PLACES IN TRANSFORMATION
Look beyond a launch announcement. Explore what is planned, what has been approved and what still needs to happen.
Pickering · Durham Region
Seaton is a large planned community in Pickering combining new residential neighbourhoods, protected open space and an employment corridor. Its scale makes the timing of schools, shops, recreation facilities and transport as important as the individual home.
Phased development: established homes, active building and future planned lands
Pickering · Durham Region
Central Pickering’s transformation combines shopping-centre redevelopment with downtown public-space improvements and the GO-station area. A useful comparison separates each developer’s phase from the City’s civic projects and the broader transport study.
Mixed: first residential towers under construction; broader master plan and civic facilities delivered in separate phases
Mississauga · Peel Region
A former power-station site is becoming a waterfront neighbourhood with homes, employment space and a connected park system. This guide separates the evolving build-out plan from zoning capacity and identifies which improvements are underway, planned or still dependent on later approvals.
Servicing and first residential construction underway; later blocks and public amenities are phased
Mississauga · Peel Region
Brightwater is a defined redevelopment site within Port Credit, combining delivered homes with later waterfront phases. Its value as a neighbourhood guide is in separating delivered buildings from the full master-plan promise, and distinguishing the site from other Port Credit waterfront projects.
Phased residential delivery underway; expanded planning permissions and later blocks remain part of the build-out
Barrie · Simcoe area
South Barrie’s transformation combines two growth districts, Hewitt’s and Salem, with major road, sewer and community-facility projects. A useful comparison starts with each home’s servicing phase and the delivery of everyday amenities.
Mixed: established planning framework, separate subdivision phases and infrastructure under construction
Barrie · Simcoe area
Allandale combines an operating regional transit terminal with a new 2026 planning system around the Waterfront GO station. Its growth story is redevelopment within an established neighbourhood, with different rules for heritage streets, mixed-use districts and community uses.
New community planning permit framework in effect; redevelopment proceeds property by property