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Projects of City of Guelph

Sloan Hill Park Design

• Information
• Project phases
  • Coming Soon
  • Design Options and Idea Sharing
  • Under Review and Redesign
  • Design concepts open for feedback
  • Design finalized and ready for construction
  • Construction

City of Guelph Satisfaction Survey

• Information
• Project phases
  • Satisfaction Survey
  • Reviewing survey results
  • Report to council

South End Community Centre (SECC)

• Information
• Project phases
  • Survey
  • Focused conversations
  • Reviewing and planning program opportunities
  • Preparing to open!

Green Infrastructure Action Plan

• Information
• Project phases
  • Background Work
  • Pop-up engagement
  • Online Engagement
  • Creating the plan
• Events

Street A Collector Road Environmental Assessment

• Information
• Project phases
  • Project Background
  • Open house #1
  • Alternative design evaluation
  • Public open house #2
  • Public review
• Events

University Avenue West Reconstruction

• Information
• Project phases
  • Public Open House
  • Stage 1 Construction – College Ave to Caledonia Street
  • Stage 2 Construction – Caledonia Street to Gordon Street
  • Stage 3 Construction – College Ave to Gordon Street (surface asphalt)
• Events

Parkland Dedication Bylaw Update and Parkland Acquisition Strategy

• Information
• Project phases
  • Background and Legislative Impacts
  • Community Perspectives
  • More engagement to come
• Events

Built Form Standards

• Information
• Project phases
  • Background work
  • Technical feedback from industry users
  • Building draft content
  • Draft Content Open Houses
  • More engagement coming soon
• Events

Gordon Street and Clair/Laird Road Class Environmental Assessment

• Information
• Project phases
  • Project background
  • Alternate design concept development
  • Alternative design concept engagement
  • Alternative design concept evaluation
  • Preferred design concept engagement
  • Environmental study report
  • Public review
• Events

Victoria Road, Stone Road and McQuillan’s Bridge EA Study

• Information
• Project phases
  • Project background
  • Public engagement #1
  • Project file report
  • Public engagement #2
  • Environmental study report
  • Public review
• Events

Exhibition Street Reconstruction

• Information
• Project phases
  • Public Open House
  • Construction
• Events

Affordable Housing Projects

• More info

Vacant Home Tax

• Information
• Project phases
  • Complete our survey
  • Under review and report development

Renoviction Bylaw

• Information
• Project phases
  • Information sharing
  • Bylaw directions survey
  • Bylaw drafting
  • Presentation to Council

Rental Replacement Bylaw

• Information
• Project phases
  • Information sharing
  • Rental replacement survey
  • Bylaw drafting 
  • Presentation to Council

Queen Street Reconstruction

• Information
• Project phases
  • Drop In Open House
  • Construction
• Events

Recreation Facility Allocation Process Review

• Information
• Project phases
  • Background information
  • User experiences and needs
  • Reviewing our findings

Southwest Guelph Water Supply EA

• Information
• Project phases
  • Project Background & Notice of Commencement
  • Engagement
  • Open House
  • Notice of Completion
• Events

Speedvale Avenue East Reconstruction Phase 2 - Bridge Replacement

• Information
• Project phases
  • Design
  • Design Engagement
  • Final Design
  • Construction
• Events

Outside Water Use Bylaw Update

• Information
• Project phases
  • Engagement Open
  • Bylaw development
  • Comment on proposed bylaw changes
  • New bylaw in effect
• Events

Downtown shared waste container pilot

• Information
• Project phases
  • How we got here
  • Registration open
  • Downtown Shared Waste Pilot - Feedback
  • Decision to continue

Water supply master plan

• Information
• Project phases
  • Start
  • Phase 1
  • Phase 2
  • Report
• Events

Water and Wastewater Servicing Master Plan

• Information
• Project phases
  • Notice of commencement
  • Virtual Open House
  • Developing and evaluating alternative solutions
  • Master Plan development
  • Project Completed

Wastewater Treatment and Biosolids Management Master Plan

• Information
• Project phases
  • Start
  • Phase 1
  • Phase 2
  • Changed Class EA Schedule
  • Phase 3
  • Phase 4
  • 30 day review period
  • Project complete
• Events

