure Environmental protection (Niagara Escarpment/Oak Ridges/Greenbelt) Solution was comprehensive super-regional planning.

17. Future Needs YearPopulation Housing Units Employment 20015 600 0002 000 0003 000 000 20318 000 0003 200 0004 300 000

18. Future Needs Population Growth Shares

19. Future Needs Employment Growth Shares

20. Future Needs To accommodate the population growth of 2 400 000 (2001-2031), 1 200 000 new residential units will be required. 840 000 units will be in new urban areas. (15% high density, 25% medium density, and 60% low density) Assuming 15 units to the gross hectare, this will require 56 600 hectares of new residential lands

21. Future Needs Over the next 30 years, growth forecasts indicate that 600 000 new jobs will be created in areas that we have traditionally called business parks or industrial areas At 50 jobs per hectare, with a vacancy rate of 20%, 14 500 hectares of new employment lands will be required

22. Vacant Land in GTA

23. Future Needs Given projected growth rates, 71 100 hectares of new land is required 17 420 hectares is available within 40 kilometres of Pearson Airport 9970 hectares is available beyond 40 kilometres of Pearson Airport Which leaves a shortfall of 31 770 hectares

24. A New Plan for Toronto Courses of Action Implementation Procedures Costs Benefits

25. Courses of Action EXAMPLE – need many! Current plans only call for 40% of growth to built in existing urban areas (intensification) Vancouver 70% United Kingdom 60% Sydney 60-70% Increase in intensification required

26. Implementation How to intensify? Transit improvements Environmental assessment streamlining Financial tools Revisit Greenbelt Plan areas

27. Costs Costs of intensifying $ for transit improvements $ for environmental assessment streamlining $ for financial tools $ for revisiting Greenbelt Plan areas

28. Benefits Benefits of intensifying Transit improvements Environmental assessment streamlining Financial tools Revisit Greenbelt Plan areas