Growth Management
As Waterloo Region continues to grow, the Region works with area municipalities, the Province and other partners to understand growth trends and help align them with Regional infrastructure and services.
The Region’s Growth Management Services supports the planning of population and employment growth over time. It helps the Region and local area municipalities understand where growth is happening, what infrastructure and services may be needed, and how to support development in a way that is coordinated, efficient and sustainable.
The Region of Waterloo supports growth management by:
- preparing and updating population, housing and employment forecasts;
- View our 2025 population and household estimates bulletin.
- For information regarding previous reports, browse our media manager, on our community profile webpage.
- monitoring development activity and growth trends across the region;
- analyzing land use and development patterns to support infrastructure and service planning;
- coordinating growth-related analysis with Regional infrastructure planning;
- helping align growth with servicing capacity for water, wastewater and transportation systems;
- supporting financially sustainable growth by making the best use of existing infrastructure;
- working with area municipalities, the Province and other partners on growth-related planning matters.
Changes introduced by the Province through Bill 23 affected changed the Region’s former land use planning authority role. As of January 1, 2025, the Region of Waterloo is now a commenting agency longer the approval authority for Area Municipal official plans and development applications.matters.
The Region continues to have an important role in growth management through forecasting, analysis, infrastructure planning and coordination tied to Regional service responsibilities.
You can learn more about related Growth Management services by contacting our team.
