Item - 2019.PH7.12

The Planning and Housing Committee:  

1. Received the report (June 6, 2019) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning for information.

The following City Planning Staff from Strategic Initiatives, Policy and Analysis (SIPA) gave a presentation on How Does the City Grow?

- The Planner, Research and Information

- The Project Manager, Infrastructure and Development

This report and attached bulletin are another in a series of research documents produced by City Planning that summarizes development activity in the city. Information from the Division's Land Use Information System II and other sources have been analyzed to provide an overview of all development projects with any development activity between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2018. Development activity refers to progress at any stage of the approvals and development processes, including application submission, development review, development approval, building permit application, building permit issuance, construction, occupancy and completion. The bulletin illustrates how the city has grown over these five years and how it may continue to develop over time.

In total, 397,000 residential units and 11 million square meters of non-residential gross floor area (GFA) were proposed by projects with development activity between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2018. Of this, 140,000 residential units were approved but not yet built, and an additional 167,000 were still under review. Combined, if all these units were approved, built and occupied, they would accommodate approximately 543,000 residents and bring Toronto's total population to 3.50 million.