Our mission is to ignite action and challenge the status quo to create healthier, more equitable, and sustainable cities for all people.
We work with community partners to put neighbourhoods back at the center of city development.
We co-create inclusive engagement strategies with community partners that activate public space.
We provide unique training and capacity building workshops on creating equitable and age-friendly cities and public spaces.
We work with partners and clients to create attractive and accessible public space resources and toolkits.
We develop custom-made programs in collaboration with funders and partners that break the mold.
Do you have an idea to improve your community?
Ontario Community Changemakers is a multi-generational leadership and micro-grant program for people with bold ideas to activate public space, enhance civic engagement, and foster social inclusion in their communities.
8 80 Cities powers OCC with support from Balsam Foundation.
The 8 80 concept is universal. From communities of 5,000 to 5 million, our projects always start at the same place: how do we meaningfully engage people in urban transformation?
Transforming Underused Spaces to Support Health Equity in Tower Neighbourhoods is a 3-year multi-disciplinary project led by 8 ...
Canada, Mississauga, ON (Canada), Toronto, ON (Canada)The City of Brampton, the Downtown Brampton Business Improvement Area and 8 80 Cities partnered again to transform the Nelson S...
Canada, Brampton, ON– Gil Penalosa, Founder
Like cities, we’re constantly evolving! Keep up to date with the latest stories and thoughts from 8 80.
8 80 TowerPOPS brings new playful, green, and social spaces to tower communities in Cooksville, Mississauga and Rockcliffe-Smythe Toronto to promote better access to healthy urban space. TORONTO— July 8, 2025 — Can the spaces between densely populated apartment towers be transformed to make us......
July 08, 2025
We are looking for an enthusiastic Project Manager to join our 8 80 Cities team. The Project Manager will have the opportunity to lead and deliver some of 8 80 Cities’ transformative mobility and public space projects and programs, innovative community engagement activities, and be......
July 03, 2025
Press Release Applications Are Open For The 2025 Ontario Community Changemakers Program Funding is available to Ontarians aged 19 and over! TORONTO — July 2, 2025 — 8 80 Cities is seeking applications for the 2025–2026 Ontario Community Changemakers, a multi-generational leadership and micro-grant......
July 02, 2025
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8 80 Cities acknowledges that the land on which we are situated is the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabe, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, the Huron-Wendat, and Petun First Nations. These lands are the site of Treaty 13 and the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant — an agreement forged between the Anishinaabe Nation and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy to peaceably share resources around the Great Lakes.
We are mindful of broken covenants, violations of human and treaty rights, and affirm the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. It is our responsibility to actively interrogate and challenge settler-colonial systems of oppression through our work. We are committed to strengthening our relationships with Indigenous Peoples and Lands.
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