MILTON INTENSIFICATION AND INFILL STUDY - Town of Milton

Figure 2: Urban Growth Centres in the Greater Golden Horseshoe
(Source: Places to Grow Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, Ministry
of Energy and Infrastructure, 2006)
Figure 3: Approximate Size and Scale of the Downtown Milton Urban Growth
Centre as Defined by the Province
(Source: Size and Location of Urban Growth Centres in the Greater Golden
Horseshoe, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, 2008)
DOWNTOWN MILTON
URBAN GROWTH
CENTRE
What is an Urban Growth Centre?
Martin St
Fulton St
Oak Street
Ontario Street
Main Street
Figure 4: Downtown Milton Urban Growth Centre
Nipissing Road
Thompson Road
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Ontario’s Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe identifies 25 locations across the
region as Urban Growth Centres (UGCs) (see Figure 2). Downtown Milton is identified as
one of these UGCs.
UGCs are defined in the Growth Plan as areas that will be planned:
a) as focal areas for investment in institutional and region-wide public services, as well
as commercial, recreational, cultural and entertainment uses;
b) to accommodate and support major transit infrastructure;
c) to serve as high density major employment centres that will attract provincially,
nationally or internationally significant employment uses; and
d) to accommodate a significant share of population and employment growth.
The Growth Plan also establishes minimum density requirements for each UGC. The Province
requires the Downtown Milton UGC to be planned to achieve a minimum density of
200 people and jobs combined per hectare by 2031. This translates into a total of
27,360 people and jobs combined in the UGC by 2031.
Where is Milton’s Urban Growth Centre?
The Province has provided an approximate size and scale for the Downtown Milton UGC,
shown in Figure 3.
The Town of Milton has identified more detailed boundaries for its UGC, shown in Figure 4.
The UGC covers 136.8 hectares, stretching approximately from Martin Street in the west
to Thompson Road in the east, and from just north of Main Street in the north, to Nipissing
Road in the south. This is the area to which the Province’s minimum density target of 200
people and jobs combined per hectare applies.
Given the minimum density requirements of the Province’s
Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, the Town of
Milton must plan to accommodate at least 27,360 people
and jobs combined inside its Urban Growth Centre by
2031. Currently, the UGC has approximately 7,300 people
and jobs.
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