Closed
Calgary, AB
Calgary and the University of Calgary spent two years studying the city's short-term rental market. The result? New rules taking effect April 1, 2025. Council approved changes in December 2024 that aim to balance housing affordability, safety, and...
Why This Matters: Rent an Airbnb when you travel? Host guests in your spare room? Live next door to a party house? This affects you. About 12% of Calgary hosts run multiple rentals and earn over half the market's revenue. New rules could change who can operate and how.
Regulations & Permits
Economy & Jobs
Housing & Communities
Closed
Surrey, BC
Surrey is designing a new 4.7-acre park at 144 Street & 62 Avenue in South Newton. Right now it's just undeveloped green space connecting two schools. The City wants to hear what neighbours need—play areas, nature spots, places to relax.
Why This Matters: Live in South Newton? This park will be in your neighbourhood. Got kids at Woodward Hill Elementary or Sullivan Heights Secondary? They already walk through this space. Now's your chance to shape what it becomes.
Community Planning
Housing & Communities
Closed
Surrey, BC
Surrey is updating its Official Community Plan, which guides how the city grows and develops over the next decade. The plan covers everything from where housing gets built to how neighbourhoods evolve. Phase 4 engagement just wrapped up, and the...
Why This Matters: Live in Surrey? This plan shapes where new homes, shops, and parks go in your neighbourhood. It affects traffic, transit routes, and whether that empty lot becomes condos or a community garden. Over 3,600 residents already weighed in on earlier phases.
Community Planning
Housing & Communities
Closed
Victoria, BC
Victoria is proposing a 10.44% property tax increase for 2026. About half goes to city services like roads and parks. The other half covers police costs. Council wants to hear from residents before finalizing the budget in February.
Why This Matters: Own a home in Victoria? This could add hundreds to your annual tax bill. Rent? Your landlord might pass costs along. The budget also decides which services get funded—road repairs, parks, community programs. Your input shapes what gets prioritized.
Budget
Finance & Consumer
Housing & Communities
Closed
Halifax, NS
Halifax Regional Council has approved sweeping changes to land use rules to address the housing crisis. The Province of Nova Scotia mandated these changes after rejecting the municipality's 2025 Regional Plan. The amendments allow more housing types...
Why This Matters: Looking for a place to live in Halifax? These changes could mean more apartments, townhouses, and secondary suites in your neighbourhood. Homeowners might be able to add backyard suites or rent out a unit short-term. If you're worried about development changing your community's character, this...
Community Planning
Housing & Communities
Closed
Edmonton, AB
Edmonton is finalizing its waste reduction roadmap for 2026-2030. The city asked residents which actions would help most—from reducing food waste to expanding repair cafes and donation drop-offs. Public input is now closed, and a What We Heard...
Why This Matters: Got stuff you don't need anymore? This plan could make it easier to donate, swap, or repair items instead of tossing them. It also tackles food waste—something most households deal with weekly. If you live in an apartment, new resources could help your building reduce waste too.
Policy & Studies
Environment & Climate
Housing & Communities
Closed
Edmonton, AB
Edmonton is updating its climate action plan and wants your input on draft ideas. The city faces rising temperatures, more flooding, and extreme weather. Your feedback will help decide which actions get funded and prioritized through 2030.
Why This Matters: Live in Edmonton? Climate change is already hitting your wallet. The city estimates direct costs could reach $1 billion annually by the 2040s. That means higher insurance, more infrastructure repairs, and disrupted services. This plan decides how the city spends your tax dollars to prepare.
Policy & Studies
Environment & Climate
Housing & Communities
Closed
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver is creating a new Official Development Plan that will guide where housing, jobs, parks, and schools go as the city grows. This plan builds on years of community input and must be adopted by June 2026 under provincial law. The survey closed...
Why This Matters: Live in Vancouver? This plan decides what gets built in your neighbourhood for the next 30 years. It affects where new housing goes, how tall buildings can be, and whether there's a park or school nearby. Renters hoping for more affordable options and homeowners concerned about neighbourhood change...