Waste Reduction Strategies

• Information
• Project phases
  • Single use items
  • How to participate

Urban Forest Management Plan

• Information
• Project phases
  • Open
  • Under Review
  • Final Report

The York Road/Elizabeth Street Land Use Study

• Information
• Project phases
  • Background report released
  • Land use study engagement open
  • Drafting the land use study
  • Land Use study - Phase 2 engagement
  • Draft report to Council
  • Land use study report to Council
  • Phase 3: Urban Design Concept Plans

Lyon Pool Renovation

• Information
• Project phases
  • Poolside Reflections - Where Memories Float
  • Lyon Pool Updates
• Events

Stormwater Management Master Plan

• Information
• Project phases
  • Stage 1 – Problem and Opportunity
  • Stage 2 – Alternatives and Preferred Alternatives
  • Stage 3 – Study Completion
• Events

Smoking bylaw

• Information
• Smoking bylaw survey open

Silvercreek Parkway North reconstruction

• Information
• Project phases
  • Virtual Open House
  • Reconstruction work begins
  • Expected completion of improvements

Shaping Guelph: Official Plan Review

• Information
• Project phases
  • Special Council Meeting to Initiate the Official Plan Review
  • Conversations about proposed Official Plan policy directions
  • Conversations about proposed changes to the Official Plan
  • Final decision on changes to the Official Plan
• Events

Shaping Guelph: Guelph’s growth management strategy

• Information
• Project phases
  • Conversations about where and how to grow
  • Conversations about the growth scenarios Guelph should explore
  • Conversations about Guelph's employment lands
  • Learn about housing analysis strategy
  • Conversations about 3 growth scenarios
  • A strategy for Guelph's growth
  • Official Plan Amendment + Statutory Open House + Public Meeting
  • A decision on changes to the Official Plan
• Events

Sewer Use By-law update

• Information
• Project phases
  • First Round of Engagement
  • Second Round of Engagement
  • Under Review
  • Final report
• Events

Riverview Drive and Waverly Drive Traffic Calming

• Information
• Project phases
  • Project open for comments and questions
  • Temporary measure implementation
  • Traffic data collection and plan revaluation
  • Permanent traffic calming measures implanted
• Events

Private Tree Protection Bylaw

• Information
• Project phases
  • Issues and opportunities analysis
  • Phase 1 engagement
  • Identify options and key directions
  • Phase 2 engagement
  • Under Review
  • We're drafting the updated Private Tree Protection ByLaw
  • Guelph's Private Tree Protection Bylaw is finalized

Potential Community Benefits Charges

• Information
• Project phases
  • Special Council Meeting - April 13, 2022
  • CBC Public consultation is open
  • Under review
  • Final report
• Events

York Road reconstruction phase three

• Information
• Project phases
  • Online information and question period
  • Phase three - stage two construction begins
• Events

Park Plan

• Information
• Project phases
  • Phase 1 – consultation open
  • Under review
  • Phase 2 – Review and comment
  • Final Report
• Events

Our Community Our Water

• Information
• Project phases
  • Learning and listening
  • Online community engagement
  • Analysis and report writing
  • Reporting back to our community and Council decision
  • Securing support from municipal Councils for boundary and zoning changes
• Events

One Canopy - Tree planting strategy

• Information
• Project phases
  • Preliminary engagement
  • Workshops and a survey
  • Under Review
  • Final Report
• Events

Let’s write our City’s next chapter

• Information
• Project phases
  • Planning, research and governance
  • Listen to the community
  • Build the draft plan
  • Council validation of the Community Plan
  • Council approval and roll out
  • Putting the plan into action
• Events

Guelph's Good Service Standards

• Information

Guelph's Community Plan: Revisited

• Information
• Project phases
  • Open
  • Under review with community advisors
  • Adopting the revised Community Plan and Action Planning
  • Information sharing phase

Guelph Transit Route Review

• Information
• Project phases
  • Research and review of past engagement
  • Developing proposed routes and implementation
  • Collect feedback on routes and implementation plan
  • Refine concepts
  • Presentation to council
  • Route 19 update
• Events

