Impacts of Growth on Parkland

In the next 25 years, through the Official Plan (2021), the City will encourage the development of denser neighbourhoods, in both developing and existing areas of the city. The policies for residential density and intensification, and accompanying population increases, will impact the per capita provision levels of parks and recreation facilities. This section explains the impacts of some of the Official Plan (2021) policies, Transect policies (Section 5) and Overlay policies (Section 5.6) in the Official Plan (2021) direct the significant transformation of many neighbourhoods. The Official Plan (2021) Plan B-Series Schedules illustrate the Transect and Overlay areas, and tables 3a and 3b identify minimum density requirements. Table 3a identifies the minimum residential density requirements for areas defined as Hubs, Corridors and Protected Major Transit Station Areas. These range from 120 – 350 dwellings per net hectare.

Table 3b provides the residential density requirements for areas defined as

Neighbourhoods and Minor Corridors. This is expressed as a target residential density

range by transect as follows:

  • Downtown Core: 80 – 120 dwellings per net hectare
  • Inner Urban Transect: 60 – 80 dwellings per net hectare
  • Outer Urban Transect: 40 – 60 dwellings per net hectare
  • Suburban Transect: 40 – 60 dwellings per net hectare
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