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GO Transit’s 404 Error?
GO Train at Gormley Station Previously on this blog, I wrote about how new public institutions like hospitals and university campuses are built in isolated, auto-dependent areas without regard to provincial land use policies. In St. Catharines, a new modern … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Transit, Urban Planning
Tagged GO Transit, Greenbelt, Land use, Metrolinx, Oak Ridges Moraine, Richmond Hill, York Region
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Ontario’s land use scandal: Another greenfield hospital for Niagara
Recently, I discussed the greenfield locations of new hospital and post-secondary institutions in Ontario, focusing on the new St. Catharines Hospital site and the Orillia campus of Lakehead University, but also mentioning the proposed sites of a new hospital for Windsor, … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Urban Planning
Tagged Development, Fort Erie, Greenbelt, Hospital, Maps, Niagara Falls, Niagara Region, Port Colborne, Welland
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Mapping Toronto’s population growth
Data geeks across Canada were eagerly awaiting this day — February 8, 2017 — the first release of the 2016 Canadian Census of the Population. Today’s release only covers population and dwelling counts, further information on age, sex, household characteristics, … Continue reading
Posted in Maps, Toronto
Tagged Census, Development, Greenbelt, Population, Suburbs, Toronto
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