Strategic Planning
The City Manager's Office is responsible for Strategic Planning for the City of Oshawa. The City's growth, development, and ongoing consultation with Council, residents and the vibrant business community guide and influence strategic planning.
The Oshawa Strategic Plan serves as the City's highest-level policy document and guides the work of the City, its decisions and the development of our community.
2020-2023 Oshawa Strategic Plan - Our Plan for Success
In May 2020, City Council endorsed an updated version of the 2015-2019 Oshawa Strategic Plan. The updates reflect initiatives and goals introduced in Council’s term to date and the removal of items that have been accomplished.
The Plan is currently being finalized and will be available in the Fall 2020.
The updated Oshawa Strategic Plan will guide the work of the City for the remainder of the existing Council term, with a slight overlap into the next term to guide until new priorities are set by the incoming Council.
2015-2019 Oshawa Strategic Plan - Our Focus, Our Future
The current Oshawa Strategic Plan, endorsed by Council in October 2015, serves as the City's highest-level policy document and guides the work of the City, our decisions and the development of our community.
The plan contains a community vision, corporate mission and five strategic goals.
Read the Our Focus, Our Future Oshawa Strategic Plan 2015-2019 now.
| Community Vision |
| Oshawa - a prosperous, collaborative, vibrant, inclusive and green city where people and businesses are proud to live, work, learn and play. |
| Corporate Mission |
| Dedicated to serving our community |
The Strategic Goals
To achieve the community vision and corporate mission, the City is committed to five strategic goals, shown below, each with a number of themes.
| 1. Economic Prosperity & Financial Stewardship: Ensure economic growth and a sound financial future |
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| 2. Accountable Leadership: Ensure respect, responsiveness and transparency |
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| 3. Social Equity: Ensure an inclusive, healthy and safe community |
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| 4. Cultural Vitality: Support arts, culture and heritage that engage and inspire |
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| 5. Environmental Responsibility: Protect, conserve and promote the environment |
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Why does the City of Oshawa have an Oshawa Strategic Plan?
The Oshawa Strategic Plan (OSP) serves as the City's highest-level policy document and guides the work of the City, our decisions and the development of our community.
Having a strategic plan is about visioning our future through words and pictures, and identifying how we are going to get there. The journey is driven by innovation and commitment, requiring the ability to think and act differently, and to change with the times. It requires us to recognize and balance the difference between "wants" and "needs" and to be visionary and long-term thinkers, making fully informed decisions with all facets of society and future generations in mind. It's about having regard for the past, but with a focus on the future.
The implementation of the refreshed Plan will involve the City, stakeholders and the public. City Departments will specifically develop actions for inclusion in their annual Department business plans.
Business Plans
Business Plans for each department are developed annually as part of the City's budgeting process and their most important function is to outline and guide the key objectives for the budget year.
Other Strategic Plans and Studies
In addition to the annual department business plans, various City departments and branches undertake studies or develop strategic plans related to their areas of programming and service delivery. We invite you to learn more about the City's other strategic plans.
Although the City of Oshawa does its best to provide all documents in an accessible format, we realize that not all posted documents will meet everyone's needs. If this information is required in an alternate accessible format, please contact Service Oshawa.
In late 2019, Oshawa City Council endorsed in principle an update to the City’s strategic plan and reached out to Oshawa residents, business / property owners and other stakeholders for feedback.