A list of community engagement meetings along with summaries, recordings and presentation materials.

Consideration by City Council

At its June 2024 meeting, City Council adopted the Jane Finch Community Development Plan, Secondary Plan (OPA 633), Urban Design Guidelines, Parks and Public Realm Strategy, Mobility and Transit Integration Strategy, Community Service Facilities Strategy, and Servicing Capacity Assessment. A recording of City Council discussion on these items is available.


Pop-Up Consultation on the Jane Finch Secondary Plan

City and Jane Finch Centre staff held a pop-up at Yorkgate Mall (1 York Gate Boulevard) on Thursday, April 18, 2024, from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. to talk to community members about:

  • maximizing economic opportunities and job growth, including for the cluster of businesses and institutions centred on Finch Avenue West and Norfinch Drive / Oakdale Road, and
  • a review of building heights in the Jane Finch Secondary Plan area.

For more information, please see the meeting materials. A summary of participant feedback is available.


Phase 3 Engagement Summary – February 2024


Public Meeting #5

Open Houses on the Draft Community Development Plan, Secondary Plan and Urban Design Guidelines were held on the following dates:

  • Saturday, November 25, 2023 (In Person)
  • Tuesday, November 28, 2023 (Virtual)
  • Wednesday, November 29, 2023 (In Person)
  • Thursday, November 30, 2023 (In Person)

Open House Information Boards

A summary of input received is available.


Heritage Focus Group – 2023

Phase 2 Engagement Summary Report – November 2023


Spring 2023 Pop-ups


Open Houses on Greening, Moving, and Building in Jane and Finch

March 28, 2023 (Virtual)
March 25, 2023 (In Person)

  • Greening – a draft parks and public spaces plan
  • Moving – a draft mobility strategy for getting around the area and
  • Building – a draft concepts of where new buildings could be accommodated and in what forms

Open House information boards and maps


Deep Dialogues on Community Themes:

Theme: Investments
March 23, 2023

  • Creating opportunities through planned investments
  • Creating a strategically aligned resource strategy

Theme: Spaces
March 16, 2023

  • Grassroots groups and not-for-profits
  • Access for all ages
  • Addressing the digital divide

Theme: Community

March 9, 2023

  • Food justice and sovereignty
  • Safety and wellbeing
  • Mitigating gentrification and displacement

Winter 2022

Autumn 2022 Pop-ups

Arts and Culture Public Forum

Summer 2022 Pop-ups

Artists’ Collective

Inclusive Economic Development

Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee – March 8, 2022

Phase 1 Engagement Summary Report – December 2021

Virtual Public Meeting #3 – November 30, 2021

Local Businesses

Grassroots Groups

Heritage Focus Groups

Firgrove Revitalization

Confronting Anti-Black Racism (CABR)

Arts and Culture

Agency Cluster

Inclusive Economic Opportunities Round Table

Jane Finch Hub Organizing Committee

Landowners

Youth

Virtual Public Meeting #2: Visioning Workshop – May 11, 2021

Virtual Public Meeting #1 – November 23, 2020

The Community Advisory Committee (CAC) was a group of community members selected in part through a civic lottery to reflect local diversity. The CAC provided community oversight and accountability in the approach to engagement and in the development of the integrated plans.

The City of Toronto partnered with the Jane Finch Community and Family Centre to facilitate community engagement for the Jane Finch Initiative. The Jane Finch Centre responded to a request for expressions of interest for a local facilitation team and collaborated with several community groups in the area to conduct engagement activities with support from City staff.