Official Plan and Integrated Mobility Plan

A decorative banner showing a stylized map made up of coloured blocks and purple streets. In a white box on the left text says, "YG220K".

YG220K is Kingston’s shared vision for the next 25 years. The name combines YGK (the city’s airport code) and 220K, the projected population by 2051. It represents a combined approach of two key plans: the Official Plan, which guides land use and growth, and the Integrated Mobility Plan, which shapes the future transportation network.

Two plans, one coordinated approach

The Official Plan and Integrated Mobility Plan are two separate plans with two distinct purposes but are very much intertwined. If you're planning for future land uses and planning for growth, it makes sense to plan for how the transportation network will support that growth. Likewise, it’s important to plan for growth in areas where transportation infrastructure investments are already being made.

For the first time in our history, the City of Kingston will be completing these two plans at the same time. Doing so opens up the opportunity to have a more complete conversation about the future growth of the City and about how we grow in a more connected, deliberate way. Having these two plans completed at the same time presents a great opportunity for collaboration and improvement – so, we're taking it.

Official Plan

Sets the City's land use plans for the next 25 years, approximately, until 2051. It will outline how residential, commercial, industrial and other land uses will be built in the city. Kingston is growing and the Official Plan will ensure that the city continues to be livable, diverse, equitable and prosperous by strategically directing growth. This plan will be used as the basis of other plans and bylaws the City will develop and update including the servicing plans, the zoning bylaw, parks plans, recreation plans and more, they all build off the details in the Official Plan.

The second draft of Kingston’s new Official Plan

Thank you for taking the time to review the second draft of the City of Kingston’s new Official Plan. We’re excited to share it with you. For more background on this please read our news release.

The Second Draft of the Official Plan builds on the First Draft released in Summer 2025 and reflects feedback received from the community and technical review. The draft continues to refine the policy framework that will guide how the community grows and develops to 2051, including policies related to housing, infrastructure, mobility, climate resilience, and the protection of natural areas.

The Second Draft of the Official Plan, updated mapping, and a Feedback and Response Summary outlining how comments on the First Draft have been considered are available. Additional supporting materials have also been posted on DASH to support a more detailed review. DASH materials include a tracked changes version of the Official Plan, which highlights revisions made between the First and Second Drafts, along with additional background information prepared as part of the project. DASH materials are available under File Number D09-001-2026 under the ‘Record Info’ drop-down menu.

Responses to comments received on the urban boundary expansion applications are available in DASH, under the ‘Record Info’ drop-down menu for each of the applications:

A draft Natural Heritage Study has also been released and further information can be foundd on the Natural Heritage Study project website.

Upcoming events

The City has heard community feedback about the timing of a Special Council Meeting on March 31 and a Virtual Open House on April 8 regarding the new Official Plan project. In response to that feedback, we previously cancelled the March 31 Special Council Meeting and are now announcing that the planned April 8 Virtual Open House is also postponed.

We will share details when a new date is confirmed as soon as we are able to.

The Official Plan will guide land use and growth in the City for the next 25 years. It’s essential we get it right, both in policy and in process and it’s vital that community members feel they have been heard.

This is why we have made the decision to slow down and give the Natural Heritage Study time to progress.

In the meantime, we have opened up a new question form to keep the conversation going. If you had questions you wanted to ask at either event, please submit them. The project team will review all public feedback received and will be preparing a feedback and response document once we’ve had an opportunity to holistically review all feedback.

Watch: the Official Plan – the introduction

Before you dive in we have a short video that will walk you through the Second Draft and provide a summary of the themes and how to read the documents.


Read, review and comment: the Official Plan

The Plan is embedded in the page below, using the controls along the top you can view it in full screen mode, download a copy of the document to your device. To comment on specific areas click on the screen, add your name comment and email. If you require an alternate format please email GetInvolvedKingston@CityofKingston.ca or call 613-546-0000.

Comments can be provided in Konveio using the Plan embedded below, or can be submitted via email to newofficialplan@cityofkingston.ca by April 21, 2026.

