Planned
Calgary, AB
Calgary is creating a new master plan for how the city grows, builds, and moves over the coming decades. The City Building Program includes three major initiatives: the Calgary Plan (the city's highest-level planning document), a new Zoning Bylaw...
Why This Matters: Live in Calgary? This will affect where homes get built, how tall buildings can be, and how you get around. Whether you're a renter hoping for more affordable options, a homeowner worried about neighbourhood changes, or a commuter stuck in traffic, these decisions shape your daily life for decades...
Community Planning
Housing & Communities
Transportation
Open for Input
Senate Standing Committee on Transport and Communications (Federal)
The Senate is studying whether rail and marine workers should be required to keep working during labour disputes. Recent strikes at ports and railways have disrupted supply chains across Canada. Senators are hearing from unions, employers, farmers...
Why This Matters: Remember when grocery shelves went empty during rail strikes? Or when farmers couldn't ship grain? This study could change how future labour disputes play out. If rail and port workers get designated as essential services, they'd lose the right to strike—but supply chains would keep moving. It's a...
Policy & Studies
Economy & Jobs
Transportation
Closed
Edmonton, AB
Edmonton wants to know where you feel unsafe walking, biking, or driving in Callingwood South. The city is planning traffic calming measures—things like speed bumps, better crosswalks, or new signage—and they want residents to pinpoint problem spots...
Why This Matters: Walk your kids to school in Callingwood South? Worried about speeding cars on your street? This is your chance to flag the exact spots that feel dangerous. The city will use your input to decide where to put traffic calming measures in 2026.
Community Planning
Housing & Communities
Transportation
Closed
Calgary, AB
Calgary is designing new pathways and bike routes across nine southeast communities, including Marlborough Park, Forest Lawn, and Dover. The goal? Safer routes to schools, parks, and transit—especially in areas with higher collision rates. Phase 2...
Why This Matters: Walk or bike in these neighbourhoods? This project could make your daily trips safer. Data shows these areas had more injury collisions between 2017 and 2021. Parents trying to get kids to school safely should pay attention. Better connections also mean easier access to transit and local services.
Community Planning
Housing & Communities
Transportation
Closed
Burnaby, BC
Burnaby has adopted its new Official Community Plan after three years of public input. The plan guides where housing, businesses, and parks can be built over the next 25 years. It doesn't change current zoning—your single-family home stays legal—but...
Why This Matters: Live in Burnaby? This plan shapes what your neighbourhood could look like in 2050. Thinking of selling your property someday? The new land use map might affect its future value. Worried about housing costs? The plan prioritizes affordable housing choices. Concerned about climate change? It guides...
Community Planning
Environment & Climate
Housing & Communities
Transportation
Closed
Winnipeg, MB
Winnipeg spent nearly five years developing a master plan for its transportation system. The goal? Get half of all trips made by walking, cycling, transit, or ridesharing by 2050. Council adopted the plan in June 2025. Now the city is working on...
Why This Matters: Live in Winnipeg? This plan shapes how you'll get around for the next 25 years. Commute by car? The city wants to make transit and cycling more attractive alternatives. Walk or bike? Expect safer routes and better infrastructure. The plan also aims to cut serious traffic injuries by 20%.
Community Planning
Environment & Climate
Housing & Communities
Transportation
Closed
Ministry of Transportation (AB)
Alberta asked residents about three big changes to driver licensing: bringing road tests back under government control, requiring mandatory training for commercial truck and bus drivers, and making new trucking companies prove they're safe before...
Why This Matters: Ever taken a road test in Alberta? Before 2019, you paid some of the highest fees in Canada to a private company. Commercial trucking affects everyone—from the goods on store shelves to highway safety. These changes aimed to make roads safer and licensing fairer.
Policy & Studies
Health & Safety
Transportation
Closed
London, ON
London has approved a 25-year plan for how people will get around the city. The Mobility Master Plan covers roads, bus routes, bike lanes, and sidewalks through 2050. It's the city's first fully integrated transportation plan. The consultation is...
Why This Matters: Live in London? This plan shapes your commute for the next 25 years. It decides where new bike lanes go, which roads get widened, and how bus routes change. If you've ever been stuck in traffic on Wonderland Road or wished for better transit options, this is the blueprint.
Community Planning
Environment & Climate
Housing & Communities
Transportation
Closed
Coquitlam, BC
Coquitlam has adopted its Climate Action Plan with 45 actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The plan covers five areas: transportation, buildings, consumption, environmental stewardship, and city leadership. While it maps a path to 2050, the...
Why This Matters: Live in Coquitlam? This plan shapes how you'll get around, heat your home, and handle extreme weather for the next decade. It could mean more bike lanes, stricter building codes, and new programs to help you cut energy costs.
Community Planning
Environment & Climate
Housing & Communities
Transportation
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
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (Federal)
A company wants to expand the port in Matane, Quebec. The project includes building a new commercial wharf, extending the existing one, dredging the harbour, and adding storage space. Two new terminals would handle larger cargo ships—up to 25,000...
Why This Matters: Live near Matane's waterfront? This project could change your view and your neighbourhood. Dredging and construction may affect local fishing and marine life. On the flip side, a bigger port could mean more jobs and economic activity in the Gaspésie region.
Environmental Assessment
Environment & Climate
Transportation
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
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
Closed
Ministry of Transportation (AB)
Alberta asked whether highway maintenance workers like snowplow operators should get the same legal protections as first responders. Between 2014 and 2018, over 2,200 workers were injured after being struck by vehicles. The consultation gathered...
Why This Matters: Drive past a snowplow or construction crew? This affects you. New rules could require you to slow down or change lanes when passing roadside workers. Fines for not doing so could increase significantly.
Legislation
Health & Safety
Transportation
Closed
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (ON)
Property owners at 636 Bay St., 70 and 100 Edward St. in downtown Toronto want to build taller than current rules allow. The catch? Height limits exist to protect air ambulance flight paths for St. Michael's Hospital and SickKids. The Minister is...
Why This Matters: Live or work in downtown Toronto? This affects the skyline near Dundas Square. More importantly, it could impact how quickly air ambulances reach two major hospitals. If you've ever needed emergency care, you know those minutes matter.
Regulations & Permits
Health & Safety
Housing & Communities
Transportation
Closed
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (Federal)
Alberta wants to change the fencing around a flood control reservoir near Calgary. The original plan required wildlife-friendly fencing to let animals pass safely. Now the province wants to reroute some sections and add barbed wire on two private...
Why This Matters: Live near the Springbank reservoir site? These fencing changes could affect how wildlife moves through the area. Ranchers nearby may see changes to how livestock is managed around the project. The reservoir itself is designed to protect Calgary from floods like the devastating 2013 event.
Environmental Assessment
Environment & Climate
Transportation