Case Studies

Relationship building case study

Regional water case study

Regional water case study

Service agreement case study

Relationship building case study

Service agreement case study

This case study explores the results and lessons learned from an innovative municipal partnership between the Town of Drayton Valley, Alberta and Lushoto, Tanzania. The two municipalities extended the reach of their partnership by engaging the public and mobilizing civil society organizations.

Read how the City of Toronto transformed this midtown brownfield — a former TTC streetcar maintenance facility and designated heritage site — into a LEED® Gold certified community centre and public park.

Join us in celebrating 10 years of the Green Municipal Fund with 10 of the best GMF-funded initiatives.

Read how the City of Edmonton constructed a wetland as an innovative and cost-effective way to treat stormwater runoff from older, built-out communities in this award-winning project.

Read how the City of Campbell River became the first municipality in B.C. to install a green roof on an existing civic building through this award-winning project.

Read how the Town of Newmarket achieved LEED® Platinum certification — the highest rating for environmentally sound housing in the world — for this award-winning 34-home subdivision.

Read how the City of Toronto and Toronto Community Housing are redeveloping Canada's oldest public housing community to create this award-winning, LEED Gold® certified, mixed-income, mixed-use neighbourhood .

Read how the Town of Cobourg implemented induction lighting to supply electricity, update aging lighting infrastructure, and reduce GHGs, operating costs, and light pollution through this award-winning project.

Read how the City of Williams Lake and its community partners envisioned a successful and sustainable Williams Lake in 2030 and made an award-winning plan to get there.

Read how the City of Kelowna examined and changed its zoning to allow as many housing forms and support services as possible through this award-winning project.

Read how the County of Haliburton and its community partners applied transportation demand management (TDM) principles in a rural setting through this award-winning project.

Read how the Société de transport de l’Outaouais and the Société de transport de Montréal studied the effectiveness of green propulsion technology in reducing GHGs and enhanced the speed, accessibility and comfort of public transit through this award-winning project.

Read how the Regional Municipality of York's first community environmental centre gave the public a reliable and convenient way to dispose of their waste through this award-winning project.

Read how the City of Victoria turned a large, centrally located brownfield site into a model of sustainable development and urban intensification through this award-winning project.

Read how the City of Toronto encouraged sustainable building design and addressed several of the city’s environmental challenges through this award-winning project.

Read how the Township of South Stormont's Kilowatt Countdown Challenge motivated residents to reduce their electricity consumption through this award-winning project.

Watch how the City of Edmonton became one of few municipalities in the world to commit to the highest level of environmental management — ISO 14001 — through this award-winning project.

Read how the City of Langford increased the availability of affordable housing, improved ecological health and enhanced public amenities through this award-winning project.

Read how the Resort Municipality of Whistler plans to convert an athletes’ village built for the 2010 Olympics into a sustainable, compact, pedestrian-oriented community through this award-winning project.

Read how the Town of Banff became the first Canadian municipality to operate a public transit fleet composed only of diesel–electric hybrid buses through this award-winning project.

Read how the youth organization Groupe Solidarité Jeunesse and the City of Victoriaville have raised environmental awareness and funds for humanitarian missions through this award-winning project.

Read how the award-winning Well Aware program supports and encourages well stewardship among private well owners in communities across Ontario.

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The Rural District of Nyanga in the eastern highlands of Zimbabwe and the small Canadian community of Rossland, British Columbia have developed a training program on good governance and leadership that is helping municipalities in rural Zimbabwe improve municipal management and services.

The Town of Tsumeb in northern Namibia and the Town of Tecumseh, Ontario are mobilizing local business and civil society groups to work together to provide sustainable services to the citizens and businesses of Tsumeb.

The City of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, and the Town of Jinja in Uganda, have made great strides in empowering women and strengthening their participation in local government.The two communities formed one of the twelve partnerships in Africa supported by FCM’s International Centre for Municipal Development.

The City of Vancouver, British Columbia and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), Thailand, signed an agreement in 2004 as part of the Municipal Partnership Program of the International Centre for Municipal Development, Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

The City of Bacolod in the Philippines and the City of Kamloops, British Columbia have reduced violence against women and have introduced reproductive health education in Bacolod through a very successful communitybased program.

In 1997, the Regional County Municipality (MRC) of La Matapédia, Que., successfully undertook an innovative pilot project in the area of domestic composting with the municipality of San Vicente in El Salvador

In October 1999, the Regional County Municipality (MRC) of Papineau and the Association of Municipalities of the Precordillera (AMP) in Chile signed an agreement to work together in the area of regional planning.

The Canada/Aceh Local Government Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Project (CALGAP) aims to support post-tsunami rehabilitation and reconstruction in Aceh.

In April 2006, CIDA approved FCM’s proposal for the Canada/Aceh Local Government Assistance Program (CALGAP) which began operating the following month.

The Canada/Aceh Local Government Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Program (CALGAP) aims to support post-tsunami rehabilitation and reconstruction in Aceh.

An ‘Open House’ is an informal event, which brings together a multitude of stakeholders under one roof - to discuss a common agenda.

With funding from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), FCM undertook a project to improve solid waste collection services in Galle, beginning in December 2005 with the task of waste sampling to determine what would be the most effective management strategy.

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Read how Gibsons residents spearheaded a best practices-based approach to infrastructure delivery as a result of the rebuilding of Franklin Road.

Learn how the City of Winnipeg is working to extend the life of its infrastructure, reuse its resources and apply InfraGuide best practices.

Find out how the City of Calgary developed a plan to ensure the sustainability of the city’s water supply while accommodating anticipated future growth.

In 2004, the Corporate Asset Management Program was initiated under the direction of Infrastructure Services to cover the assets of the entire municipality.

City of Calgary staff presented Council with a clear path forward to meet the water supply challenge.

Any city with a vision for sustainable infrastructure must start by benchmarking its current practices against the best practices in the industry

Franklin Road, re-designed with the community’s aspirations in mind, became a showcase for a best practices-based approach to infrastructure delivery.

Find out how the application of Infraguide best practices have contributed to more capital projects in Halifax.

InfraGuide’s best practice publication Coordinating Infrastructure Works was a catalyst for the coordination of infrastructure works across Halifax.

Including infrastructure issues and InfraGuide Best Practices (BPs) in the curriculum, universities can help facilitate and leverage the experience that baby-boomers bring to the workplace.

Read about the value of InfraGuide's best practices in the City of London's energy efficiency successes.

This case study assesses the value of InfraGuide best practices to municipalities.

Learn how the City of London has achieved significant energy efficiency gains through best practices.

Learn about the City of Cambridge's aggressive approach to managing its infrastructure assets more effectively by introducing new technical skill sets and associated technology.

Discover the Halifax Regional Water Commission's holistic approach to reducing water leakage through leak detection, metering, quick repairs and asset management.

Cambridge has dedicated $1.5 million towards a new Asset Management Division based on InfraGuide best practices