The Infrastructure, Planning and Growth Management Department is responsible for developing, implementing, and administering the policies, programs, and projects that plan and build our community in a sustainable way. The department includes the following Divisions: Planning, Development and Urban Design; Building Services; Asset Management and Capital Planning; and Engineering and Capital Works; Economic Development (new in 2025). This Department uses data-driven approaches to inform evidence-based decision-making to ensure that the necessary infrastructure is planned and built to support a diverse range of land uses that foster a vibrant and prosperous community. Core functions range from stewarding the vision established by the Official Plan and administering land-use planning approvals and building permits to overseeing the capital planning and delivery of major infrastructure projects required to support the needs of our growing community.

The Office of the Infrastructure, Planning and Growth Management Commissioner leads and oversees the Department in the planning and delivery of essential policy frameworks and infrastructure services that our citizens rely on every day with a focus of managing growth in a sustainable way; including roads, sidewalks, parking facilities, stormwater facilities, sanitary systems, building permits and land use applications. 

This Division includes the Commissioner, Infrastructure, Planning and Growth Management, the Administrative Assistant to
the Commissioner and Infrastructure Business Analyst positions. 

The decrease in the budget for 2025 is due to increased recoveries from capital projects and other revenues.

Divisions of the Infrastructure, Planning and Growth Management Department

  • Asset Management and Capital Planning
  • Building Services
  • Economic Development (new in 2025)
  • Engineering and Capital Works
  • Planning, Development and Urban Design

The Commissioner provides strategic leadership to the works of all Divisions within the Department and is the liaison with Council. 

Interactive Budget

Explore the City's budget using the interactive OpenBook feature, including expenses by department and division as well as a breakdown of what a typical residential property taxpayer pays per $100,000 of assessment.

The full budget information is available in the Draft 2025 Budget book.

The OpenBook budget tool enhances the transparency of the City's Budget by allowing us to share financial information visually in accessible and easy to understand formats. View our budget data using charts, tables, and graphs. We hope you find this helpful.

Through our OpenBook reports, you can start at the organizational level then click on a department to go down to the division/section/service level as you explore the financial information for the City. Flip between charts, tables and graphs to display the data in a way that visualizes the information based on your preference.

In OpenBook tables, all column headers labeled as "Current Year" refer to 2025; "Previous Year" refers to 2024.

Please note: The 2025 Budget is the first year that the City has used this budget tool to enhance how it shares information with residents. We're learning how to use the new platform and will be adding features and reports as we explore the tool's capabilities.

OpenBook budget tool