Sidewalk Toronto

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Sidewalk Toronto was a cancelled urban development project proposed by Sidewalk Labs at Quayside, a waterfront area in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The project was first initiated by Waterfront Toronto in 2017 by issuing the request for proposal (RFP) for development on the Quayside area. Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Google (formerly its parent company Alphabet Inc.), issued the winning bid in 2017. The Master Innovation Development Plan (MIDP) was created in 2019 through conversations with over 21,000 Toronto residents and had aimed to be an innovative reinvention of Toronto's neglected eastern downtown waterfront.^[1]

Alphabet had announced the cancellation of the project on May 7, 2020.^[2] Sidewalk Toronto had aimed to utilize technology to create a smart urban area that improves the quality of life of its residents, while also using it as a testing ground for future urban design projects and technology.^[1] The high-tech plan drew criticism, particularly over data privacy issues regarding the robust data collection in the proposed community. Alphabet cited economic concerns caused by the uncertainty of the economy experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]