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We are the regulatory body for over 5,400 members, including planning professionals and students across Ontario, certifying planners with the Registered Professional Planner (RPP) designation. OPPI supports members through professional development, and practitioner resources — ensuring planners have the tools, voice, and connections to shape thriving, inclusive communities across the province.
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Discover how Ontario Professional Planners Institute empowers Registered Professional Planners to lead with confidence, uphold the highest professional standards, and shape thriving communities across Ontario. See how we champion the profession, build meaningful connections, and amplify the collective voice of planners in the public interest.
Connect with peers, expand your skills, and advance your planning career.
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What is Planning?
Good planning is the key to building great communities. It’s the informed thinking that is needed to plan successful and livable urban, suburban, rural, and remote communities while balancing short-term and long-term public needs over the next two, 10, or 30 years. This includes considering where people live, work, go to school, and spend their free time. Registered Professional Planners (RPPs) understand how to use space effectively and how elements like road networks, greenspace, and walkways work together to get people from their homes to their destinations in a thoughtful manner. Well planned communities ensure important resources like schools, hospitals, day cares, libraries, farmland, shops, and other services are planned for and are ready to welcome residents as communities grow.
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Become an RPP
Registered Professional Planners (RPP) leave lasting impacts on communities and find solutions to today’s most pressing challenges like the housing crisis, climate change, and equity disparities.
After undergoing rigorous training RPPs are equipped to pursue fruitful careers in planning across a variety of specialties. Are you looking for a fulfilling career that allows you to shape the future of the city, hamlet, village, town, or county you live in? Consider planning!
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Place Magazine
Introducing Place Magazine Every Good Plan Starts with a Story. Stay informed and inspired through in-depth insights on industry trends, emerging best practices, and the economic, environmental, and infrastructure forces shaping the planning profession. Place explores the ideas, voices, and real-world stories that influence how communities grow, adapt, and thrive because behind every good plan is a story worth telling.
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