Introduction The urbanization in the modern world is the expected consequence of the overall industrialization. The unprecedented rates and the scales of urbanization in the second-half of the XX century which could be called “urban revolution”, and the strengthening of its effect to the transformation of the society resulted in the significant deepening in the studies of this global process in different countries of the world. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the process of the urban sprawl and the traditional urban development in the Golden Horseshoe region in Canada, along with providing a historical background of these processes, consequences and an overall view of the attempts being made to deal with that urban development. The paper is organized as follows:   * Historic background and Expectations   * Sprawl Consequences   * Anti-Sprawl movements   * Arguments for Sprawl   * Personal Comment.   * Conclusion. Historic background and Expectations During the years of the Second World War and into the first postwar decade Canada confidently occupied its place among several of developed capitalist countries. In the beginning of the 60’s its gross national product exceeded 36 billion$ (in 1939 – 5.7 billion $). By the total volume of industrial production Canada occupied at that time the 6th place in the world. Industrial development was accompanied by a growing increase in urbanization, and population. Between 1941 and 1961 the population of the country increased from 11.5 million to 18.2million. That process occurred, first of all, because of the intensive waves of immigrations. In the years between1946-1969 more than three million of immigrants arrived to the country, and according to census data of 1961 almost 60% of Canada’s population lived in the cities. Following the previous excursion, Toronto region which is also known as Greater Golden Horseshoe is a perfect demonstration of the urbanization as it is the most urbanized and populous region in Canada. More than 8.1 million people reside in that region, which is estimated as two-thirds of Ontarians and one-quarter of all Canadians. The predominant post–World War II land-use trend in the U.S. has been a major shift from high-density urban areas to low-density suburban and rural areas, known as “sprawl.” Sprawl is characterized by low-density residential development; automobile dependency; scattered rural subdivisions; high cost of utility expansion/extension; strip residential development along country roads; reduced retail shopping opportunities downtown; strip commercial development at the edges of town; loss of unique character; energy inefficiency; high ratio of road surface to development served; and high land consumption. For example, since 1980, almost 60 % of all Greater Toronto Area housing has consisted of low-density urban sprawl. Even worse, much of the high-density development was set in sprawl communities that still required use of the private automobile to commute to work, to shop and for recreation—a kind of higher density urban sprawl. The population of the Greater Toronto Area more than doubled over the 30 years from 1961 to 1991, and total of 60% of that growth occurred as urban sprawl i