Central Elgin Hospital Lands Survey

The Municipality of Central Elgin is planning a new community designed to be a thriving, inclusive, and sustainable place to live, work, and play. The 168-hectare former Psychiatric Hospital Lands offer a rare opportunity for a complete community that supports municipal strategic goals of affordability and sustainability, provides space for new homes and residents to meet provincial housing targets, and responds to population and housing pressures linked to regional job growth.

A vision and guiding principles have been established and approved by Council, highlighting priorities such as housing options, a vibrant main street, parks and community facilities, cultural heritage, and sustainable design. Based on these, draft Policy Directions and a Land Use Plan have been prepared. We want your input before Council finalizes them.  

Please review the following documents of the Policy Directions and Land Use Plan that was presented to Council on September 22, 2025, before filling out this survey. 

Land Use Plan

Policy Directions

Your feedback will help shape the policies that guide how the Hospital Lands develop. Survey results will be summarized and reported to Council in early 2026. 

All individual responses will remain confidential, questions are optional, and the survey should take about 15 minutes to complete.

Vision Statement and Guiding Principles

The Vision Statement and the Guiding Principles established the foundation for developing the draft policy directions and land use plan.

 


Draft Directions 

We want your thoughts on which parts of the directions matter most to you, why they matter, and any ideas you have for showing the directions on the ground.

Housing and Residential Neighbourhoods

1.  

How supportive are you of the proposed housing mix? (select one)

2.  

What types of housing do you think are most needed in Central Elgin? (select up to three)

4.  

Are you supportive of making it mandatory for the developer to “rough in” for an additional residential unit in each single, semi and town home, in case the owner decides they want to have a rental unit?

Community Services and Amenities

5.  

What types of businesses or services would you most like to see on the main street? (select up to three)

7.  

What types of park or recreation features are most important to you? (select up to three)

Mobility & Transportation

9.  

How important is it to you that the new community has its own walkable main street?

11.  

The community is planned to be transit-ready, walkable, and bike-friendly. Which of the following are most important to you? (select up to three)

Sustainable Design & Heritage

13.  

The plan protects natural areas, stormwater features, and cultural heritage resources (e.g. heritage buildings, archeological findings). What do you think should be the top priority? (select one)

Land Use Plan


Land Use Plan

15.  

Looking at the draft land use map for the Hospital Lands, how clear is the layout of the proposed community to you?

16.  

Do you think the proposed mix of land uses (housing, main street, institutional corridor, parks, natural areas) is appropriate?

Final Thoughts

Demographics

19.  

What age group do you belong to?

20.  

Do you live in Central Elgin?

21.  

What best describes you?