Guelph Trail Master Plan Update

• Information
• Project phases
  • Phase one: Understanding the current state
  • Phase 2: Trans Canada Trail
  • Phase 3: Draft report consultation
  • Phase 4: Final Draft master plan consultation
  • Phase 4 -Final report to committee of the whole

Give waste a New Life: Solid Waste Management Master Plan

• Information
• Project phases
  • Phase I: Lay the foundation
  • Phase 2: Look into the future
  • Phase 3: How to get there
  • Phase 4: Evaluate options
  • Phase 5: Report Recommendations
• Events

Gentle Density 4+ Units

• Information
• Project phases
  • Exploring Opportunities for 4 Plus Units – Background Analysis
  • Gentle Density Engagement and Open House
  • Draft Zoning Regulations to Permit Four (4) Units Now Available
  • Draft Zoning Regulations
  • Additional Residential Dwelling Unit Survey
• Events

Fireworks Bylaw Review

• Information
• Project phases
  • Survey and community conversations
  • Under review
  • Final report

Eastview Bike Park - Phase 1

• Information
• Project phases
  • Seeking Initial Interest
  • Phase one design and development engagement
  • Phase one design and development -working group
  • Tendering and construction - Phase 1

Dublin Street closing at rail crossing

• Information
• Project phases
  • Dublin Street closure Information Report to Council
  • Dublin Street closure at railway crossing Virtual Open House
  • Dublin Street Closure

Downtown Parking Master Plan

• Information
• Project phases
  • Background review and data collection
  • Engagement and further studies
  • Exploring options and strategies
  • Determining priorities and recommendation
  • Downtown Parking Master Plan presentation to council
• Events

Dark Sky Bylaw

• Information
• Project phases
  • Early informative workshops
  • Broader online engagement
  • Under Review
  • Final Report

Cycling Network Study

• Information
• Project phases
  • Launch
  • Design
  • Evaluate
  • College Avenue Evaluation
  • Gordon Street Evaluation
  • Eramosa Road Evaluation
  • Map the Routes
  • Plan
  • Next Steps
• Events

Culture Plan

• Information
• Project phases
  • Create Play and Stay engagement
  • Culture Plan Survey
  • Create a Vision
  • Map - Where in Guelph?
  • Under Review
  • Culture Plan goes to Guelph City Council
• Events

Cultural Heritage Action Plan

• Information
• Project phases
  • Map and Table 1 CHLs
  • Incentives
  • Promotions
  • Online Feedback
  • Draft Cultural Heritage Action Plan
• Events

Community Engagement Framework and Policy Update

• Information
• Project phases
  • Listening and learning
  • Reviewing
  • Validating
  • Council Approval
• Events

Commercial built form standards – Urban Design Manual

• Information
• Project phases
  • Background Review
  • Design Vision
  • Document Preparation and Implementation
  • Draft Review and Finalization

Scottsdale Drive Bike Lanes

• Information
• Project phases
  • Information Period
  • Constuction period
  • Project Complete

Official Plan Update: Phase 1

• Information
• Project phases
  • Project Kickoff
  • Information Session Engagement
  • Preparing the Draft Official Plan Amendment
  • Draft Official Plan amendment available for review
  • Draft Official Plan Amendment Open for Comments
  • Final Official Plan amendment development
  • Final Official Plan Amendment to Council
• Events

Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan

• Information
• Project phases
  • Phase 1 Background work
  • Please 2 – Developing a Preferred Community Structure
  • Phase 3 - Prepare the Secondary Plan and Master Environmental Servicing Plan
  • Phase 3 - Draft Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan Public Information Centre
  • Waste water servicing alternatives comment period
  • Clair- Maltby Secondary Plan decision
  • Project Closed
• Events

Baker District redevelopment

• Information
• Project phases
  • FAQs
  • Phase 1 - Project Introduction
  • Phase 2 - Listening
  • Phase 3 - Validating
  • Council Report and Presentation
  • Phase 4 - Presenting
  • Council Approval
  • Urban Design Master Plan Update
  • Virtual Information Session
  • Council Report and Presentation
  • Under construction
• Events

