A comprehensive, city-wide plan

Consistently ranked as one of the best places to live in Canada, St. Albert is recognized as a safe, healthy, and prosperous city with a high quality of life. Our city’s steady growth is expected to continue, with forecasts from the Edmonton Metropolitan Region estimating, on average, the addition of almost 1,000 new residents and 500 new jobs to the city every year.

Flourish is the City of St. Albert’s Municipal Development Plan (MDP). It is a comprehensive, city-wide plan for growth and change, envisioning a future population of 100,000, and up to 13,000 new jobs over the coming decades. Flourish contains a growth strategy and planned urban structure that shape the physical growth of the city. The Plan’s goals, policies, and strategic directions complement the growth strategy, taking a holistic approach that integrates the City’s environmental, economic, social, and cultural aspirations. Residents, property owners, businesses, community groups and other stakeholders can look to Flourish for changes they can expect in the years to come.

Flourish is a comprehensive, city-wide plan for growth and change, envisioning a future population of 100,000, and up to 13,000 new jobs over the coming decades.

St. Albert, and the world around it, are constantly changing and evolving. Rapid technological advances, shifting demographics, and a dynamic economy will change the city in many ways as it grows. Flourish anticipates changes that lie ahead, recognizing that the future is not entirely predictable. The nine overarching goals and corresponding principles and policies of Flourish connect the community’s vision with the tools needed to achieve it.

Flourish positions St. Albert to seize new opportunities, proactively plan for growth, and take decisive action for the future.