Chapter Resources
Chapter 1
The Need for Community Planning
- The Canadian Institute of Planners
www.cip-icu.ca - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca - Muniscope: Intergovernmental Committee on Urban and Regional Research
www.muniscope.ca - University of British Columbia Planning Library
library.ubc.ca/planning - United Nations Habitat
www.unhabitat.org - American Planning Association
www.planning.org - Cyburbia Resource Directory
www.cyburbia.org - University of California, Berkeley Environmental Design Library
www.lib.berkeley.edu - The Canadian Urban Institute
www.canurb.org
Chapter 2
The Role of Planners
- Commonwealth Association of Planners
https://www.commonwealth-planners.org/ - Student Planning Network
www.planningnetwork.org - International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISoCaRP)
www.isocarp.org - OPPI Competency Tree
https://ontarioplanners.ca/ - The Roles of Planners
https://www.planning4success.com.au/roles-of-planners
Chapter 3
The Beginning of Today’s Cities
- Babylon
https://www.nationalgeographic.com - Mohenjo-Daro
https://www.nationalgeographic.com - Mesopotamia
www.mesopotamia.co.uk - Architecture in the Classical Tradition
http://act.art.queensu.ca - City water resources in Rome, 800 BCE-2000AD
https://waters.iath.virginia.edu/front.html - Interactive Nolli Map of Rome
https://web.stanford.edu/group/spatialhistory/nolli/ - Tour of Ancient Rome
https://archinect.com - Khan Academy Tour of Ancient Rome
https://www.khanacademy.org - Ancient Greek Urban Planning
https://mitp-arch.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/jgsnbvk7/release/1?readingCollection=55d7c201 - Miletus
www.ime.gr - Miletus planning video
www.youtube.com - Jaipur city planning
www.cnn.com - L’Enfant’s Plan for Washington
www.cnu.org - Robert Owen and New Lanark
https://newlanark.org/introducing-robert-owen/ - Patrick Geddes
https://www.nls.uk - Urban Planning 1794-1918, compiled by John Reps
http://urbanplanning.library.cornell.edu/
Chapter 4
19th Century Foundation of Canadian Communities
- Canadian Urban History
www.uoguelph.ca - The City Beautiful Movement
http://www.nypap.org/
https://www.britannica.com - The Plan of Chicago
https://web.archive.org/web/20250725143251/https://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/10537.html - Garden Cities of To-Morrow by Ebenezer Howard
http://urbanplanning.library.cornell.edu - Frederick Law Olmsted
https://olmsted.org/frederick-law-olmsted/ - National Association for Olmsted Parks
www.olmsted.org/ - The City Scientific by George B Ford
http://urbanplanning.library.cornell.edu - Historic Maps of Toronto
http://oldtorontomaps.blogspot.com - Our Common Past: An Interpretation of Canadian Planning History by Jeanne Wolfe
https://www.kelmanonline.com
Chapter 5
Pioneering Community Planning in Canada,
1900-1945
- Canadian Urban Policy Archive
https://guides.library.utoronto.ca/c.php?g=250540&p=1670999 - Thomas Adams in Canada
https://www.cip-icu.ca/blog/plan-canada-fellows-corner-the-tpic-cip-presidents/ - Hampstead Garden Suburb
www.hgs.org.uk - Canberra – an ideal city? – web archive from July 2008
https://webarchive.nla.gov.au - Canberra’s Vision of an Ideal City
https://www.theguardian.com - Town and Capital: Historical Plans
http://townandcrown.ca - 120 years of Capital Building – The National Capital Commission and the History of Planning in the Capital
https://ncc-ccn.gc.ca/ - Mawson’s Plan for Calgary
https://libguides.ucalgary.ca/planning - Canadian Council on Social Development
www.ccsd.ca- Examples of City Departmental Organizations
- City of Surrey, B.C.
