Video: Burlington's downtown is getting many more people - not enough parks

 https://youtu.be/Z7BZ5bPrLnABurlington’s downtown population is set to grow dramatically, but without enough parkland. This reveals another shortcoming with intensification.The mayor and most of council voted on motions that can add 27 high-rises in the downtown.Downtown parkland will be 0.67 hectares per 1,000 people when including existing parks (Spencer Smith Park, Apeldoorn, Brock, Wellington and City Square parks); the hydro corridor, the waterfront vistas at Bridgewater, pathways, and proposals to convert 2 parking lots to parks.That's much less than other municipalities.Mississauga (the lowest) requires 1.2 hectares per 1,000 people; Oakville mandates 2.2 hectares. Ottawa and Calgary require 2 hectares per 1,000 in new neighbourhoodsBurlington has no parkland standard. We need to change thatLet’s stop the outsized focus of growth on quantity of people; and focus instead on quality of lifeCanada's best mid-sized city deserves a better plan - including reasonable, respectful growth, and sufficient parkland.

Parkland Calculation - UGC method

Based on the population numbers provided by staff - summing all parkland in the Urban Growth Centre. Note the population counts do not include the St Luke's and Emerald neighbourhoods.

Parkland Calculation - Stats Can Method

Expanding the calculation to broader areas in the downtown core, population counts are based on published Stats Can 2016 numbers for 5 census code areas, then adding the staff growth projections to these figures.