2.2 A Growing and Evolving City Orillia has grown steadily outward from Downtown for almost 200 years, and the City is projected to add almost 10,000 more people by 2031. Patterns of growth, however, are expected to be different from the pattern of suburbanization that has prevailed in North America for the past several decades. The intent is to create more efficient, compact and sustainable
residential units, housing for up to 4,000 people, will be built
cities that are less reliant on cars for moving around and more
within the existing developed city over the next 20 years.
reliant on public transit and active transportation (e.g., walking and cycling). Under the Province’s Growth Plan for the Greater
Orillia’s recently updated Official Plan targets most of the City’s
Golden Horseshoe, which encompasses Orillia, suburban
future intensification to Downtown, specifically to the former
“greenfield” development will be balanced with “intensification”,
industrial and commercial lands south of the historic core. The
i.e., new development within the built-up area of a city. Starting in
boundary of Downtown has been enlarged to take in this area,
2015, 40% of residential development in Orillia must occur within
and land use and built form policies encourage residential
its defined built boundary. This could mean that 1,500 to 2,000
intensification. The overall capacity for population growth
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West Orillia Sports Complex Old Brewery Bay
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Figure 2: Orillia’s Urban Structure A STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN ORILLIA
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