Tool
Climate Adaptation
Climate Adaptation
Factsheet: Why equity matters in municipal climate adaptation
Discover how your local government can build equity into its climate resilience activities. Read this factsheet for key definitions and helpful resources.
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Guide
Municipal and community buildings
Municipal and community buildings
Guide: Taking your indoor swimming pool to net zero
A guide with key measures and lessons learned to help you build a plan for net-zero indoor swimming pools.
Tool
Municipal and community buildings
Municipal and community buildings
Guides: Equity and non-energy benefits of community building retrofits
Explore the equity and other non-energy benefits of retrofitting community buildings.
Tool
Trees
Trees
Factsheet: Urban forest planning
Read up on why developing an urban forest plan is important for the long-term success of trees in your community.
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Case Study
Land Use
Land Use
Case study: Community Sustainability Plan
The Town of Ladysmith developed a Sustainable Action Plan that provides the framework for sustainable prosperity throughout the 21st century. Adopting the plan is an important step toward achieving the Town's Sustainability Vision, which it developed in 2008-2009.
Case Study
Transportation
Transportation
Case study: Imagining a people-oriented street
The City of Grande Prairie studied the feasibility of turning a four-lane thoroughfare into a mixed-use street with bike lanes, wider sidewalks, shopping and other amenities.
Case Study
Energy | Housing
Energy | Housing
Plan Parksville – A vision for our future
The City of Parksville has developed a new Official Community Plan to address issues such as smart growth, climate change, downtown revitalization, sustainable tourism and shoreline protection.
Case Study
Energy | Housing
Energy | Housing
Mississauga puts green in its DNA
The City of Mississauga has a master plan to instill environmental consciousness in its corporate DNA.
Guide
Waste
Waste
Six sustainability ideas that have gone mainstream in Canada: Article series
In a series of six articles, we explore inspiring projects and sustainability solutions being implemented in cities and towns of all sizes across Canada.
Case Study
Energy | Housing
Energy | Housing
Integrated Community Sustainability Plan
The city of Kingston wanted to create a sustainability plan with a difference.
Case Study
Energy | Housing
Energy | Housing
Integrated Planning for Community-Based Sustainability Framework
The City of Rivière-du-Loup has prioritized economic, environmental and social development in the community.
Case Study
Transportation
Transportation
Lockeport proposes a vision for its future
The Town of Lockeport developed an integrated community sustainability plan in collaboration with its citizens to guide its environmental, social, cultural and economic development for 30-plus years.
Case Study
Transportation
Transportation
2015 FCM Sustainable Communities Award — Transportation
Over 1.25 million bike trips have been counted on Laurier Avenue West since the City of Ottawa, ON, implemented the province's first downtown segregated bicycle lanes in July 2011.
Guide
Waste
Waste
Guide: Sustainable Neighbourhood Development
This guide, Sustainable Neighbourhood Development: Practical Solutions to Common Challenges, is designed to help you re-imagine your municipality's approach to planning, development and regulation.
Case Study
Transportation
Transportation
2016 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards — Transportation Project
Three major upgrades to Vancouver's cycling and pedestrian network have created a seamless active transportation corridor running from the city's western neighbourhoods and across the Burrard Bridge to the downtown core.
Case Study
Transportation
Transportation
Case study: 2016 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards — Neighbourhood Development Plan
The rural municipality of Austin, with its rich biodiversity, developed a sustainable management action plan to preserve the many ecosystems found throughout its territory. Supported by FCM's Green Municipal Fund.
Webinar recording
Transportation
Transportation
Webinar recording: Solutions to municipal sustainability challenges
Watch our webinar recordings to learn how you can address sustainability challenges in waste management, transportation and asset management in your municipality.
Case Study
Transportation
Transportation
Small municipality faces its challenges head-on
The urban-rural Town of Minto developed an integrated sustainable community plan to help it meet the challenges of slow population growth and a shortage of jobs.