Ontario

Planning has become too much like a court case, with two sides and one winner. According to columnist Christopher Hume, this adversarial nature must be changed.

A transportation official in Toronto is hoping to convince colleagues that the system should allow advertisers to buy naming rights for transit stops in the city as a way of increasing revenue, but many remain opposed.

City Hall in Windsor and the provincial government of Ontario are following the wrong path to revitalization, argue the creators of an influential website called Scaledown Windsor, who think Canada's 'motor city' needs to be reinvented.

A new report praises Ontario's greenbelt - 11 times the size of Toronto - as a model for urban growth control.

Short on funding, Toronto's waterfront parks agency is considering a plan to sell the naming rights to the park's amenities, allowing corporate sponsors to add their name to such public features as walkways and play areas.

Rural communities in Ottawa are being wiped out as urban trends take over the minds of developers and consumers. Rural residents are looking at ways to preserve the character of their communities.

By requiring a minimum height of at least two stories, cities could force big boxes to redesign their buildings into more urban friendly forms.

Like so many drug and crime infested neighborhoods in cities everywhere, ideas abound for fixing the Jane and Fitch neighborhood in Toronto. But will any of them work?

Critic Christopher Hume bemoans the destruction of historic homes in Toronto to make way for new residential condo towers.

After a recent shooting death in Toronto, one writer lays the blame for urban violence on city planners.

Plans were recently announced for a $4 billion revamping and extension of the public transportation system in Ottawa.

Poor planning is allowing uncontrolled and rapid gentrification to destroy Toronto's Liberty Village neighborhood, according to this article from The Toronto Star.

Officials in Toronto have announced plans to densify the city's waterfront with a redevelopment effort that stands to create high rises along the lakefront.

This editorial argues that cities should build transit the way they used to build cathedrals: with a long-term mindset from the start.

Suburban Torontonians will get a $6 billion light rail service, thanks to a newly-announced extension funded by the provincial and federal governments.

Experts are calling for a major revision to the city operations of Toronto, suggesting the creation of region-wide toll roads, increased taxes and

A downtown renewal effort in Mississauga, Ontario, looks to update its street grid by following the lead of other major world cities.

London, Ontario's new urban designer describes and debunks some common misconceptions about urban design.

Richard Florida tours the University of Toronto and finds that its seamless "organic" integration with downtown Toronto makes it a unique "town-gown" success story.

A visit to Toronto -- Canada's largest city -- reveals what urban life can and should be, writes Olga Bonfiglio.