- Provincial Ministries Responsible for Community Planning
- Newfoundland
https://www.gov.nl.ca/mae/lPrince Edward Island
https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/topic/municipal-land-use-planningBritish Columbiahttps://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/organizational-structure/ministries-organizations/ministries/housingNorthwest Territories
www.maca.gov.nt.ca/Nunavut
https://www.gov.nu.ca/
- Examples of City Departmental Organizations
Chapter 6
The Growth of Canadian Community Planning, 1945-2016
- Jane Jacobs: Ideas that Matter
www.ideasthatmatter.com/ - Congress for the New Urbanism
https://www.cnu.org/ - Council for Canadian Urbanism
https://www.canu.ca/ - Green Municipal Fund – Federation of Canadian Municipalities
https://fcm.ca/en/programs/ - Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Sustainable Development
https://www.sfu.ca/sustainabledevelopment.html - Urban Renewal: Making the Case
https://www.creativecity.ca - Healthy Cities
https://www.who.int/teams/health-promotion/enhanced-wellbeing/ninth-global-conference/healthy-cities - Smart Growth BC
https://smartgrowth.org/tag/british-columbia/ - Smart Growth Network
http://www.smartgrowth.org/ - New Urbanism
www.newurbanism.org/ - Sustainable development: International Institute for Sustainable Development
https://www.iisd.org/ - Jane Jacobs – Center for the Living City
https://centerforthelivingcity.org
Chapter 7
The Community Plan-Making Process
- Canada Land Company
www.clc.ca - York Region Official Plan
https://www.york.ca/york-region/regional-official-plan - City of Calgary Urban Design Review Panel
https://bm-public-calgary.escribemeetings.com/BoardDetails/BoardInformation/18 - Visualizing Density
https://www.lincolninst.edu/ - The Urban Land Institute
https://www.uli.org - Smart Growth / Urban Sprawl – Ontario Nature
https://ontarionature.org/tag/urban-sprawl/ - International Initiative for Sustainable Built Environment
www.iisbe.org/ - Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC)
www.cagbc.org - Project for Public Spaces
www.pps.org - Transect Planning
www.transect.org/transect.html - Federation of Canadian Municipalities
www.fcm.ca - The Community Planning Website – principles, methods and scenarios surrounding community planning
www.communityplanning.net - Internet Impact on Plan-Making
www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/planning/olp.htm - Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis
ttps://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/casa/ - GIS Web Portal
www.gis.com - Resources for Urban Design
www.rudi.net - UN Sustainable Development Goals
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org - Understanding Population Projections
https://www.prb.org/resource/understanding-and-using-population-projections/
Chapter 8
Regional and Metropolitan Planning
- Halifax Regional Plan (2014)
https://www.halifax.ca - Montreal Metropolitan Community Plan (2012)
www.cmm.qc.ca - Metro Vancouver 2040 Regional Growth Strategy
https://metrovancouver.org/about-us/Documents/regional-growth-strategy-metro-2040.pdf#search=regional%20growth%20strategy - Saskatoon, Meewasin Valley Authority
www.meewasin.com - Manitoba Capital Region
https://www.winnipegmetroregion.ca/ - Ontario A Place to Grow Plan
https://www.ontario.ca - Ottawa, National Capital Commission
https://ncc-ccn.gc.ca/ - New Brunswick, Regional Development Corporation
https://www2.gnb.ca - Vancouver, Livable Region Strategic Plan
https://bylaws.vancouver.ca/consolidated/8060.PDF - South Central Ontario’s Greenbelt Plan
https://www.ontario.ca/document/greenbelt-plan - Ottawa’s Greenbelt – National Capital Commission
https://ncc-ccn.gc.ca
Chapter 9
The Urban Community Plan
- Vancouver Neighbourhood Plans
https://vancouver.ca/home-property-development/neighbourhood-planning-projects.aspx - Coquitlam BC (search for Corporate Strategic Plan)
www.coquitlam.ca - Winnipeg 2020 Vision
https://www.winnipeg.ca - York Region Official Plan
https://www.york.ca/york-region/regional-official-plan - Greater Sudbury Planning
https://www.greatersudbury.ca - Ottawa Official Plan
https://ottawa.ca - Ville de Montreal Master Plan
https://montreal.ca/articles/mise-en-oeuvre-du-plan-durbanisme-et-de-mobilite-2050-15575 - City of Fredericton Municipal Plan
https://www.fredericton.ca/your-government/plans-strategies/imagine-fredericton-municipal-plan - Vancouver City Plans
https://vancouver.ca
Chapter 10
Planning for Small Towns in Rural and Northern Regions
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture
https://www.ontario.ca/page/ministry-agriculture-food-and-agribusiness - Municipal District (County) of Rocky View, Alberta
https://www.rockyview.ca - Rural Cape Breton: District Planning Commission
www.edpc.ca - First Nations Planning: Cities and Environment Unit
https://www.ceunit.org/ - First Nations Comprehensive Community Planning (CCP) Handbook
https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca - Ontario Main Street Revitalization Initiative
https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/47913/ontario-revitalizing-main-streets-helping-small-businesses-grow - Community Economic Development in the Crowsnest Pass
www.ucalgary.ca - Rural Planning and Development – University of Guelph
https://www.uoguelph.ca
Chapter 11
Planning for Special Places: Neighbourhood and District Plans
- Project for Public Spaces
www.pps.org - Sprawl Repair
www.sprawlrepair.com - Canada Lands Company
