Responsible Growth in Lakeshore
How fast is Lakeshore growing?
Lakeshore grew roughly 10% between 2016 and 2021, adding more than 1,000 homes, and is projected to pass 60,000 residents by 2051. That pace is why infrastructure sequencing has become the central local issue.
What is the risk of unplanned growth?
When approvals outrun the roads, drainage, and wastewater capacity to support them, the long-term costs fall on existing taxpayers and services get stretched thin.
What is a Growth Sequencing Map?
It is a public tool that ties each development approval to the infrastructure actually available to support it — giving residents and builders a clear, predictable picture of where and when growth can responsibly happen.
Sam would publish a Growth Sequencing Map, support diverse housing types, and protect farmland and rural character — growth planned around capacity, not density for its own sake.
Sources: Municipality of Lakeshore growth projections and asset-management planning.