Taylor, Laura E.Townsend, Mark2018-07-172018-07-172018Major Paper, Master of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York Universityhttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/34829Through affordable housing strategies many urban areas have been looking to support social inclusion. Inclusionary zoning is one such strategy that looks to extract affordable housing from market-rate housing developers. Several cities have enforced inclusionary zoning policies in North America; however, the majority of them have been in the United States. Canada has faced similar affordable housing shortages as the US has but unfortunately Canadian municipalities lack the power that many US municipalities have in regards to enforcing inclusionary zoning policy. Many municipalities in Canada have been subject to social issues that accompany a lack of legislative investment from the province to support affordable housing. Ontario, is currently looking at enabling its constituent municipalities to make inclusionary zoning policies. It is believed that it will make a big difference for large urban areas like Toronto, a city that has been requesting these powers for some time. It is the hope of many that Toronto can use inclusionary zoning to support a sustainable supply of affordable housing. This will help the City continue to focus on being a city of inclusion and opportunity. Inclusionary zoning has been widely debated in the context of Toronto and it is through these debates that question arise whether Toronto can support inclusionary zoning strategies or whether they will be of any benefit at all. A major focal point for the research was to evaluate whether or not inclusionary zoning can create a sustainable supply of affordable housing in the City of Toronto. It is thought that it can but it must be implemented in such a way that it supports good planning principals and initiatives.enAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.Major paper