As a result of COVID-19, the Northern Planning and Sustainability Unit will continue to serve our communities with the following changes:
We will continue to serve our communities, and encourage you to contact us if there is anything you need assistance with.
- NPSU team members are set up to work remotely, and can be reached by regular email and telephone.
- No in-person meetings will be scheduled.
- All public meetings will be deferred to a later date.
- All travel is postponed.
We will continue to serve our communities, and encourage you to contact us if there is anything you need assistance with.
Northern Planning and Sustainability Unit
The Northern Planning and Sustainability Unit (NPSU) of Northern Municipal Services supports northern planning capacity and community sustainability by providing professional, northern-based consulting and support services. The NPSU is a committed partner in integrated and inter-jurisdictional policy planning.
The NPSU provides professional planning services and support to the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District, 11 northern settlements, 14 resort subdivisions and 24 incorporated northern municipalities.
The unit's long-standing program is the successful Planning for Growth North program which works with municipalities in the north to develop their Official Community Plans and Zoning Bylaws. The program provides municipalities with the opportunity to envision their future and determine the appropriate steps to reach that vision.
The NPSU provides professional planning services and support to the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District, 11 northern settlements, 14 resort subdivisions and 24 incorporated northern municipalities.
The unit's long-standing program is the successful Planning for Growth North program which works with municipalities in the north to develop their Official Community Plans and Zoning Bylaws. The program provides municipalities with the opportunity to envision their future and determine the appropriate steps to reach that vision.
The NPSU supports Saskatchewan's Vision
"...to be the best place in Canada - to live, to start a business, to get an education, to raise a family and to build a life"
"...to be the best place in Canada - to live, to start a business, to get an education, to raise a family and to build a life"
Planning Practice and Reconciliation Policy
The Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) is pleased to announce the launch of its Planning Practice and Reconciliation policy that defines the role planning and planners play in reconciliation.
Against the backdrop of the principles of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Final Report and United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), this policy is a call to action for planners to engage in meaningful and sustained relationship building with Indigenous Peoples of Canada (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis).
The Policy respectively:
Read the full Planning Practice and Reconciliation policy and additional resources and reports at cip-icu.ca/Indigenous-Planning
Against the backdrop of the principles of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Final Report and United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), this policy is a call to action for planners to engage in meaningful and sustained relationship building with Indigenous Peoples of Canada (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis).
The Policy respectively:
- Establishes CIP’s goal for reconciliation to be meaningfully embedded in planning practice in Canada.
- Sets objectives needed to achieve this goal in all aspects of planning practice.
- Defines and describes the roles and responsibilities of today’s professional planners in meeting those objectives.
Read the full Planning Practice and Reconciliation policy and additional resources and reports at cip-icu.ca/Indigenous-Planning
What is Community Planning?
*All plans and bylaws available for download on this site may not include amendments
and should not be used for legal purposes*
and should not be used for legal purposes*