File #: 19-266    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Staff Report Status: Passed
File created: 5/29/2019 In control: Council
On agenda: 6/10/2019 Final action: 6/10/2019
Title: Review of Capital Regional District's Population, Dwelling Unit, and Employment Projections Update for Township of Esquimalt
Attachments: 1. Appendix A - Planning and Protective Services Committee meeting agenda, 2. Appendix B - RGS Table 1 - Municipal and EA Projections, 3. Appendix C - BC Statistics Methodology Report, 4. Appendix D - RGS Table 1 - Sub-regional Projections
REQUEST FOR DECISION

DATE: May 29, 2019 Report No. DEV-19-050
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT:

Title
Review of Capital Regional District's Population, Dwelling Unit, and Employment Projections Update for Township of Esquimalt
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RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation
That Council request the Capital Regional District to obtain a third party review of the methodology used to calculate the population, dwelling unit, and employment projections prior to commencing the amending process for the Regional Growth Strategy.
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RELEVANT POLICY:

Regional Growth Strategy - Capital Regional District Bylaw No. 4017
Official Community Plan Bylaw, 2018, No., 2922
Township of Esquimalt Strategic Priorities 2019-2023

STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:

Although the population, dwelling unit, and employment projections are not related to any specific strategic priority, goal, or operational strategy, an accurate understanding of demographic trends in Esquimalt informs the Township's response to many of the items in the Strategic Plan.

BACKGROUND:

Section 429 (2) (b) of the Local Government Act states that, "A regional growth strategy must cover a period of at least 20 years from the time of its initiation and must include population and employment projections for the period covered by the regional growth strategy". The current regional growth strategy contains population projections based on data from the 2011 Census. Implementation measure I-6 of the regional growth strategy requires that the population projections be updated using the most recent census data, namely data from the 2016 Census. The necessary data was released by Statistics Canada in early 2019 and the Capital Regional District (CRD) subsequently engaged BC Statistics to prepare the new population projections. These projections, along with projections for dwelling units and employment, were presented to the CRD's Planning and Protectiv...

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