Inspired by the Jasper Innovation Forum’s theme of “Next Generation Communities”, Sustainable Cities undertook to document the learning from three innovative communities currently in the design or building process in Western Canada. This paper summarizes the results of that exploratory research with the Canada Lands Company’s Canadian Forces Base (CFB) redevelopment in the center of Calgary Alberta; Dockside Green, a brownfield redevelopment in Victoria, British Columbia ; and Emerald Hills Urban Village (EHUV), a suburban greenfield development in the County of Strathcona in Alberta.