Community Planning
Housing & Communities
Transportation
Closed
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver is finalizing its 2026 budget, which determines how the city spends money on services like public safety, transit, parks, and infrastructure. The public input phase has closed, but Council is now debating the proposed budget. You can still...
Why This Matters: Live in Vancouver? This budget decides how much you pay in property taxes and what services you get in return. It affects everything from how often your street gets plowed to whether your local community centre stays open. If you think the city should spend more on housing or less on something...
Budget
Finance & Consumer
Housing & Communities
Closed
Ministry of Treasury Board and Finance (AB)
Alberta asked residents to flag government rules that are too complex, slow, or wasteful. The goal? Cut unnecessary red tape by one-third. This consultation ran from 2019 to 2022 and led to hundreds of changes across construction, oil and gas...
Why This Matters: Ever waited weeks for a permit that should take days? Filled out the same form twice? This was your chance to tell the government what's broken. The changes affect everything from building your home to getting disaster relief funds faster.
Policy & Studies
Economy & Jobs
Housing & Communities
Closed
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (ON)
Toronto wants to change the zoning for a site near King Street West and Atlantic Avenue. Right now, it's designated for employment uses only. The city wants to allow residential and commercial development instead. The provincial Minister must...
Why This Matters: Live or work near King and Atlantic? This could bring new condos and shops to your neighbourhood. It's part of a bigger trend of converting industrial lands near transit into housing. If you think Toronto needs more homes—or more job space—this is your chance to weigh in.
Community Planning
Housing & Communities
Closed
St. John's, NL
St. John's is creating a neighbourhood plan for the Rennie's River area. The city wants to know what residents love about the neighbourhood and what could be improved. This plan will guide decisions about housing, green spaces, walking paths, and...
Why This Matters: Live in or near Rennie's River? This plan will shape what gets built in your neighbourhood. Worried about losing mature trees and heritage homes to new development? Want better bike paths and bus routes? Now's your chance to weigh in before decisions are made.
Community Planning
Housing & Communities
Transportation
Closed
Waterloo Region, ON
The Region of Waterloo is planning how to handle garbage, recycling, and composting for the next 25 years. They're considering 18 different options—from banning certain items from garbage to creating community funds for waste reduction. Phase 2...
Why This Matters: Live in Waterloo Region? This affects your garbage pickup, what you can throw out, and how much it costs. The Region is considering material bans—meaning you could be fined for putting certain items in the garbage. They're also looking at new drop-off options and programs to reduce food waste.
Community Planning
Environment & Climate
Housing & Communities
Closed
Calgary, AB
Calgary is building a permanent memorial to honour Indian Residential School survivors, lost children, and those affected by intergenerational trauma. The design has been selected—The Wandering Spirit by groundcubed and Adrian Stimson. Now the city...
Why This Matters: This memorial will be a permanent place for reflection, ceremony, and healing at The Confluence Historic Site. If you're a survivor, family member, or someone who cares about reconciliation, this is your chance to ensure the design truly honours those affected. The city is doing a final check...
Community Planning
Housing & Communities
Indigenous & Northern
Closed
Victoria, BC
Victoria has adopted its first Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan after extensive public engagement. The plan focuses on making the community safer and more inclusive for everyone—housed and unhoused residents, businesses, and workers. The City is...
Why This Matters: Live or work in downtown Victoria? This plan directly shapes how the City addresses safety concerns in your neighbourhood. Whether you're a business owner dealing with street-level challenges, a resident concerned about public spaces, or someone experiencing homelessness, these decisions affect...
Community Planning
Health & Safety
Housing & Communities
Justice & Rights
Closed
Edmonton, AB
Edmonton wants to know what's causing traffic headaches in Belgravia. Drivers are cutting through residential streets to avoid congestion, especially during rush hour. The city is looking at both quick fixes and longer-term changes to calm traffic...
Why This Matters: Live in Belgravia? You've probably been stuck waiting through multiple light cycles while trains pass. Residents say rush-hour traffic traps them in their own neighbourhood. Shortcutters speed through residential streets, making U-turns and ducking into alleys. If you walk, bike, or have kids...
Community Planning
Housing & Communities
Transportation