You can view this document in fullscreen.

View: the maps

Maps are vital to this plan, you can view them below in the embedded map viewer. For a more immersive experience use the full screen button or open the map directly in a new window.

Comments on the maps can be submitted via email to newofficialplan@cityofkingston.ca by April 21, 2026.

Integrated Mobility Plan

Focuses on how people will move throughout the city to get to where they need to go, from now to 2051. The plan will lay out a blueprint for roads, frequent transit corridors, and active transportation infrastructure over the coming years. To accommodate the growth that is envisioned sustainably, equitably, and efficiently, our future transportation network will need to provide options for people of all ages and abilities. The integrated mobility plan will follow a few months behind the Official Plan, allowing it to be in lockstep with the planned origins and destinations of where people will need to go.

In late November, two public information centres were held to give community members a chance to learn more about the Integrated Mobility Plan and provide input. You can review the presentation materials from both events, including the display boards from the in-person open house held on Nov. 12 and the presentation slides from the online open house held on Nov. 17.

View the online presentation from Nov. 17, 2025 below.

Stay connected!

To subscribe for New Official Plan project updates, please email newofficialplan@cityofkingston.ca and to subscribe for Integrated Mobility Plan project updates, please email mobilityplan@cityofkingston.ca.

A decorative banner showing a stylized map made up of coloured blocks and purple streets. In a white box on the left text says, "YG220K".

YG220K is Kingston’s shared vision for the next 25 years. The name combines YGK (the city’s airport code) and 220K, the projected population by 2051. It represents a combined approach of two key plans: the Official Plan, which guides land use and growth, and the Integrated Mobility Plan, which shapes the future transportation network.

Two plans, one coordinated approach

The Official Plan and Integrated Mobility Plan are two separate plans with two distinct purposes but are very much intertwined. If you're planning for future land uses and planning for growth, it makes sense to plan for how the transportation network will support that growth. Likewise, it’s important to plan for growth in areas where transportation infrastructure investments are already being made.

For the first time in our history, the City of Kingston will be completing these two plans at the same time. Doing so opens up the opportunity to have a more complete conversation about the future growth of the City and about how we grow in a more connected, deliberate way. Having these two plans completed at the same time presents a great opportunity for collaboration and improvement – so, we're taking it.

Official Plan

Sets the City's land use plans for the next 25 years, approximately, until 2051. It will outline how residential, commercial, industrial and other land uses will be built in the city. Kingston is growing and the Official Plan will ensure that the city continues to be livable, diverse, equitable and prosperous by strategically directing growth. This plan will be used as the basis of other plans and bylaws the City will develop and update including the servicing plans, the zoning bylaw, parks plans, recreation plans and more, they all build off the details in the Official Plan.

The second draft of Kingston’s new Official Plan

Thank you for taking the time to review the second draft of the City of Kingston’s new Official Plan. We’re excited to share it with you. For more background on this please read our news release.

The Second Draft of the Official Plan builds on the First Draft released in Summer 2025 and reflects feedback received from the community and technical review. The draft continues to refine the policy framework that will guide how the community grows and develops to 2051, including policies related to housing, infrastructure, mobility, climate resilience, and the protection of natural areas.

The Second Draft of the Official Plan, updated mapping, and a Feedback and Response Summary outlining how comments on the First Draft have been considered are available. Additional supporting materials have also been posted on DASH to support a more detailed review. DASH materials include a tracked changes version of the Official Plan, which highlights revisions made between the First and Second Drafts, along with additional background information prepared as part of the project. DASH materials are available under File Number D09-001-2026 under the ‘Record Info’ drop-down menu.

Responses to comments received on the urban boundary expansion applications are available in DASH, under the ‘Record Info’ drop-down menu for each of the applications:

A draft Natural Heritage Study has also been released and further information can be foundd on the Natural Heritage Study project website.

