GROWING GRIESBACH TOGETHER

Canada Lands Company

Canada Lands is a federal Crown corporation specializing in real estate development and attractions management. For almost 30 years, the company has developed some of the most sought-after communities in Canada while serving as the innovative steward of some of Canada’s most iconic attractions.

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Community in place: Ready to grow

As part of the project, Canada Lands is working closely with The Northeast Corner’s community members and our project design team. We are ready to share project information, tools and resources designed to:

  • Help community members inform, understand and make their way through the redevelopment process
  • Help our design team invite, listen for and incorporate the diverse and local feedback that is essential to a successful project

Canada Lands Company Design Team: Strong, diverse, local

Led by B&A, Canada Lands design team has deep understanding of the region and the site, as well as broad experience in planning, design, engagement and engineering. Made in Alberta, our team members have honed their skills on national and international projects.

HOW WE WORK

Our Vision for the 2050s

The Canada Lands design team’s great strength comes from our diverse experience and perspectives. We transform this diversity into strength by sharing a common vision for The Northeast Corner. Our starting point for a vision for Growing Griesbach begins with:

Accessibility for residents of all ages and abilities.

Affordability for residents with diverse economic profiles.

Choice options for living, working, learning and sharing space.

Diversity for relationships that build community connections.

Respect for past, present and future communities.

Sustainability for future generations and environmental challenges.

Following our process

Our planning process for the project will rely on two main components.

The Northeast Corner Master Plan

This descriptive roadmap will help the design team prepare the NASP Amendment proposal for future zoning. It will also provide a visual reference for future development of the neighbourhood.

The Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan (NASP) Amendment

An amendment to the City of Edmonton’s statutory policy plan for the area which will guide zoning and development.

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BECOMING GRIESBACH

2025+

Redevelopment of the Northeast Corner begins

2023

Anticipated Edmonton City Council approval of the Northeast Corner’s Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan

2022

Growing Griesbach project launch

2002

The Griesbach Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan was approved and was subsequently formally acquired by Canada Lands Company in 2003.

Since then, Canada Lands Company has developed over half of the Village at Griesbach. One of Edmonton’s award-winning communities.

2000

Canada Lands Company worked collaboratively with the Canadian Forces to undertake a new master plan for the neighbourhood.

With major arterial roadways on all four sides and only minor sightlines through the maple trees, the fortress-like Griesbach was visibly disconnected from the neighbourhoods that were growing and maturing on all sides.

Late-1950s

Griesbach included a mixture of mess halls, administration buildings, private residences, recreation buildings, barracks, drill halls and even a curling rink. Troops were provided with small wartime homes.

Mid to late-1950s

Following the acquisition of land and planning approvals, the Canadian Armed Forces build the Griesbach Barracks on a site nine miles north of Edmonton, where the small CFB community is surrounded by farmland. In the 1950s, the barracks become home to Canadian troops who worked at the Canadian Forces Base.

1949

There is an announcement to build a new ordinance plant in Edmonton to supply the armed forces.

1942

US military presence at CFB. Engineers building the Alaska highway during WWII.

1876

Enacted in 1876, Canada’s Indian Act remains part of Canadian legislation to this day. Under the Indian Act, Indians enrolled in the military would be compulsory enfranchised. The purpose of enfranchisement (loss of rights as an Indian) was to encourage assimilation of the Indigenous culture and reduce the Crown’s financial obligations to First Nations peoples under the numbered Treaty process.

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