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Adopted - Whitehorse 2040: Official Community Plan
The City of Whitehorse has formally adopted Whitehorse 2040 at the City's new Official Community Plan. The Official Community Plan (OCP) is the City's highest-level planning document and will set the direction for Whitehorse until 2040. Read the Whitehorse 2040 Official Community Plan here.
The adoption follows the document’s mandatory ministerial review and approval by the Yukon’s Minister of Community Services Richard Mostyn and is the result of months of engagement with the community.
This OCP will guide the City’s growth well into the future and includes a number of changes to meet the changing needs of the community.
Within the next two years, the City will also complete a Zoning Bylaw Review which will support the intent of the new OCP.
This work would not have been possible without the important feedback from residents, businesses, stakeholders, and partners. Thank you to everyone who participated and shared their feedback throughout the development process.
The OCP process began in 2018, and included the following phases:
Phase 1 - Awareness Building: open houses, ad hoc meetings, stakeholder meetings, and a survey;
Phase 3a - Emerging Directions: series of workshops where Council reviewed Administration's preliminary policy ideas for the new OCP. Many sources informed the policy ideas, including OCP public input and existing City plans. This phase cumulated with the production of an Emerging Directions document, summarizing major policy ideas reviewed with previous Council. Input on these ideas was received through a survey, released in August 2021; and
Phase 3b - Create the Plan: series of workshops where Council reviewed draft policies for the new OCP. A Draft OCP was released to the public in May 2022, and engagement ran to mid-June. Various engagement opportunities were provided, including online sessions, open houses, and a survey.
Phase 4 - OCP Approval
First Public Hearing: September 12, 2022.
Council Review: Council reviewed the plan on October 3, and at second reading on October 11, Council voted to send it back to Administration following a number of amendments.
Second Public Hearing: November 28, 2022.
Council Review: Council reviewed the proposed plan on January 9th, 2023 and at the second reading on January 16th, 2023, Council voted to pass second reading.
Ministerial Review: Following second ready, the OCP was sent for mandatory ministerial review and approved by the Yukon's Minister of Community Services Richard Mostyn on March 20, 2023.
Adoption: On March 27, 2023, Council voted to adopt the OCP at third reading.
Public engagement for this project is now closed.
Adopted - Whitehorse 2040: Official Community Plan
The City of Whitehorse has formally adopted Whitehorse 2040 at the City's new Official Community Plan. The Official Community Plan (OCP) is the City's highest-level planning document and will set the direction for Whitehorse until 2040. Read the Whitehorse 2040 Official Community Plan here.
The adoption follows the document’s mandatory ministerial review and approval by the Yukon’s Minister of Community Services Richard Mostyn and is the result of months of engagement with the community.
This OCP will guide the City’s growth well into the future and includes a number of changes to meet the changing needs of the community.
Within the next two years, the City will also complete a Zoning Bylaw Review which will support the intent of the new OCP.
This work would not have been possible without the important feedback from residents, businesses, stakeholders, and partners. Thank you to everyone who participated and shared their feedback throughout the development process.
The OCP process began in 2018, and included the following phases:
Phase 1 - Awareness Building: open houses, ad hoc meetings, stakeholder meetings, and a survey;
Phase 3a - Emerging Directions: series of workshops where Council reviewed Administration's preliminary policy ideas for the new OCP. Many sources informed the policy ideas, including OCP public input and existing City plans. This phase cumulated with the production of an Emerging Directions document, summarizing major policy ideas reviewed with previous Council. Input on these ideas was received through a survey, released in August 2021; and
Phase 3b - Create the Plan: series of workshops where Council reviewed draft policies for the new OCP. A Draft OCP was released to the public in May 2022, and engagement ran to mid-June. Various engagement opportunities were provided, including online sessions, open houses, and a survey.
Phase 4 - OCP Approval
First Public Hearing: September 12, 2022.
Council Review: Council reviewed the plan on October 3, and at second reading on October 11, Council voted to send it back to Administration following a number of amendments.
Second Public Hearing: November 28, 2022.
Council Review: Council reviewed the proposed plan on January 9th, 2023 and at the second reading on January 16th, 2023, Council voted to pass second reading.
Ministerial Review: Following second ready, the OCP was sent for mandatory ministerial review and approved by the Yukon's Minister of Community Services Richard Mostyn on March 20, 2023.
Adoption: On March 27, 2023, Council voted to adopt the OCP at third reading.
Whitehorse 2040: Official Community Plan Review is currently at this stage
Phase 4 is expected to result in the adoption of a new OCP in early 2023. During this phase, the main focus will be the Council adoption process. A Public Hearing was held on September 12. Council received a Public Hearing report, and on October 11, voted to send the proposed plan back to Administration. A Second Public hearing was held on November 28. Council recieved a Public Hearing report on January 9th, 2023 and on, January 16th, voted to pass the OCP through second reading. The OCP was sent for mandatory ministerial review and approved by Minister of Community Services Richard Mostyn on March 20, 2023. Council voted to official adopt the OCP at third reading on March 27, 2023.
