Urban Neighbourhoods
Local solutions for urban centres
Supporting innovative community-led solutions in the most diverse areas of the country.

Sustainable solutions from those closest to the challenges

From preparing for the impacts of climate change and promoting the circular economy to welcoming new Canadians into the community, urban neighbourhoods have come up with creative, local solutions for their unique challenges.

MakeWay works with those community leaders in Canada’s urban neighbourhoods by connecting them with the funding and resources they need.

In Action

Connecting refugee newcomers and Canadians to build stronger, more integrated communities.
Engaging communities and celebrating thriving, livable, and walkable cities.
Collaborating to support residents and build community in the inner suburban neighbourhood of Kingston Galloway/Orton Park (KGO).
Building a more just and equitable digital future for Canadians.
Community Resilience to Extreme Weather (CREW) explores ways of communicating and promoting community adaptation to the rapidly increasing risks and hazards of extreme weather and the public health impacts.
Closing the achievement gap through nutritious lunches and engaging food literacy programming.
Inspiring Torontonians to harvest, share, celebrate, and steward the bounty from urban orchards.
Hidden Harvest Ottawa provides the opportunity, education, infrastructure and means for people to access the edible fruit and nut trees around them.
Bringing community, business, and government together to foster a vibrant sharing, reuse and repair sector.
Improving economic opportunities for binners.
Connecting marginalized people to their community through the power of storytelling.
Empowering youth to produce and distribute films about the issues most important to them.
Providing longer-term community care support with the services doulas offer.