Baker Turner

What Baker Turner does

Baker Turner Inc. (BTi) is a Canadian landscape architecture and site design consultancy founded in 1998 in Oakville, Ontario. The firm provides a comprehensive end-to-end service offering spanning pre-design investigations, public consultation, programming, concept plans, master planning, detailed design, tendering, construction documentation, and construction administration. Its project portfolio covers parks, recreational facilities, residential and commercial developments, corporate campuses, golf courses, civic and institutional landscapes, trails, stormwater management, green roofs, and resorts. Internationally, BTi operates as a component of Hong Kong-headquartered Cohere Design Group since 2018, extending its reach into China, UAE, Qatar, and Hong Kong through Cohere's pipeline.

BTi serves two primary customer segments: municipal governments in the Greater Toronto Area (Mississauga, Brampton, Markham, Oakville, Oshawa, Region of Peel, and others) requiring park master planning, streetscape design, and civic plaza work, and private developers and corporations (Oxford Properties, Brookfield, Cadillac Fairview, BentallGreenOak, Starlight, IMAX, McMaster University, BMO, among others) requiring residential amenity, commercial site, and corporate campus landscape design. The firm employs roughly 12 people, including four Landscape Architects, four interns, a Certified Arborist, and three office management staff, operating under a project-based professional services revenue model with no publicly disclosed pricing.

The firm's go-to-market is relationship-led, sustained by two decades of repeat municipal engagements and an award cadence that includes the 2023 Architecture Masterprize Medium Firm of the Year, MUSE and DNA Paris Design Awards in 2021, and ongoing Mississauga/Brampton Urban Design Awards through 2025. Operational leadership sits with Managing Partner Mike Thistle, while creative direction is provided by Cohere Design Group CEO Albert Cheng from Hong Kong. Distribution is direct enterprise sales supplemented by an associated-firm relationship with Vancouver-based Durante Kreuk Ltd., and marketing relies on a portfolio website, LinkedIn presence, and industry awards rather than paid acquisition.

Name

Baker Turner

Legal name

Baker Turner Inc.

Website

https://bakerturner.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Baker Turner Inc. is a Canadian landscape architecture and site design consultancy founded in 1998, serving Greater Toronto Area municipalities and private developers with end-to-end landscape services from concept through construction administration, and operating internationally through its 2018 integration into Hong Kong-based Cohere Design Group.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (54132), Landscape Architectural Services (541320)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture services
• Site design consulting
• Urban design planning
• Park master planning
• Master plan development

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakville

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Landscape Architecture Consulting Services: BTi provides landscape architectural and site design consulting services to both public and private sectors. Services range from pre-design investigations, user group and public consultations, programming, concept plans, detailed design, master plan development, tendering, construction document production, and contract/construction administration.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Baker Turner Inc (BTi) provides landscape architectural and site design consulting services from inception to implementation. The firm's services span pre-design investigations, user group and public consultations, programming, concept plans, detailed design, master plan development, tendering, construction document production, and contract/construction administration for parks, residential, commercial, corporate, civic, trails, resort, and industrial projects.

Product overview

Baker Turner Inc (BTi) is an award-winning landscape architecture firm offering a comprehensive suite of services from inception to implementation. The firm provides landscape architectural and site design services as a single unified offering, organized into consulting specialties including urban plaza design, park master planning, community park design, recreational facility design (splash pads, playgrounds, fitness stations, courts), sports park design, naturalization and restoration planning, stormwater management, trails and pathways, streetscape and urban design, rooftop amenity and green roof design, community and subdivision planning, golf course design, public consultation, arborist services, irrigation design, visual impact assessments, construction administration, and 3D rendering and visualization. Projects are organized into categories covering parks, residential, commercial, corporate, golf courses and club houses, civic and institutional, trails and rehabilitation, resorts, industrial, international, and custom features.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Landscape Architecture Services End-to-end landscape architectural and site design consulting services spanning pre-design investigations, user group and public consultations, programming, concept plans, detailed design, master plan development, tendering, construction document production, and contract/construction administration. Engagements cover parks, residential, commercial, corporate, golf/resort, civic/institutional, trails, and industrial projects for both public and private sector clients.
• 3D Rendering & Visualization Three-dimensional rendering and visualization services used to communicate landscape design intent to clients, stakeholders, and the public across parks, residential, commercial, and international projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple City of Mississauga and Brampton Urban Design Awards
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers40 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Cohere Design GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018In 2018 BTi became a component of Cohere Design Group headquartered in Hong Kong under the direction of Albert Cheng. This partnership gives BTi a truly international presence and enables access to international projects in China, UAE, Qatar, and other markets. Albert Cheng, CEO and founder of Cohere Design Group, provides management and creative direction to BTi's Canadian operations.
• Durante Kreuk LtdminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBTi is pleased to be associated with Durante Kreuk Ltd, a landscape architecture firm located in Vancouver, BC. This is an associated firm relationship for potential collaboration.
• HOK ArchitectsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBTi worked with HOK Architects as part of the Al Waab Community project in Qatar.
• Earthscape PlaygroundsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBTi collaborated with Earthscape Playgrounds for the Jaycee Park project in Mississauga.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SWA Group: Internationally recognized landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm with a much larger footprint. SWA competes for the same high-profile public realm and waterfront commissions as BTi and Cohere, but operates at a materially larger scale.
• Sasaki Associates: Integrated design practice combining landscape architecture, urban design, planning, and architecture. Sasaki competes with BTi and Cohere at the larger end of the institutional and master-planned development market, particularly on cross-border Asia and Middle East commissions.

Direct peers

• Williams Asselin Ackaoui: Canadian integrated design and landscape practice with comparable residential, resort, and public-realm work. Competes with BTi on master-planned communities and resort-scale landscape projects across Canada.
• Cosburn Naussau: Ontario-focused landscape architecture studio serving municipal and private developer clients. Overlaps with BTi on community parks, recreational facilities, and streetscape design in the same provincial market.
• MBTW Group: Ontario-headquartered landscape architecture and urban design practice with comparable scale, project types (parks, residential, commercial, civic), and a strong municipal client book. MBTW is one of the closest direct competitors to BTi in the GTA.
• PFS Studio: Western Canada's leading landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm with offices in Vancouver and Toronto. PFS overlaps with BTi on master-planned communities, parks, and waterfront work, and shares BTi's blue-chip developer and institutional client base.
• DTAH (formerly DuToit Allsopp Hillier): Toronto-based landscape architecture and urban design practice with comparable municipal, residential, and waterfront portfolio across Ontario. DTAH and BTi regularly serve the same GTA municipalities and developer clients, competing for similar public-sector master plans and streetscape commissions.
• PMA Landscape Architects: Ontario-based landscape architecture firm with similar municipal and developer clientele in the GTA. PMA competes directly with BTi on urban design, park master planning, and streetscape assignments for the same Cities of Mississauga/Brampton/Markham roster.
• Belt Collins International: Asia-Pacific-rooted landscape architecture and master planning firm where Albert Cheng previously served as Chief Designer and VP. Belt Collins is a direct counterpart to BTi–Cohere's Hong Kong/Asia business and shares the same large-scale resort and residential landscape profile.
• NAK Design Group: Toronto-based landscape architecture and urban design firm serving municipalities, developers, and institutions in Ontario. NAK's service mix (parks, community design, streetscape) and public-sector client overlap make it a close analogue to BTi.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/baker-turner
• Xx.com/bakerturnerinc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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