Tag: Plan Canada

As our communities continue to evolve, planners will remain central to shaping their future – including in guiding how and where we accommodate growth and development. Intensification has long been lauded as a sustainable alternative to the low-density, peripheral development that has dominated urbanization patterns since the 20th century. By directing growth towards mature neighbourhoods, intensification offers a clear pathway towards building the complete, compact, and connected communities that are envisioned in planning documents across the country.

The question of who should pay for the infrastructure needed to support community growth has long been a controversial issue in Canada. In this issue of Plan Canada, articles explore the many dimensions of growth and the increasingly complex questions surrounding how Canadian communities finance, govern, and plan for infrastructure and services.

Editors’ Note by Kelley Moore RPP, FCIP and Tharini Prakash This special issue focused on the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goal 11 (SDG 11):…

Disruptions are rarely unforeseen; at our fingertips is a wealth of data, historical and contemporary patterns, and peer expertise that we can use to integrate resilience into everyday decision-making. This edition of Plan Canada intends to help compile this accumulated knowledge to continue our professional conversation about resilience.

This issue’s theme, Canada in 2100, challenges planners to imagine what kind of place Canada will be in 75 years. This prospective, futures-thinking exercise is both timely and relevant given the magnitude of current issues facing Canada and the planning profession…

What should be the focus of the Winter 2025 issue of Plan Canada? It’s up to you!