23 Master's degrees in Urban Planning in Canada
Urban Development
The Urban Development degree takes place at Toronto Metropolitan University. The close connections with industry, government and community partners provide opportunities to apply your knowledge to real-world challenges and make a difference.
City Planning
City Planning from University of Manitoba focuses on studio-based, hands-on, experiential learning. Throughout the two-year program, students work with governmental, non-profit and Indigenous clients to address real-life planning issues.
Future Cities
Gain competency in future and systems thinking and foresight methods to address current and future challenges in the context of cities with the Master of Future Cities program at University of Waterloo.
Urban Forestry Leadership
The University of British Columbia’s Master of Urban Forestry Leadership (MUFL) is a unique, intensive 13-month course-based master’s programme for those ready to shape the cities of tomorrow. As the only programme of its kind, MUFL offers a truly interdisciplinary education—blending expertise from arboriculture, forestry, urban planning, landscape architecture, and urban forestry.
Community Planning
Do you want to design and shape the world around you? Consider the Master of Community Planning degree at Vancouver Island University. Community planners play a huge role in the development of neighbourhoods, towns, cities and regions.
High Performance Buildings
The Master of Engineering Leadership (MEL) in High Performance Buildings from University of British Columbia is a professional degree for architects and engineers who want to excel and drive innovation in the building industry.
Urban Planning
Urban Planning offered by McGill University is the process by which a community shapes its environment to meet its needs and realize its aspirations.

Planning
Dalhousie University's Master of Planning programme contributes solutions to cities dealing with population growth, urbanization, and sustainability. Planners work in a range of public, private, and non-profit settings across the country.
Applied Planning
This Applied Planning course from Langara College is an intensive program designed for students with an undergraduate degree or equivalent. Applied Planning students share a passion and motivation to contribute to better and more liveable communities and a more sustainable future.
Urban and Regional Studies
The Urban and Regional Studies program at University of Lethbridge offers students in a wide range of disciplines the opportunity to earn a master’s degree by writing a thesis and successfully completing a limited number of courses.
Urban Systems
The Master of Engineering Leadership (MEL) in Urban Systems from University of British Columbia is a professional degree for system thinkers who want to address complex infrastructure challenges.
Planning
This Planning degree program from University of British Columbia is designed to provide a stimulating opportunity for students who have an interest in planning as career, and who seek a strong and robust graduate educational experience as platform for high-level planning and public policy work.
Real Estate and Infrastructure
The Real Estate and Infrastructure programme at York University is a 12-month, full-time master's degree. This intensive course integrates leadership development with entrepreneurial thinking, focusing on the investment and financing of global assets to prepare students for senior roles in the built environment.
Urban and Regional Planning
This Urban and Regional Planning course from Queen's University allows our students to develop the knowledge and skills they require to become leaders in the planning field and to meet the challenges of a rapidly evolving urban environment.
Urban Design
The Urban Design program at the University of Toronto prepares architects and landscape architects for design-based research and professional practice at the urban and regional scales.
Urban Design
Urban design is the discipline of the design and management of our ever-changing cities driven by urbanization, global economics, and advancing technologies. The Master of Urban Design program at University of British Columbia is offered in an one-year curriculum with a central focus on urban design at all scales - from the regional district to the neighbourhood block.
Urban Studies
The Urban Studies program from Simon Fraser University is a small, interdisciplinary graduate program in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences located at the Vancouver Campus.
Community and Regional Planning
The Community and Regional Planning program at the University of British Columbia offers an innovative curriculum that draws upon the expertise of SCARP faculty as well as practicing planners.
Planning
The Planning programme from Queen's University offers a systematic understanding of knowledge and a critical awareness of current problems in the field of urban and regional planning
Planning
The field of planning practice (encompassing urban, community and regional planning, and related sub-specializations) has long been recognized as a professional field in Canada, as elsewhere in the world. Founded by Dr. H.P. Oberlander, the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) at University of British Columbia is one of the oldest planning schools in Canada.