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Built Boundary for the Growth Plan for the Golden Horseshoe, 2006

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The Minister of Public Infrastructure Renewal has released the built boundary, which defines the edge of the built-up area in the Greater Golden Horseshoe. The built boundary will be used for monitoring and implementing several key policies of the Growth Plan.

Provider

Ontario Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal

Coverage

The built boundary identifies built-up urban areas across the Greater Golden Horseshoe. It is a line that reflects what was built and on the ground when the Growth Plan came into effect in June 2006. It is a fixed line and is an important implementation and monitoring tool for the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe. The built boundary will allow the province and others to measure intensification and redevelopment within the built-up area, and also allow us to monitor suburban development outside the built-up area. The built boundary was released in its final form on April 2nd, 2008, along with the methodology used to derive it.

Documentation

License

  • Built Boundary License Document

Projection & Reference Information

  • PROJCS [NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_17N]
  • GEOGCS [GCS_North_American_1983]
  • DATUM [D_North_American_1983]
  • See projection.txt in the unzipped data for more information.

Datum

  • NAD83

Format

  • ArcView Shapefiles

Access to Individual Built Boundary Files

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Note: to download geospatial data from off-campus users will first need to install CISCO IPSec VPN Access software available (a free download) from the University of Guelph CCS software distribution Web site.

  • GGH Built Boundary (.zip – 1.4mb)
  • Barrie, City of (.zip – 34kb)
  • Brant, County of (.zip – 19kb)
  • Brantford, City of (.zip – 11kb)
  • Dufferin, County of (.zip – 13kb)
  • Durham, Region of (.zip – 101kb)
  • Guelph, City of (.zip – 11kb)
  • Haldimand, County of (.zip – 22kb)
  • Halton, Region of [ (.zip – 137kb)
  • Kawartha Lakes, City of  (.zip – 54kb)
  • Niagara, Region of (.zip – 97kb)
  • Northumberland, County of  (.zip – 32kb)
  • Orillia, City of (.zip – 19kb)
  • Peel, Region of (.zip –88kb)
  • Peterborough, City of (.zip – 121kb)
  • Peterborough, County of (.zip – 14kb)
  • Simcoe, County of (.zip – 237kb)
  • Toronto, City of (.zip – 140kb)
  • Waterloo, Region of (.zip – 75kb)
  • Wellington, County of (.zip – 37kb)
  • York, Region of (.zip – 119kb)

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Last updated April 7th, 2010 by D.B. (details)