Notice of Application for Approval to Expropriate Land - Town of East Gwillimbury, Town of Newmarket and Town of Aurora
FORM 2
Expropriations Act, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 363
IN THE MATTER OF an application by The Regional Municipality of York for approval to expropriate land in the Town of East Gwillimbury, the Town of Newmarket and the Town of Aurora being described in Schedule ‘A’, as the case may be, as follows:
1) temporary easements or rights in the nature of temporary easements described as temporary limited interests commencing on registration of the plan of expropriation and expiring 60 months after registration in, under, over, along and upon and for municipal purposes including, but not limited to, entering on the lands with all vehicles, machinery, workers and other material for construction purposes, which may include (1) relocation of existing services and utilities, (2) work that supports the construction of municipal infrastructure within the Region’s permanent takings, (3) staging and storage of materials and equipment, (4) geotechnical investigations, borehole drilling, installation of temporary monitoring wells, and other investigative works, (5) removal, relocation and/or installation of signage, (6) hard and soft landscaping, tree planting, paving, retaining structures, grading and reshaping the lands to the limit of the reconstruction of the municipal road fronting the lands herein described, (7) the installation and removal of temporary (i) pedestrian access and walkways, (ii) parking measures including re-striping of aisles, lanes, and parking stalls, (iii) shoring and formwork, (iv) drainage and erosion/sediment control measures (v) traffic signals, (vi) fencing, (vii) handrails, (viii) sidewalks, and (8) removal and replanting of vegetation, and (9) works ancillary to any of the foregoing and necessary to the works to be performed in association with the purpose of installing a new trunk sewer as part of the York Region Sewage Works Project - North York Durham Sewage System Expansion Program and works ancillary thereto (“Temporary Easement”); and/or
2) permanent easements or rights in the nature of permanent easements described as limited interests in perpetuity in, under, over, along and upon and for municipal purposes including, but not limited to, entering on the lands with all vehicles, machinery, workmen and other material (i) to construct and maintain permanent municipal infrastructure which may include operation, installation, addition to, maintenance, relocation and/or removal of a sanitary sewer, and (ii) for construction purposes which include, but are not limited to, (1) relocation of existing services and utilities, (2) staging and storage of materials and equipment, (3) geotechnical investigations, borehole drilling, installation of temporary monitoring wells, and other investigative works, (4) removal, relocation and/or installation of signage, (5) hard and soft landscaping, paving, grading and reshaping the lands to the limit of the reconstruction of municipal road fronting the lands herein described, (6) the installation and removal of temporary (i) pedestrian access and walkways, (ii) parking measures including re-striping of aisles, lanes, and parking stalls, (iii) shoring and formwork, (iv) drainage and erosion/sediment control measures, (v) traffic signals, (vi) fencing, and (vii) handrails, (7) removal and replanting of vegetation, and (8) works ancillary to any of the foregoing and necessary to the works to be performed in association with the purpose of installing a new trunk sewer as part of the York Region Sewage Works Project - North York Durham Sewage System Expansion Program and works ancillary thereto (“Permanent Easement”)
for the municipal purposes of facilitating the development, construction and operation of the North York Durham Sewage System (“North YDSS”) Expansion Program and works ancillary thereto, as part of the York Region sewage works project.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that application has been made for approval to expropriate the land described in Schedule ‘A’ below.
Pursuant to Section 44 of the Supporting Growth and Housing in York and Durham Regions Act, 2022, S.O. 2022, c. 21, Sched. 10, the hearing procedure set out in subsections 6 (2) to (5) and sections 7 and 8 of the Expropriations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.26 does not apply to this application for approval to expropriate as the lands described herein are project lands required for the purposes of developing, constructing or operating the North YDSS Expansion Program and the expropriation is related to the York Region sewage works project.
The approving authority is:
The Council of The Regional Municipality of York
17250 Yonge Street, Newmarket, Ontario, L3Y 6Z1
The expropriating authority is:
The Regional Municipality of York
17250 Yonge Street, Newmarket, Ontario, L3Y 6Z1
THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF YORK
Eric Bjornson, Manager, Realty Services
This Notice first published on the 25th day of May, 2026
For more information, please visit york.ca/landexpropriation
Schedule ‘A’
In the Town of East Gwillimbury, Regional Municipality of York:
1. Permanent Easement
Part of Lot 103, Concession 1, East of Yonge Street, designated as Parts 1 and 2 on Plan 65R-41888.
2. Permanent Easement
Part of Lot 102, Concession 1, East of Yonge Street, designated as Parts 1 and 2 on Plan 65R-41889.
3. Permanent Easement
Part of Lot 101, Concession 1, East of Yonge Street, designated as Parts 1, 2, 4 and 6 on Plan 65R-41908.
Temporary Easement
Part of Lot 101, Concession 1, East of Yonge Street, designated as Parts 3, 5 and 7 on Plan 65R-41908.
4. Permanent Easement
Part of Lot 6, Concession 2, designated as Parts 1 and 2 on 65R-41885, and
Part of Road Allowance between Lots 5 and 6, Concession 2, designated as Part 1 on Plan 65R-41886.
5. Permanent Easement
Part of Lot 5, Concession 2, designated as Part 1 on Plan 65R-41879.
6. Permanent Easement
Part of Lot 5, Concession 2, designated as Parts 2, 3 and 5 on Plan 65R-41884, and Parts 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7 on Plan 65R-41894.
Temporary Easement
Part of Lot 5, Concession 2, designated as Parts 1 and 4 on Plan 65R-41884, and Part 3 on Plan 65R-41894.
In the Town of Newmarket and Town of Aurora, Regional Municipality of York:
7. Permanent Easement
Part of Lots 86, 87 and 88, Concession 1, designated as Parts 1, 2 and 5 on Plan 65R-41887.
Temporary Easement
Part of Lots 86, 87 and 88, Concession 1, designated as Parts 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 on Plan 65R-41887.