NEW REPORT: Places To Sprawl
Report on Municipal Conformity with the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, as provided for under Ontario’s Places to Grow Act
This report takes a look at municipal conformity with the Ontario government's Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe. It reveals that several municipalities are failing to comply and are threatening to undermine the intent of the province's Places to Grow Act.
Between 2001 and 2031, the population of Ontario is expected to grow by 3.7 million people. To reduce the environmental impact of this magnitude of growth, and to curb urban sprawl and protect southern Ontario's fragile natural landscapes and agricultural land, the Ontario government passed the Places to Grow Act in 2005. In the following year, the province adopted the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe to regulate growth in the area of southern Ontario in which the Greenbelt is located.
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