Upcoming events

The City has heard community feedback about the timing of a Special Council Meeting on March 31 and a Virtual Open House on April 8 regarding the new Official Plan project. In response to that feedback, we previously cancelled the March 31 Special Council Meeting and are now announcing that the planned April 8 Virtual Open House is also postponed.

We will share details when a new date is confirmed as soon as we are able to.

The Official Plan will guide land use and growth in the City for the next 25 years. It’s essential we get it right, both in policy and in process and it’s vital that community members feel they have been heard.

This is why we have made the decision to slow down and give the Natural Heritage Study time to progress.

In the meantime, we have opened up a new question form to keep the conversation going. If you had questions you wanted to ask at either event, please submit them. The project team will review all public feedback received and will be preparing a feedback and response document once we’ve had an opportunity to holistically review all feedback.

Watch: the Official Plan – the introduction

Before you dive in we have a short video that will walk you through the Second Draft and provide a summary of the themes and how to read the documents.


Read, review and comment: the Official Plan

The Plan is embedded in the page below, using the controls along the top you can view it in full screen mode, download a copy of the document to your device. To comment on specific areas click on the screen, add your name comment and email. If you require an alternate format please email GetInvolvedKingston@CityofKingston.ca or call 613-546-0000.

Comments can be provided in Konveio using the Plan embedded below, or can be submitted via email to newofficialplan@cityofkingston.ca by April 21, 2026.

You can view this document in fullscreen.

View: the maps

Maps are vital to this plan, you can view them below in the embedded map viewer. For a more immersive experience use the full screen button or open the map directly in a new window.

Comments on the maps can be submitted via email to newofficialplan@cityofkingston.ca by April 21, 2026.

Integrated Mobility Plan

Focuses on how people will move throughout the city to get to where they need to go, from now to 2051. The plan will lay out a blueprint for roads, frequent transit corridors, and active transportation infrastructure over the coming years. To accommodate the growth that is envisioned sustainably, equitably, and efficiently, our future transportation network will need to provide options for people of all ages and abilities. The integrated mobility plan will follow a few months behind the Official Plan, allowing it to be in lockstep with the planned origins and destinations of where people will need to go.

In late November, two public information centres were held to give community members a chance to learn more about the Integrated Mobility Plan and provide input. You can review the presentation materials from both events, including the display boards from the in-person open house held on Nov. 12 and the presentation slides from the online open house held on Nov. 17.

View the online presentation from Nov. 17, 2025 below.

Stay connected!

To subscribe for New Official Plan project updates, please email newofficialplan@cityofkingston.ca and to subscribe for Integrated Mobility Plan project updates, please email mobilityplan@cityofkingston.ca.

  • CLOSED: This survey has concluded.

    Visioning Survey

    • Estimated time to complete survey is 20 minutes depending on the length of answers. 
    • Survey closes March 17, 2025 at 4 p.m.

    Purpose

    Community input is vital for shaping the Official Plan and Integrated Mobility Plan. These plans aim to reflect the diversity of the community through a shared vision, which is why public participation is at the centre of this process. This survey is a key step as it builds on engagement efforts that began in the summer of 2024 with the launch of the Community Advisory Group application, and continued through the summer and fall with pop-up opportunities at various events and meetings with Indigenous community members. We’re very excited to introduce this survey as an additional opportunity to provide feedback. 

    The survey is divided into three sections: 

    1. Official Plan – Focuses on the Official Plan and how land will be used in Kingston in the future. 
    2. Integrated Mobility Plan – Focuses on the Integrated Mobility Plan and future transportation planning and policies. 
    3. Demographic Information – Focuses on demographic information.

    The goal of this survey is to better understand the community’s vision for future land use and transportation planning, as well as how lived experience influences these priorities. Your input will help us shape these two significant plans to meet the needs of our growing community.

    Notice of Collection

    All information received will be compiled and considered by staff for use under the purposes of this site. Information will be collected and used in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and other relevant privacy legislation. All comments made on this site are available to the public and may form part of public records. 

