Waterfront Toronto has been named as one of the 21 Smart Communities of the Year and selected as semi-finalist for the 2013 Intelligent Community of the Year award.

Presented by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), the Smart21 Community award is the first step in the international 2013 Intelligent Community of the Year award process. This year, these awards are focused on the relationship between employment and innovation in the use of broadband and information technology to attract leading-edge businesses, build skills, generate economic growth, and improve the delivery of government services. 

Toronto’s designated waterfront was selected largely as the result of the leadership demonstrated by Waterfront Toronto’s intelligent community initiative. This program will transform new waterfront neighbourhoods into intelligent communities that revolutionize how residents receive services, promote economic growth and development, and enable innovation through an advanced telecommunications network. Other aspects of the community that were highlighted include the robust post-secondary cluster, the Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network (ORION) and Evergreen.

As part of the Intelligent Community strategy for the area, Waterfront Toronto has partnered with Beanfield Metroconnect to create Canada’s first open-access ultra-high speed broadband community network. East Bayfront and West Don Lands, Toronto’s new waterfront communities currently under construction, will feature one of the most advanced fibre-optic networks in the world, delivering internet connection speeds up to 500 times faster than typical North American networks. 

Waterfront Toronto's East Bayfront development, artist rendering with block map labels

Waterfront Toronto's River City development, West Don Lands

Waterfront Toronto brings intelligent development to the city's neglected shores.