Infrastructure
Coordinate energy, compute, data centres, communications and climate-resilient public assets.
Jamie Atkinson for Mayor
Division of the Arts
A civic division that integrates arts, technology, infrastructure, services and public trust.
Civic execution
A civic studio for execution
The Division of the Arts is the campaign’s new execution frame. It brings together the city’s creative capacity, digital capacity and operational capacity so Toronto can move from ideas to implementation.
Toronto should tell its own story: a city built by artists, engineers, public workers, neighbourhood leaders and residents.
What it does
Three layers of city-building
Services
Help city departments modernize permits, transit, safety, sanitation, parks and resident services.
Governance
Keep digital systems transparent, auditable, accountable and aligned with public values.
Cultural layer
A City Built by Artists
Toronto’s artists, filmmakers, musicians, designers, technologists and neighbourhood storytellers are not a side issue. They are part of how the city imagines, explains and delivers change.
The Division of the Arts turns civic storytelling into a practical organizing tool: residents should see the plan, understand the plan, and feel invited to shape the plan.