Rural Re-Imagined

The Orbit: Innisfil is our vision for a complete, cutting-edge community to be built around the area of the 6th Line and east of 20th Sideroad. We envision a community where our small town and rural lifestyles are enhanced by the benefits of urban living. Perhaps most important of all, the Orbit allows Innisfil to expand while we preserve our natural and agricultural lands; it’s the best of both worlds.

Within the next few years, Innisfil will be home to a new GO Station – something that will provide faster, better access to regional transportation. But we aren’t just building another cookie-cutter shelter with a parking lot – we know this is an opportunity to provide our community with a real transit hub and much more. With this in mind, our complete community is designed with how people will live, travel, interact, play and work – or Orbit – in and around it; without a doubt, this is the defining design principal of The Orbit: Innisfil.

View The Orbit: Innisfil Brochure

We know and understand that our population will continue to expand and the Orbit allows Innisfil to grow in a way that preserves our natural landscapes and habitat by concentrating all of our future expansion into one place. Our natural agricultural lands, forests, trails, habitats, historical buildings will be untouched, just as our community has always wanted. By containing and shaping development, we will be building a stronger community, preventing sprawl, supporting sustainability and protecting the environment and the picturesque farmlands that make us all proud to call Innisfil home.

The Orbit: Innisfil – Ground Level

We know that most of our population has to commute for employment, which is why much of the Orbit focuses on boosting our local economy, by creating the environment that supports local entrepreneurs and businesses to create more local jobs. We envision the Orbit will be a place that supports a thriving community of start-up businesses and includes the supportive ecosystem required to nurture and grow them. Our ecosystem includes mentorship, space, networks, access to capital and more. Make no mistake, we want to see the Orbit: Innisfil become the start-up base for Simcoe County and beyond.

The Orbit: Innisfil – Bird’s Eye Angled

Living at the Orbit means residents would no longer have to travel to Barrie or Toronto, thanks to a full suite of amenities, including designed for local entrepreneurs and traditional and non-traditional industries, year-round sports and recreational options, arts and culture spaces and more. With the GO Station at its centre, the Orbit offers numerous transportation options to connect it to Innisfil’s surrounding hamlets thanks to pedestrian-first streets, enhanced cycling options, accessibility initiatives and an Innisfil Transit system that takes advantage of autonomous vehicles and encourages shared trips.

The Orbit: Innisfil – High Altitude

The Orbit: Innisfil – High Altitude II

The Orbit features a full range of public and private amenities, offering a kaleidoscope of retailers including farmers markets, pop-up shops, mixed with the community hub offerings from the Innisfil ideaLAB and Library such as hacklabs and makerspaces, all woven together with surrounding walkable spaces.

The Orbit is the result of input from Council, community leaders, architects, developers, builders and more.



Our first priority for the Orbit is getting a new GO station built in Innisfil and we are working hard to make that happen within the next few years. Once again, we’d like to hear from you. Let us know what amenities you would like to see in the GO Station by visiting our Get Involved Innisfil website. As the Orbit comes together, there will be even more opportunities for you to share your feedback and get involved.

The Orbit: Innisfil GO Station

The Orbit: Innisfil GO Station II

The Orbit: Innisfil GO Station III

You can also find a copy of the Staff Report which was approved by Council on November 27, 2019 below.

Want to watch the presentation given to council? Scroll down and view! If you want to skip ahead to the Orbit presentation, you can find it at 1:12:00 to 2:12:51 .

If you have any further questions about the Orbit: Innisfil please feel free to email us here.