Jason Thorne is an accomplished city builder with more than 25 years of experience in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. He is currently the Chief Planner for the City of Toronto where he leads a team of more than 350 professionals in the fields of urban planning, urban design, architecture, heritage planning, transportation planning and land economics.
Prior to joining the City of Toronto, Jason spent 10 years leading the Planning and Economic Development Department at the City of Hamilton. He has also held senior roles at the Ontario provincial government with the provincial transportation-agency Metrolinx and the Ontario Growth Secretariat.
As a Partner at the Toronto-based planning, architecture and design firm planningAlliance, Jason worked on planning and community building projects across Canada, West Africa and South and Central America.
Jason began his career working as a community organizer and activist for a variety of not-for-profit environmental organizations.