This year again, local leaders gathered their neighbours, built connections, and restored nature in projects big and small. The movement continues to expand, and we're pleased to share just some of these impacts in our 2025 Impact Report.
Ready to rally your crew and make a visible difference in your local park? This guide walks you through everything you need to host a successful community clean-up in Toronto
Discover ways to help you host events in your local parks during extreme heat events.
Explore key findings from five years of the Canadian City Parks Report, highlighting significant trends, issues, and practices shaping urban parks across the country.
A guidance and resources to measure the impact of your park work on community health and wellbeing, integrating a social equity lens.
The 6th Montreal Park People Forum is back on September 17 under the theme “Remembering, Looking Forward, and Taking Action for Urban Parks".
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Park People
Jun 30, 2026 Greater Toronto Area
Learn how you can host free, community-led park activities in Toronto this summer — no booking fee required!
The No-Fee Community Activations Booking makes it easier for individuals, community groups, and not-for-profit organizations to book free space in parks to host fun activities and community programming, such as guided ravine walks, family fun days with games and story time, or wellness days featuring yoga, meditation or tai chi.
The system was built in direct response to barriers communities had flagged — including removing booking fees, reducing insurance requirements, removing trustee requirements, and more.
The result is a free way with reduced barriers to bring people together in parks.
Alexandra Park (Park) – Toronto-East YorkAmos Waites Park (Picnic Site Only) – Etobicoke-YorkAshbridges Bay Park (Picnic Site Only) – WaterfrontBaird Park (Park) – Etobicoke-YorkBeaches Park (Picnic Site Only) – WaterfrontBellbury Park (Park) – North YorkBroadacres Park (Park) – Etobicoke-YorkBudapest Park (Park) – WaterfrontCedarbrook Park (Park) – ScarboroughCherry Beach Park (Park) – WaterfrontChristie Pits (Picnic Site Only) – Toronto-East YorkCliff Lumsdon Park (Picnic Site Only) – Etobicoke-YorkClydesdale Park (Park) – North YorkColonel Samuel Smith Park *excluding southern headlands due to construction work (Park) – Etobicoke-YorkConfederation Park (Park) – ScarboroughCoronation Park (Park) – WaterfrontDells Park (Picnic Site Only) – North YorkDentonia Park (Picnic Site Only) – Toronto-East YorkDovercourt Park (Park) – Toronto-East YorkDufferin Grove (Park) – Toronto-East YorkDunlop Park (Park) – ScarboroughEarl Bales Park (Picnic Site Only) – North YorkEarlscourt Park (Park) – Toronto-East YorkEast Toronto Athletic Field (Park) – Toronto-East YorkEdithvale Park (Park) – North YorkET Seton Park (Picnic Site Only) – North YorkEtobicoke Valley Park (Picnic Site Only) – Etobicoke-YorkG. Ross Lord Park (Picnic Site Only) – North YorkGlen Long Park (Park) – North YorkGord & Irene Risk Park (Picnic Site Only) – Etobicoke-YorkGrand Avenue Park (Picnic Site Only) – Etobicoke-YorkGrandravine Park (Park) – North YorkGreenwood Park (Park) – Toronto-East YorkHarbour Square (Picnic Site Only) – WaterfrontHavenbrook Park (Park) – North YorkHome Smith Park (Park) – Etobicoke-YorkHTO East & West (Picnic Site Only) – WaterfrontHumber Bay Park East (Picnic Site Only) – Etobicoke-YorkHumber Bay Park West (Picnic Site Only) – Etobicoke-YorkHumberline Park (Park) – Etobicoke-YorkInukshuk Park (Picnic Site Only) – WaterfrontJonathan Ashbridges Park (Park) – WaterfrontKew Gardens (Picnic Site Only) – WaterfrontLa Rose Park (Park) – Etobicoke-YorkLakeshore Parklands (Picnic Site Only) – WaterfrontLeaside Park (Picnic Site Only) – North YorkLittle Norway Park (Picnic Site Only) – WaterfrontLove Park (Picnic Site Only) – WaterfrontMaple Leaf Forever Park (Park) – WaterfrontMarie Curtis Park (Picnic Site Only) – Etobicoke-YorkMarilyn Bell Park (Park) – WaterfrontMilliken Park (Park) – ScarboroughNeilson Park (Park) – ScarboroughOakridge Park (Picnic Site Only) – ScarboroughOwen Park (Park) – North YorkPort Union Village Common (Park) – ScarboroughRees Street Parkette (Picnic Site Only) – WaterfrontRoding Park (Park) – North YorkRoundhouse Park (Picnic Site Only) – Toronto-East YorkRowntree Mills Park (Picnic Site Only) – Etobicoke-YorkRV Burgess Park (Picnic Site Only) – North YorkSanwood Park (Park) – ScarboroughScarborough Villages Park (Picnic Site Only) – ScarboroughScarden Park (Park) – ScarboroughSherbourne Common (Park) – WaterfrontSir Casimir Gzowski (Park) – WaterfrontSorauren Park (Picnic Site Only) – Etobicoke-YorkStanley Greene Park (Picnic Site Only) – North YorkSunnybrook Park (Picnic Site Only) – North YorkSunnyside Park (Park) – WaterfrontTom Riley Park (Picnic Site Only) – Etobicoke-YorkToronto Music Garden (Picnic Site Only) – WaterfrontTrinity Bellwoods (Picnic Site Only) – Toronto-East YorkWallace Emerson Park (Park) – Toronto-East YorkWarner Park (Park) – North YorkWest Rouge Walking Trail *for walks (Park) – ScarboroughWexford Park *for walks (Park) – ScarboroughWithrow Park (Park) – Toronto-East YorkWoodbine Beach Park (Picnic Site Only) – WaterfrontWoodbine Park (Picnic Site Only) – Waterfront
Watch our special launch webinar with the Report's authors to get the inside scoop on our findings.
Explore how different sectors are currently working to meet shared urban biodiversity goals and how we can all work differently –or more collaboratively– in the future.
Watch the webinar recording to meet the report’s researchers and writers and get the inside scoop on the fifth annual report highlighting the most significant trends, issues, and practices shaping Canada’s city parks.