    The City will give written notice in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act to affected persons before granting a request for access to a record created through this survey if it includes personal information that the City has reason to believe might constitute an unjustified invasion of personal privacy. 

    Learn more about the City’s accountability and transparency responsibilities on our website.

    Get Involved Kingston Account

    In order to take this survey you will need to be logged into your Get Involved Kingston account. If you do not have an account you can sign up for one, it’s free and takes less than five minutes. The requirement for an account protects the integrity of the survey process and allows you to receive updates on how the feedback from this survey is used. Additionally, once you have an account you can use it across Get Involved Kingston to participate in a number of other projects and provide feedback.

  • CLOSED: This survey has concluded.

    Community Advisory Group Application Form

    About the Project 

    It's an exciting time for Kingston! With Council’s fresh strategic direction and continued growth on the horizon, it’s an increasingly desirable place to live. The City of Kingston is developing a new Official Plan and a new Integrated Mobility Plan (formerly the Transportation Master Plan) and have aligned the two projects to take place at the same time, creating an incredible opportunity for alignment at a policy level in planning for the City’s future. 

    City of Kingston Official Plan

    The City of Kingston is required to update the Official Plan every five years in accordance with the requirements of the Planning Act. Instead of a simple update to the existing plan, the City will be preparing a brand new Official Plan to proactively plan for growth to ensure that Kingston continues to be a livable, diverse, equitable and prosperous City as the population is expected to grow to 220,900 people by 2051. 

    City of Kingston Integrated Mobility Plan 

    The Integrated Mobility Plan (IMP) outlines Kingston's future transportation network vision and goals. Aligned closely with the Official Plan's direction, it considers the infrastructure, programs, and policies necessary to accommodate long-term growth while shaping the city's transportation system for the future. 

    What is a Community Advisory Group? 

    A Community Advisory Group (CAG)  is a panel of community members who are selected to provide guidance to the City of Kingston on a project, based on their specific connection to a project, knowledge and/or experience. The CAG will meet three times to review, and provide feedback and input at key decision points throughout the review of Kingston’s Official Plan and for the development of the Integrated Mobility Plan. Applicants will also have the opportunity to self-identify whether they would like to be considered for the additional Project Champion role. 

    Group members will be selected by civic lottery. Municipal governments often use civic lotteries to bring communities together to find solutions to common issues. Civic lotteries are equitable and democratic methods to select participants to represent diverse communities.

    To ensure that the adapted civic lottery is inclusive and representative, we have reviewed and established the baseline demographics of the City of Kingston which allowed us to determine the number of people and identities that need to be represented in the group. We then considered perspectives that need to be overrepresented, given historical inequities. This process ensures that selected members represent the demographically diverse makeup of the City of Kingston, and reflect equity-deserving populations and future residents as the City continues to grow and evolve. Additionally, we've added adaptations to ensure the group is a diverse representation. 

    You can review the terms of reference.

    What is expected from CAG members? 

    Community Advisory Group members are expected to commit to: 

    • Attending and actively participating in three meetings over two years and reviewing materials before and after meetings as required. 

    • Representing their community and providing feedback for the future vision of Kingston, informing the Official Plan rewrite and the development of the Integrated Mobility Plan. 

    • Promoting engagement opportunities and public surveys within their networks. 

    The first meeting will be held in person, location to be determined, on Sept. 28 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

    Will I be compensated for participation? 

    Community Advisory Group members will be compensated with $225 upon completion of the project, at a rate of $75 per meeting. 

    Data Confidentiality 

    Data collected will only be used for the selection of the Community Advisory Group. Your data will be kept confidential and will not be shared for any purpose not specifically authorized. Personal information provided by you for this survey is collected on a voluntary basis.

    Applications 

    Applications are being accepted until 11:55pm on Aug. 9. All applicants will be notified if they have been successful or unsuccessful by early September. 

    If you represent a local group, resident association, community group or organization that operates in Kingston, we welcome your application. 

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