Hypothetical Downtown Streetscape depicting the Growth Plan's density targets for urban growth centres (above: density of approximately 150 residents and jobs combined per hectare)
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City Departments
Growth Management Strategy
In 2009 Planning Services is retained Hemson Consulting Ltd. to undertake a Growth Management Strategy (GMS). The GMS provides policy direction for future development in a way that is appropriate for Cambridge in keeping with the Province's Places to Grow Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe and the Region of Waterloo's Official Plan and Growth Management Strategy. This study provides direction for future growth in the City until the year 2031.
The Growth Management Strategy is a key component of the ongoing Official Plan Review because it helps us understand the implications of growth and assists us in the development of policies and strategies to implement Places to Grow at the municipal level. The strategy determines the capacity for future growth within the City of Cambridge and develops a balanced approach to growth indicating where the focus for new development will be. The GMS shifts from dependency on Greenfield areas to increase focus on infill and intensification.
The 2009 Growth Management Strategy can be viewed here
Places to Grow - Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe
The Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe was released by the Provincial Government in 2006. The Growth Plan:
The Growth Management Strategy is a key component of the ongoing Official Plan Review because it helps us understand the implications of growth and assists us in the development of policies and strategies to implement Places to Grow at the municipal level. The strategy determines the capacity for future growth within the City of Cambridge and develops a balanced approach to growth indicating where the focus for new development will be. The GMS shifts from dependency on Greenfield areas to increase focus on infill and intensification.
The 2009 Growth Management Strategy can be viewed here
Places to Grow - Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe
The Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe was released by the Provincial Government in 2006. The Growth Plan:
- Supports the creation of compact, mixed-use and transit supportive communities
- Requires that a significant portion of future growth be accommodated through intensification
- Delineates a Built Boundary
- Sets a minimum density target of 50 people and jobs per hectare on lands outside the Built Boundary
- Requires 40% of growth to be within the Built Boundary by the year 2015.
For further information about Places to Grow, click here to access Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure website.
Population and Employment Projections for Cambridge
Population in 2006 was 122,430
Jobs in 2006 were 72,259
Projected population for 2031 is 177,000, Increase of 54,570 (45%)
Projected jobs for 2031 is 99,100, Increase of 26,850 (37%)
Contact:
City of Cambridge Planning Services
Phone: (519)740-4650 Ext. 4574
Fax: (519)740-9545
50 Dickson Street, 3rd Floor