Explosive growth in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) has been deliberately contained geographically within an ecological greenbelt. To accommodate the more than 100,000 new residents per year and the associated economic expansion, Toronto’s satellite cities are reinventing large land parcels as thriving, vibrant mixed-use communities. Leveraging regional mass transit infrastructure expansion, Toronto’s edge cities are competing for growth through dense and tall residential development and reinvention of the retail and commercial landscape. Explore successful case studies in the rapidly expanding cities of Vaughan, Mississauga, and Markham that combine employment, health care, education, cultural, and community facilities with medium- and high-density, full-spectrum housing.

Learning objectives:

• Innovative approaches for managing growth.
• State-of-the-art planning and policy initiatives for suburban communities.
• Leveraging mobility, ecology, and community to improve health and well-being in satellite cities.