Planning Resources
See how to develop a sustainable community plan, greenhouse gas reduction plan, sustainable neighbourhood plan, or community brownfield action plan, and find other useful planning tools.
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Best Practices Municipal Sustainability Planning (14/02/2012)
Learn how Alberta municipalities implemented leading planning practices that helped them put their plans into action in this webinar hosted by Stratos Inc.
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Catalyzing Change: Leading Practices in Alberta Municipal Sustainability Planning (14/02/2012)
Delve into the first comprehensive review of leading Alberta municipal sustainability plans, conducted by Stratos Inc. in partnership with FCM and other municipal associations.
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Green Municipal Fund Eligibility Questionnaire (01/12/2011)
Assess your eligibility for GMF funding before you apply. -
Green Municipal Fund Project Scorecard (01/12/2011)
Find out what we are looking for in a strong capital project application with the new Project Scorecard.
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Green Municipal Fund Application Form (01/12/2011)
Apply now for GMF funding.
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2011 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Planning — City of Yellowknife: Overview (07/02/2011)
Yellowknife's northern geography, coupled with complex historical, political and resource-related issues, presents unique challenges for community development. -
2011 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Planning — City of Calgary: Overview (07/02/2011)
Starting in 2005, 18,000 citizens of Calgary worked together to envision their future well into the next century. The process that established the city's long-term vision was called imagineCALGARY. -
Community Sustainability Snapshot: 2010 Survey Results from Local Governments (01/01/2011)
Find out what Canadian municipalities are doing and thinking about community sustainability, and what they need to support their green efforts. -
Share the Wheel (01/01/2011)
Share the resources offered by this wiki website dedicated to putting sustainability plans at your fingertips. -
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association – Comprehensive Municipal Sustainable Planning Guide (01/01/2011)
Follow this step-by-step guide based on common elements and experiences of communities that have created long-term integrated sustainability plans. -
Association of Municipalities of Ontario – Sustainability Planning Toolkit (01/01/2011)
Find practical assistance for Ontario municipalities considering measures to fulfill the spirit of the Federal Gas Tax Agreement (large file). -
Canadian Institute of Planners (01/01/2011)
Check out the Institute's wealth of publications and resources on planning issues. -
SustainLane Government (U.S.) (01/01/2011)
Explore this unique open-source knowledge base of more that 120 best practices. -
MetroQuest (01/01/2011)
Discover a powerful tool that is transforming stakeholder engagement for metropolitan areas, municipalities and regional districts. -
North Durham Integrated Community Sustainability Plan - Final (01/12/2010)
An Integrated Community Sustainability Plan is an over-arching plan that links separate programs and initiatives in the community through the four pillars of economic, environmental, social and cultural sustainability and over a longer-term perspective. -
Integrated Community Sustainability Planning Framework (01/06/2010)
Read how the City of Williams Lake and its community partners envisioned a successful and sustainable Williams Lake in 2030 and made an award-winning plan to get there. -
Zoning for Housing (01/06/2010)
Read how the City of Kelowna examined and changed its zoning to allow as many housing forms and support services as possible through this award-winning project. -
2010 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Planning: Project Details (30/04/2010)
Imagine Our Future is a joint initiative between the City of Williams Lake, its community partners, the Williams Lake Indian Band and Soda Creek Indian Band, and the community at large to envision a successful and sustainable Williams Lake in 2030 and create transition strategies to get there. -
2010 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Planning: Overview (30/04/2010)
Imagine Our Future is a joint initiative between the City of Williams Lake, its community partners, the Williams Lake Indian Band and Soda Creek Indian Band, and the community at large to envision a successful and sustainable Williams Lake in 2030 and create transition strategies to get there. -
"Earthcare Sudbury" Local Action Planning Sustainable Sudbury (28/07/2009)
Assume environmental responsibility by carrying out local action towards community sustainability and the reduction of greenhouse gases -
City of Fredericton First to Kyoto Corporate Update Toward Milestone Fice for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction and Monitoring (01/07/2009)
This update report provides the inventory and measurement results of the City of Fredericton’s GHG emissions over the period of 2000 through 2008 -
2009 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Planning: Overview (05/06/2009)
The ISO 14001 standard represents the strongest possible commitment to environmental management, and few municipalities in the world have applied it as broadly to their operations as the City of Edmonton. -
Getting Certified to ISO 14001 Standard (01/06/2009)
Watch how the City of Edmonton became one of few municipalities in the world to commit to the highest level of environmental management — ISO 14001 — through this award-winning project. -
Affordable Housing, Parks and Amenity Contribution (01/06/2009)
Read how the City of Langford increased the availability of affordable housing, improved ecological health and enhanced public amenities through this award-winning project. -
Cheakamus Crossing Legacy Neighbourhood (01/06/2009)
Read how the Resort Municipality of Whistler plans to convert an athletes’ village built for the 2010 Olympics into a sustainable, compact, pedestrian-oriented community through this award-winning project. -
La réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre Un défi pour la Collectivité lavalloise (01/05/2009)
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Research Report – Sustainable Community Planning (01/01/2009)
Explore the latest developments and innovations in collaborative, integrated and long-term sustainable community planning in communities across Canada. -
Strait-Highlands Milestone Three Report (01/12/2008)
This Milestone Three report presents a Local Action Plan (LAP) for the reduction of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the Strait Highlands (S-H) Region -
City of Stratford GHG Inventory and Community Energy Plan (01/10/2008)
The purpose of the City of Stratford (City) Community Energy Plan (CEP) is to develop a framework for the City to understand the historical impact of its operations on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and to take action by setting GHG reduction targets. -
ICLEI Local Agenda 21 (01/01/2008)
Learn about this participatory, long-term, strategic planning process that helps municipalities identify local sustainability priorities and implement long-term action plans. -
Six Steps to a Sustainable Community: A Guide to Local Action Planning (01/01/2008)
Local action planning is the process of creating a strategic document that outlines specifically how your municipality will achieve a selected greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction target. This document will guide you through the stakeholder engagement process, based on lessons learned from various municipalities.
