Whitchurch-Stouffville: questions buyers ask
Is a Whitchurch-Stouffville address in the Greenbelt or the Oak Ridges Moraine?
The Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan's land use designation and boundary maps, the Province's Greenbelt maps, the Town's Official Plan (2025, consolidated July 2026) and section 3.28 of its Zoning By-law 2010-001-ZO.
Sources checked October 29, 2026
- The recordOak Ridges Moraine and Greenbelt
- Where to read itOak Ridges Moraine maps; Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan, Map 4 and 3 more
- The free check reads itPick “Greenbelt, Moraine, Escarpment”
What the record shows
The Town's Official Plan says the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan provides land use and resource management direction for approximately 80% of Whitchurch-Stouffville, and that the Greenbelt Area takes in a notable portion of the north-west of the town, with Protected Countryside lands and lands in the Greenbelt's Natural Heritage System. On the Province's maps, the moraine plan's sectional Map 4 covers East Gwillimbury, Markham and Whitchurch-Stouffville, boundary sheets 5, 6, 7 and 9 list the town, and Protected Countryside sheets 14, 15, 18 and 19 name it.
The Town's zoning ties extra units to these lines. Section 3.28 of Zoning By-law 2010-001-ZO allows one integrated unit in a single detached house in the Oak Ridges Moraine Countryside zone, and one unit outside settlement areas in the Greenbelt's Protected Countryside but outside its Natural Heritage System; the Town's page says an additional unit is not permitted in the moraine's Natural Core and Natural Linkage Areas or in the Greenbelt's Natural Heritage System. A result from the provincial layers says whether an address falls inside a mapped area and which designation; it is a planning boundary, not a statement about what a particular lot may be used for.
Where to read it yourself
- Oak Ridges Moraine maps: the moraine plan's land use designation maps, boundary sheets and interactive map
- Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan, Map 4: the sectional map for East Gwillimbury, Markham and Whitchurch-Stouffville (PDF)
- Ontario Greenbelt maps: the Province's boundary sheets, land-use designations and interactive map
- Official Plan, 2025 (consolidated July 2026): the Town's Official Plan, with the Oak Ridges Moraine, the Greenbelt and the two conservation authorities (PDF)
- Additional Residential Units Zoning By-law Update: the Town's page on the additional residential unit rules, servicing and the provincial plans
What OfferDue covers in Whitchurch-Stouffville
The Greenbelt, Moraine and Escarpment check runs for any Ontario address, in the free check and in the full report, from the Province's layers, and names the designation where one applies. It reads the mapped boundaries; it is not a reading of the Town's Official Plan or zoning for a lot.
Free check: pick “Greenbelt, Moraine, Escarpment” See the sample report
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