Brampton Plan-Schedule 5-Provincially Significant Employment Zones

As part of A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, the Minister released a new policy framework for protecting employment areas that are critical to the region’s economy. These changes provide flexibility by allowing municipalities to consider employment area conversions prior to the municipal comprehensive review while ensuring protections are in place to protect key employment areas as needed. To ensure important employment areas are not converted during this window, the province introduced a policy that allows the Minister to identify provincially significant employment zoneswhich are employment areas that cannot be converted prior to the municipal comprehensive review without a more comprehensive assessment approved by the province. Provincially Significant Employment Zones are strategically important employment areas identified by the Province to support long-term economic growth, investment, and job creation. These areas are protected for employment uses and are intended to accommodate major industrial, manufacturing, logistics, and other employment-generating activities. This data is intended to be used in conjuction with other related mapping layers for this schedule, and may be impacted by other schedules, with consideration to the text of Brampton Plan.