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Energy & Greenhouse Gas Management Plan (01/11/2007)
The development of the Saskatoon Energy and Greenhouse Gas Management Plan is a collaborative initiative by the City of Saskatoon and Road Map 2020 that provides a framework to manage greenhouse gas emissions and reduce energy consumption -
Clare Community Energy Master Plan (01/04/2007)
The plan calls for a slow start, building upon renewable resources currently available but underutilized, and developing expertise and confidence in our abilities to expand into newer technologies and attract investment to improve and transform the local economy. -
The Town of New Glasgow's Energy Sustainability and Local Action Plan 2007 to 2013 (01/01/2007)
This plan offers proposed actions from April 1, 2007 until 2013, which is 10 years from the chosen base year of 2003. Details of the plan came through an analysis of existing energy use and practical ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the coming years. -
Inventaire des émissions de gaz à effet de serre 2002-2003 Collectivité montréalaise (01/01/2007)
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City of Barrie GHG Inventory and Community Energy Plan (01/10/2006)
The purpose of the City of Barrie Community Energy Plan is to develop a framework for the City to understand the historical impact of its operations on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and to take action by setting GHG reduction targets. -
Yellowknife Community Energy Plan (21/06/2006)
A Community Energy Plan defines specific actions a community plans to carry out, within a certain timeframe, to find better ways to make and use energy. -
City of Fredericton First to Kyoto Corporate Inventory & Action Plan for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction (01/02/2006)
This report provides both an inventory of the City of Fredericton’s GHG emissions between 2000 and 2004 (with adherence to the GHG emission accounting protocol of the PCP program); and an action plan to reduce GHG emissions at the corporate/ municipal level. -
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Strategy (01/01/2006)
In the City of St. John’s continuing commitment to climate change, this local action plan highlights specific reduction targets and initiatives to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) and also improve the quality of life in St. John’s. -
City of Pickering Local Action Plan (01/01/2006)
This Local Action Plan (LAP) report was prepared by Greenpath in consultation with the City of Pickering. -
City of Saskatoon - Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, Forecast and Target (15/08/2005)
The City of Saskatoon has already made strides towards achieveing GHG reductions in its coporate operations -
Regional Municipality of York Corporate Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Local Action Plan (17/11/2004)
In July 2002 the Region of York contracted ICLEI Energy Services (IES) to prepare a Corporate Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Inventory and Local Action Plan. This report is a summary of those findings. -
Air Quality & Climate Change Management Plan (01/11/2004)
This plan proposes a suite of strategic actions to reduce air emissions of concern. -
Town of Richmond Hill Local Action Plan (01/04/2004)
The Town of Richmond Hill was awarded funding in July 2003 from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities' (FCM) Green Municipal Enabling Fund (GMEF) to support the development of a Local Action Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions -
City of Iqaluit Local Action Plan for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions (01/01/2004)
With this decision, Iqaluit joined over 100 other Canadian municipalities in their efforts to stave off the impacts of global warming and take responsibility for their energy consumption and contribution to rising levels of greenhouse gas emissions in the world’s atmosphere. -
Regina's Community Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Action Plan (01/12/2003)
The administration of the City has successfully implemented a program to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases generated by City Operations and will continue to take action. -
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (01/01/1996)
Visit the CMHC website for research and resources on sustainable community planning.
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