Water and Wastewater Servicing Allocation Policy Development

• Information
• Project phases
  • Project Launch and Notice
  • Have Your Say Engagement 1
  • Have Your Say Engagement 2
  • Policy Presentation to Guelph City Council
  • Implementation of policy

Northeast Water Supply EA

• Information
• Project phases
  • Notice of commencement
  • Public open house #1
  • Online question period
  • Evaluation and preliminary design preparation
  • Open house #2
  • Final design preparation
  • Notice of completion
• Events

Solid waste user fee study

• Information
• Project phases
  • Background
  • Meeting with businesses
  • Downtown businesses: current waste needs
  • Working Group meetings
  • Local events and institutions: waste needs
  • Preferred options
  • Report to Council
• Events

Moving You Forward

• Information
• Project phases
  • Background Review and Information Gathering
  • Public Engagement
  • Data Collection
  • Develop Action Plan
• Events

Downtown Infrastructure Renewal Program

• More info

Downtown Renewal - Wyndham St. and St. George's Square

• Information
• Project phases
  • Design conditions
  • Design conditions ideas
  • Wyndham St. corridor and intersection
  • St. George's Square design ideas
  • St George's Square concept design comparison
  • Wyndham Street and St Geroge's Square revised designs
  • Wyndham and Square detailed design
  • Final designs and preparing for construction
  • Wyndham Street N Construction
• Events

Downtown Renewal - Macdonell Bridge and Allan's Dam structures

• Information
• Project phases
  • Initial Planning phase 2021-2023
  • Macdonell and Allan Structures EA findings engagement
  • Under Review
  • Detailed design process begins in 2025
  • Construction on the bridges and water structures begin no sooner than 2028
• Events

Downtown Renewal - Project and construction planning

• Information
• Project phases
  • Community priorities
  • Ideas, issues and opportunities
  • Options and opportunities for Downtown
  • Options for Allan's Dam Bridge
  • The history of Downtown infrastructure
  • Construction planning: public survey
  • Construction planning: Business consultation
  • Construction pace conversations
  • Current updates
• Events

Finding Your Way: A City-Wide Wayfinding Strategy

• Information
• Project phases
  • Background review and wayfinding audit
  • Community engagement survey and map
  • Strategy development
  • Design and test
  • Final Strategy
• Events

Guelph's Bicentennial

• Information
• Project phases
  • Help us plan a year of celebration!
  • Planning
  • Celebrating!
• Events

Housing Accelerator Fund

• Information
• Project phases
  • 2023 updates
  • 2024 updates
  • 2025 updates

The Blueprint: Guelph’s One Water Plan

• Information
• Project phases
  • Review Current Strategies and Plans
  • Review initiatives
  • Survey phase
  • The Blueprint strategic direction engagement
  • Graywater/Stormwater Poll
  • Information sharing phase

York Road construction phase four

• Information
• Project phases
  • Information Period
  • Stage 1: Watson Parkway to east city limit
  • Stage 2: Victoria Road South to Industrial Place/ North Side of Watson Road
  • Stage 3: Industrial Place to Watson Parkway
• Events

Playground replacements 2025

• Information
• Project phases
  • O'Connor Lane Park survey
  • Severn Drive Park survey
  • Woodland Glen survey
  • Under review
  • Design consideration
  • Phase two open - design options
  • Design consideration
  • Final designs released
  • Construction

Community Planning Permit System

• Information
• Project phases
  • Stone and Edinburgh - Project initiation
  • Stone and Edinburgh - Vision survey
  • Map your feedback - Stone and Edinburgh
  • Stone and Edinburgh- Background review, issues, and opportunities
  • Stone and Edinburgh – Draft Official Plan Amendment and CPP By-law
  • Stone and Edinburgh – Final Official Plan Amendment and CPP By-law
  • Stone and Edinburgh – Implementation
  • Downtown CPPS project initiation
  • Downtown CPPS open house
  • Downtown CPPS virtual open house
  • Downtown CPPS draft by-law, open house and statutory meeting
  • Draft CPP By-law and Official Plan Amendment
  • Final CPP By-law and OPA goes to Council
  • Implementation of CPPS
• Events

How do you use water at home?

