Kitchener 2051

Before you use the map, please read these panels for more context and background:

• Building a Connected City: How we move and how we grow
• Building a Thriving City: How we live and ensure a prosperous future for all

Kitchener is growing. By 2051, we will be a city of up to 450,000 residents. These people will need places to live, work and play, and ways to access these needs. There are many factors that influence both how and where the city grows to meet these needs. 

Factors that influence how the city grows include:

• Population targets
• Job and employment targets
• Housing targets and affordability
• Economic costs and benefits 

Factors that influence where the city grows include: 

• Environmental, ecological, and technical constraints
• Current and future transportation networks
• Infrastructure capacity
• Employment options
• Access to daily needs (shops, services, amenities, community facilities)  

Where we choose to grow affects how we move around our city

The main way for planning how we grow is to focus new development in existing neighbourhoods with access to public transit and shops. For example, the City is planning future development near transit stations through Growing Together. By doing this, we reduce the distance we need to travel to meet our daily needs (like work, shopping, or childcare). It also helps current neighbourhoods become more livable and vibrant. That’s because there are more people to visit area parks, shops, and community facilities. 

The City is also planning future development in the Dundee community, which is one of the last remaining undeveloped areas in Kitchener. New neighbourhoods do not yet have amenities and services. They also increase the distance we need to travel. As a result, the more we do this, the more we lengthen the time it takes to get around and increase the number of vehicles on roads.

Instructions:

1. Zoom to the place you want to add a pin
2. Click the plus sign (+) to choose a pin:
   • New homes, including mixed-use residential buildings with shops and services at the base of a building
   • Offices
   • Parks and open spaces
   • Shops and services, local-serving amenities like coffee shops, food stores, and community gathering spaces
   • Community facilities, like libraries, community centres, and schools
   • Other employment and manufacturing, like maker spaces, prototyping, technology and more
3. Drag and drop the pin
4. Add your comments! Tell us why you chose that location for that pin
5. Click ‘Submit'