Municipalities with Green Development Standards

A primer on Green Development Standards: Climate Action Partnership – Municipal GDS -July-2024.pdf


Municipalities with Green Standards

MunicipalityDateLink
Ajax Green StandardMay 2022Ajax - Green Standard
Auora2022Town of Aurora - Green Development Standards Handbook
Brampton (in collaboration with Vaughan, Richmond Hill and Markham)2023Brampton - Sustainable New Communities
Caledon2024Caledon - Green Development Standards
East Gwillimbury2012 - updated 2018Thinking Green - Development Standards
Halton Hills2014 - updated 2021Halton Hills - Green Standard
Hamilton DraftCity-Wide Green Building Standards (Draft)
King 2021 - updated 2024King - Green Development Standards
PickeringJanuary 2023Pickering - Integrated Sustainable Design Standards
Markham ( (in collaboration with Brampton, Vaughan and Richmond Hill)2023Markham - Sustainability Plan
Mississauga2024 (paused)Mississauga Green Development Standards
Richmond Hill ( (in collaboration with Brampton, Vaughan and Markham)2023Richmond Hill - Sustainability Metrics
Toronto Green Standard2010 - ver 4 2022Toronto - Green Standard version 4
Vaughan (in collaboration with Brampton, Richmond Hill and Markham)2023Vaughan - Sustainability Metric
Whitby Green Standard2020 - updated 2023Whitby - Green Standard

Municipalities Developing Green Standards

MunicipalityDateLink
Clarington2025Green Development Framework
Guelph2025Green Development Standards

Municipalities Paused

MunicipalityDateLink
Ottawa2022Ottawa - High Performance Development Standards
Region of WaterlooRegion of Waterloo HPDS

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