• Information
• Project phases
  • Survey open
  • Survey closed
  • Final report

New Community Gardens

• Information
• Project phases
  • New Community Garden Surveys
  • Under review
  • Final Outcomes

Exhibition Park Neighborhood Infrastructure Improvements

• Information
• Project phases
  • Project research and study period
  • Challenges and opportunities survey
  • Development of alternatives
  • Potential options survey
  • Preferred alternative and preliminary design
  • Preferred solutions survey
  • Results
• Events

Downtown Height Study

• Information
• Project phases
  • Phase 1 - Community priorities
  • Where can taller buildings go?
  • Phase 2- Proposed Official Plan amendments
  • Phase 3 - Council OPA approval
  • Phase 4 - Built form Standards
• Events

Downtown Heritage Conservation District

• Information
• Project phases
  • Downtown Guelph Heritage focus group recruitment
  • Character mapping
  • Downtown heritage conservation survey
  • Community character map
  • Heritage feature prioritization
  • Potential HCD plan - Objectives values and attributes
  • Levels of support for an HCD in Downtown
  • Heritage Conservation District Forum
  • Downtown Heritage Conservation District Plan survey
  • Open house for HCD Plan
  • Downtown HCD Plan and Guidelines development
  • Draft Downtown HCD plan and guidelines review
  • Downtown HCD Statutory Public Meeting
  • Council Planning Meeting
  • Designation by-law in effect
• Events

Playground replacements 2024

• Information
• Project phases
  • Colonial Drive Park survey
  • Holland Crescent Park survey
  • Highview Park
  • Design consideration
  • Under review
  • Colonial Drive Park design survey
  • Holland Crescent Park design survey
  • Highview Park design survey
  • Design consideration
  • Final designs released
  • Construction

Orin Reid Park

• Information
• Project phases
  • Splash pad ideas
  • Under review
  • Park amenity design feedback
  • Final design
  • Construction

Grove Street reconstruction

• Information
• Project phases
  • Survey Phase
  • Q & A phase
  • Information & Design Period
  • Construction Period
  • Project Complete
• Events

Green Development Framework

• Information
• Project phases
  • Background review
  • Draft Green Development Framework
  • Draft GDF – Public, interest-holder, and indigenous engagement
  • Revise Draft GDF
  • Monitoring strategy, administration and final GDF
  • Training and implementation
• Events

Ward Heritage Conservation District Plan

• Information
• Project phases
  • HCD study phase background information
  • HCD study survey and engagement
  • HCD study available for review
  • Ward West Heritage Conservation Study to Council
  • Ward HCD Plan Survey
  • Ward HCD Plan Open House & Survey
  • HCD Plan process and schedule
• Events

Emma to Earl Bridge

• Information
• Project phases
  • Emma to Earl Bridge survey open for comment
  • Under review
  • Preferred concept chosen
  • Utility work
  • Virtual construction information session
  • Ask us anything!
  • Construction
• Events

Drew Park Revitalization

• Information
• Project phases
  • Ideas engagement - Spring 2024
  • Review feedback - Summer 2024
  • Design engagement - Summer 2025
  • Review feedback - Fall 2025
  • Final design - Fall 2025
  • Construction - Summer 2026
• Events

Affordable Housing Community Improvement Plan

• Information
• Project phases
  • Public information and engagement period
  • Q & A
  • Council Public Meeting
  • Appeal period
  • Program launch
• Events

Guelph Reformatory District

• Information
• Project phases
  • Project kick off
  • Phase one - open house
  • Stories
  • Map Your Comments
  • Phase 1 - open house # 2 and survey
  • Ontario Reformatory HCD Study Phase 1 Report
  • Phase 2 - Heritage Conservation District plan and guidelines
  • Draft Plan and Guidelines statutory public meeting
  • Public open house
  • Questions and Comments
  • Feedback review
  • Final Draft Plan and Guidelines decision meeting
• Events

Housing Affordability Strategy

• Information
• Project phases
  • Housing Affordability Strategy Phase 1: Project initiation
  • Housing Affordability Strategy Phase 2: Research and information gathering
  • Housing Affordability Strategy Phase 3: Identify goals and targets
  • Housing Affordability Strategy Survey
  • Additional Residential Dwelling Unit Survey
  • Housing Affordability Strategy Phase 4: Identify actions
  • Draft Housing Affordability Survey
  • Housing Affordability Strategy Phase 5: Finalize Housing Affordability Strategy
  • Final Affordable Housing Strategy Approval
• Events

