| Toronto Green Standard |
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City Council adopted the revised Toronto Green Standard. This two-tiered Green Standard for new construction includes minimum performance measures, as well as enhanced measures. |
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| Green Roofs |
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The proposed Green Roof By-law for the City of Toronto would require green roofs on certain types of new buildings and establish a standard for green roof design and construction.
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| Migratory Birds (file size 5.2 MB) |
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Toronto is an annual stopover location for migratory birds. This study looks at bird migration through Toronto and identifies strategies that will support and enhance existing migratory bird conservation in Toronto. |
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| Provincially Significant Wetlands (file size 5.6 MB) |
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A study was undertaken to confirm that six Provincially Significant Wetland complexes located in the City of Toronto (map) continue to meet the criteria for which they were originally identified. The results will assist the City in protecting these wetlands under the Official Plan. Provincially Significant Wetlands are identified by the Ministry of Natural Resources and protected by the Provincial Policy Statement (2005) and the Official Plan.
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| Natural Heritage Study |
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The study provides an inventory of ecological information available for the City in 2000 and maps the "mosaic" of natural features and functions including, forest, wetland, meadow, valley and stream corridors and significant natural features. It provides the basis for a consistent science-based approach to evaluating natural heritage in the City.
Natural Heritage Study (file size 1.2MB)
References and Appendices (file size 500KB)
Figures 1 and 2 (file size 600KB)
Table and Maps 1 to 10 (file size 3.9MB)
Maps 11 to 20 (file size 4.0MB)
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| Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest |
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Areas of Natural and Scientific interest (ANSIs) are identified by the Ministry of Natural Resources. Provincially Significant ANSIs are protected by the Provincial Policy Statement (2005) and the Official Plan. A review of ANSIs located in the City of Toronto is being undertaken to assist the City in protecting these areas under the Official Plan.
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| Environmentally Significant Areas |
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Environmentally significant areas (ESAs) located within the City of Toronto are shown on Map 12 of the Official Plan. Environmentally significant areas are areas of local and regional environmental significance that are protected by Official Plan policies and designations. Further study and field work is underway to identify additional ESAs across the City using the criteria in the Official Plan. Where additional ESAs are identified, these areas will be added to Map 12 through amendment to the Plan. A report (PDF 9.9 MB) describes the study process and identifies areas within the natural heritage system that have the potential to meet the Official Plan ESA criteria.
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| Ravine and Natural Feature Protection |
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City Council amended the Ravine Protection bylaw to add tableland forest and forested sections of the Lake Iroquois shoreline to the area protected under the bylaw. Maps are attached to the staff report which show the existing and additional areas protected by the bylaw.
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| Symposium on Bird Conservation in Urban Areas |
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The dangers posed to birds by today's modern urban landscapes are extremely new in evolutionary time scales and birds have been unable to alter natural behaviours in response to relatively recent products of human activity. |
