Supporting Regional Growth

York Region supports local municipalities by taking a comprehensive approach to enabling growth through delivery of critical infrastructure and core services. As of July 1, 2024, York Region’s planning role has changed due to provincial legislation and is no longer an approval authority on land-use matters.

While no longer an approval authority, York Region continues to support local municipal planning processes by:

Commenting on development applications in relation to Regional interests like roads, transit and infrastructure
Collaborating to maintain up-to-date growth estimates to ensure Regional infrastructure can be planned and delivered in a coordinated and financially sustainable manner
Sharing data including monitoring and reporting on growth and infrastructure needs

Find information on land development planning, including fees, development approvals, permits and requests or track the status of development applications.

Data and Monitoring

York Region supports local planning by regularly monitoring and reporting on growth management trends.

A Growth and Development Review report is released annually to provide updates on population growth, employment statistics, residential and non-residential building activity and other factors demonstrating the economic health of York Region
The Employment and Industry Report provides a detailed overview of employment data and trends in the Region, including data collected in the annual York Region Employment Survey
A Vacant Employment Land Inventory which provides an overview of the supply and characteristics of vacant employment lands in York Region.
Highlights through bulletins and dashboards from Statistics Canada are produced with every census
Walk through York Region’s Centres and Corridors through an interactive map

Regional Official Plan

York Region’s role in developing a Regional Official Plan has changed. As of July 1, 2024, implementation of Regional Official Plan has been transferred to local municipalities.

View the consolidated 2022 York Region Official Plan

View the York Region Official Plan maps:

Maps PDF (11.5 MB)
Appendix 1 - York Region Employment Area Zones and Densities PDF (606 KB)
Appendix 2 - York Region Major Transit Station Areas PDF (14.4 MB)
Appendix 3 - York Region Urban Growth Centres PDF (2.5 MB)

Find out more about York Region’s open data mapping for current and historical information.

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YorkNet

Digitally transforming York Region by building and operating a high-speed, dark fibre network in an effort to create equitable access to high-speed internet.