Mkinaak Donjibaa Park Design (New park in the Kortright East area)

• Information
• Project phases
  • Coming soon!
  • Design options and idea sharing
  • Under review and re-design
  • Design concepts open for feedback
  • Design finalized and ready for construction

The Ward to Downtown bridge

• Information
• Project phases
  • Environmental Assessment - 2017
  • Design Phase One - Spring 2018
  • Comments and Questions - Site Plan
  • Comments and Questions - Bridge Design
  • Comments and Questions - Landscape plan and materials
  • Design Phase One - Fall 2018
  • Design Phase Two - 2019

Stone Road Cycling Improvements

• Information
• Project phases
  • Your Questions
  • Your Comments
  • Construction
• Events

Parks and Recreation Master Plan

• Information
• Project phases
  • Parks and Recreation Master Plan - Phase One
  • Parks and Recreation Master Plan - Phase Two
  • Park Plan
  • Parks and Recreation Master Plan - Phase Three
  • Questions and Comments
  • Story Telling
  • Map your trails
  • Parks and Recreation Master Plan - Phase Four
  • Under Review
  • Parks and Recreation Master Plan adopted by Council
• Events

Outdoor Sports Facility Strategy

• Information
• Project phases
  • Engaging user groups, partners and community organizations
  • Great tournament facilities
  • Broader conversations with the community
  • Outdoor Sport facility use and interest survey
  • Analyze and review
  • Phase 2 - Further community engagement
  • Outdoor Sports Facility Strategy development
  • Outdoor Sport Facility Strategy to Council
• Events

Guelph’s Multi-year Budget

• Information
• Project phases
  • 2024-2027 Multiple-Year Budget
  • 2025 Budget Update
  • 2026 Budget Update
  • 2027 Budget Update
  • The 2028-2031 Multi-year Budget process begins

Levels of Service

• Information
• Project phases
  • Existing levels of service reporting
  • Have an asset question?
  • Asset Levels of Service Survey
  • Future Asset Levels of Service Planning
  • Final reporting to Council and the Province of Ontario

Finding Your Way - Walking, Cycling and Rolling

• Information
• Project phases
  • Phase 1 - Background & Best Practice
  • Survey
  • Interactive Map
  • Discussion - Sign Systems
  • Discussion #1 - City destinations
  • Discussion #2 - Landmarks
  • Phase 2 - AT Navigation Strategy Development
  • Phase 3 - Reporting & Finalization
• Events

Downtown Waste Project

• Information
• Project phases
  • Stage 1
  • Stage 2
  • Survey
  • Stage 3
  • Council Approval
  • Implementation
• Events

College Avenue infrastructure upgrades

• Information
• Project phases
  • Information Sessions
  • Review
  • Phase one construction
  • Ask us anything!
  • Phase two construction
  • Phase three construction
• Events

Clythe Creek Subwatershed Study Update

• Information
• Project phases
  • Phase 1: Characterization
  • Characterization Report
  • Phase 2: Impact Assessment and Management Recommendations
• Events

Baker Street reconstruction

• Information
• Project phases
  • Virtual open house # 1
  • Virtual open house # 2
  • Construction
• Events

Vision Zero

• Information
• Project phases
  • What does safe streets mean to you?
  • Vision Zero Survey
  • Under Review
  • Final Report
• Events

Try Disc Golf at Margaret Greene

• Information
• Project phases
  • Peter Misersky Park Disc Golf Survey
  • Margaret Greene Park Disc Golf Survey
  • Under Review
  • Reporting Back with our findings

Moving Guelph Forward

• Information
• Project phases
  • Setting the foundation - Q&A/guestbook
  • Map your issue
  • Moving Guelph Forward - virtual open house survey
  • Pop-up Protected Bike Lane
  • Preferred Solutions Survey
  • Preliminary Preferred Alternative Survey
  • What will the Prefered Solution: Sustainability + Resiliency Option mean for you?
  • Council approval
  • phase 5

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