www.clc.ca - Winnipeg’s Osborne Village
https://greatplacesincanada.ca/winners-2012/ - Calgary’s Beltline Redevelopment Plan
https://engage.calgary.ca - Hamilton Downtown Secondary Plan
https://www.hamilton.ca/sites/default/files/2026-07/uhop-vol2-mapb-6-1-1-to-appendixd-hamiltondowntownsecplan-may2026.pdf - City of Toronto University of Toronto Secondary Plan
https://www.toronto.ca - North Kingstown Secondary Plan – Kingston, Ontario
https://www.cityofkingston.ca
Chapter 12
Planning Infrastructure Systems to Connect Communities
- Canada Walks
www.canadawalks.ca - Safe Water supplies: Canadian Water Resources Association
https://www.cwra.org/en/ - Edmonton’s Breathe Green Network Strategy
https://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/initiatives_innovation/breathe - Metro Vancouver Urban Forest Plan
https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/2025-urban-forest-strategy.pdf - Strategic Plan for Transit in Calgary
https://www.calgarytransit.com/plans—projects/long-term-strategic-plans.html - York Region Transportation Masterplan
https://www.york.ca
Chapter 13
Planning for Diverse and Healthy Communities
- Ontario Healthy Communities Handbook
https://ontarioplanners.ca/OPPIAssets/Documents/Calls-to-Action/HealthyCommWEBINAR-FINAL-Feb18-2010.pdf - World Health Organization, Global Age-Friendly Cities Project
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241547307 - City of Mississauga, Older Adult Plan, 2008
https://www.mississauga.ca/publication/older-adult-plan-for-recreation/ - Mineta Transportation Institute: How to Ease Women’s Fear of Transportation Environments
https://transweb.sjsu.edu - Montreal Declaration on Women’s Safety, 2002
www.femmesetvilles.org - Vancouver Youth and Planning
www.vancouveryouth.ca - The Center for Universal Design
http://universaldesign.ie - Metro Vancouver, Regional Homelessness Plan, 2003
https://council.vancouver.ca/010918/RR1(b).htm - Active Living Coalition for Older Adults
www.alcoa.ca - Health Canada, Division of Aging and Seniors
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/ - National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy
https://nrt-trn.ca/ - Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability, University of British Columbia
https://ires.ubc.ca/about-ires/ - Attainable Housing Strategy, Saskatoon
https://www.saskatoon.ca/services - Regent Park revitalization, Toronto
https://www.torontohousing.ca/regentpark - Universal vs. Accessible Design
www.accessiblemed.com
Chapter 14
Deciding Upon the Community’s Plan
- Community Visions Program, Vancouver
https://vancouver.ca/docs/planning/sunset-community - Edmonton City Vision
www.edmonton.ca/city - Public Participation, City of Toronto
www.toronto.ca/community - Regional Plan Process, Halifax
www.halifax.ca/regionalplanning - Urban Design Standards Manual, Collingwood, Ontario
https://www.collingwood.ca/sites/default/files/collingwood-urban-design-manual_final-s.pdf - Visioning Process, Vernon, B.C.
https://www.vernon.ca - Visioning Process, Saskatoon
www.saskatoon.ca/
Chapter 15
The Texture of Participation in Community Planning
- Citizens’ Handbook
https://ccednet-rcdec.ca - Georgia Strait Alliance
https://georgiastrait.org/ - GVRD Homelessness Plan
https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/housing-data-dashboard/housing-need-and-homelessness - Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement
https://ceris.ca/ - Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children
https://www.metrac.org/ - National Charrette Institute
https://www.canr.msu.edu - Public Participation Guide – Government of Canada
https://www.canada.ca/en/impact-assessment-agency/services/public-participation-impact-assessments.html
Chapter 16
Land Use Regulation Tools for Plan Implementation
- An Activist’s Guide to Land Use Planning
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/www.sierraclub.org - Citizen’s Guide to Land Use Planning
https://www.ontario.ca - Lehman’s Zoning Trilogy
https://www.zoningtrilogy.com/ - The Codes Project
http://codesproject.asu.edu - Centre for the Study of Commercial Activity
www.csca.ryerson.ca - Visual Enhancement of Zoning Bylaw
http://plannersweb.com/ - Zoning, City of London
https://london.ca/business-development/zoning - Density Atlas
http://densityatlas.org/ - Visualizing Density
https://canurb.org/initiatives/visualizing-density/ - Form-Based Codes
https://formbasedcodes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/CMAP-GuideforCommunities.pdf - Urban-Rural Transect
https://www.dpz.com/ - City of Kingston Urban Design Guidelines
https://www.cityofkingston.ca/council-and-city-administration/plans-reports-and-studies/
Chapter 17
Policy Tools for Plan Implementation
- Iqaluit’s sustainable subdivision
https://www.nrcan.gc.ca - Heritage Planning, City of Windsor
https://www.citywindsor.ca/ - Downtown Eastside Plan, Vancouver
https://vancouver.ca/home-property-development/ - Waterfront Toronto
https://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/ - Nova Scotia Waterfront Development Corporation
https://developns.ca
Chapter 18
Epilogue: Community Planning in Canada and the Future
- Plan Canada CIP 100 Special Edition
https://www.kelmanonline.com - CIP Forward Planning: Finding our way together in the 21st century
http://www.cip-icu.ca/ - CIP 100 Action Guide
http://www.cip-icu.ca/ - CIP 100 Digital Timeline
https://www.tiki-toki.com/CIPtimeline - CIP 100 Booklist
https://www.cip-icu.ca/