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Building the Next 25 YearsToronto 2051
Solve today’s problems while preparing Toronto for future generations.
This is not about futuristic promises. It is about long-term stewardship.
The Long View
Five things Toronto must keep building.
The 25-year vision sits underneath the first-term promise: build for generations, deliver every day.
Protect homes, buildings, streets and infrastructure from growing risks.
A city where talent, firms, creators and institutions choose to build.
Renew what Toronto already has while building the systems future growth requires.
Growth that improves ordinary life and preserves room for future generations to make their own choices.
Deeper Architecture
Visionary systems belong underneath practical outcomes.
Regional planning, the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor, responsible technology and resilience can support the six promises when they prove measurable public value.
GigaCity + Connected Housing NetworkPut housing, transportation, infrastructure and jobs on one regional map—with Toronto at the centre.Quebec City–Windsor CorridorConnect strong cities with dramatically faster transportation across Ontario and Québec.Civic IntelligenceUse simulation and human-governed technology to make better decisions before building.ResilienceProtect homes, infrastructure and everyday life.
FROM TORONTO TO THE WORLD — AND BACK AGAIN.
From a city that buys the future to a city that helps build it.
Over the next 25 years, technology will continue to change. Toronto’s purpose should remain clear: use innovation to improve everyday life.
Build more of the skills and businesses behind those innovations here. Prepare people for new forms of work. Connect the region more effectively. Work with the best ideas from Canada and around the world. Make Toronto a place where promising technologies can be tested against real problems.
When something works:
- build capability around it;
- help Toronto businesses grow;
- take successful ideas farther;
- learn from every deployment;
- bring the improvements home.
The world should look to Toronto not because we predict the future—but because we show what works.
FIX TORONTOPROVE WHAT WORKSBUILD SKILLS & BUSINESSES HEREGROW SUCCESSFUL IDEASLEARN FROM THE WORLDBRING THE BENEFITS HOME
First-Term Discipline. Long-Term Ambition.
Start with problems people experience today.
Housing. Transportation. Flooding. Infrastructure. Clean streets. Jobs. City services.
Start there.Use new technology only where it improves the resident result.Pilot before scaling.Measure what happened.Publish the results.Build skills alongside new technology.Keep people accountable for important public decisions.
FIX THE BASICS.BUILD FOR THE FUTURE.LEAD BY EXAMPLE.
The Discipline
Refresh the plan as evidence changes.
Long-range assumptions about population, housing, climate, construction, costs and technology should be revisited regularly. The objective is to protect future choices—not lock future residents into today’s guesses.
Toronto Leads Again
Yet again, the world is looking to Toronto to lead.
We must lead by example.
Leadership is not something Toronto can simply declare. We have to demonstrate it.
More homes.Less wasted time.Safer neighbourhoods.Cleaner streets.Better transportation and infrastructure.More opportunities to learn, work, earn and build a business.Technology that serves people.A City Hall that proves results.An economy capable of turning Toronto’s people, ideas and connections to the world into greater prosperity here at home.
BUILD USEFUL THINGS HERE.PROVE THEM WITH REAL PROBLEMS.TRAIN PEOPLE TO USE THEM.HELP BUSINESSES GROW FROM THEM.KEEP PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEM.BRING THE BENEFITS HOME.TORONTO LEADS AGAIN.
Not because we say we lead.Because we build a city worth following.
Toronto That Works
A city that works—and a city we can be proud of.
Homes you can afford.Time you get back.Safety you can feel.Clean streets and cared-for public spaces.Jobs and opportunity that stay here.City Hall that delivers.
Technology serves people. People stay in charge.
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