FAQs

The Master Plan for Parks and Public Buildings is a decision-making tool to help guide municipal authorities in the development of parks and buildings to meet the needs of the public. Unfolding over a 10-year period, the Plan makes it possible to invest coherently based on a vision and pre-established objectives.  The Master Plan for Parks and Buildings also defines the planning framework for targeted development projects and includes an action and implementation plan.

Over the next few years, the borough of Outremont plans to make major investments in updating, enhancing and improving the offering and services in the parks and public buildings on its territory. The Master Plan for Parks and Buildings will provide a framework for all of the targeted actions in the borough and will enable it to adequately plan future investments so that they meet the needs of the public.

The Master Plan for Parks and Buildings contains the following elements: 

• A portrait-analysis of needs and the existing offering of parks and public buildings on the territory of Outremont. This portrait includes a sociodemographic analysis, an analysis of the offering and services in parks and buildings, and an analysis to establish the variance between the offering and the needs; 
• A review of best practices in planning, including examples of current practices and contemporary urban planning trends;
• A vision statement for the next 10 years inspired by the citizen consultation activities;
• Guiding principles for achieving this vision. These principles also comprise a series of objectives to be achieved;
• An action and implementation plan.

The borough covers an area of 3.9 km2, 23% of which is parks and public spaces, including the Mont-Royal area. The sector under study in the Master Plan includes the borough of Outremont and, more specifically, the 23 parks and nine buildings identified on the map in the documentation section. These are all of the borough’s parks and municipal buildings, with the exception of those on the MIL campus, which are already covered by another Master Plan. The MIL campus sector is nevertheless part of the reflection process, considering the potential impact of the establishment of this university establishment and the urban development surrounding it.

“Parcs-écoles” (parks developed in partnership between an adjacent school and a municipality) are not included in the study since they are not the property of the Ville de Montréal.