As Dave Harvey retires from his co-leadership position at Park People, he reflects on the incredible journey since founding the organization in 2011.
Why are events in parks important? How do grants fit into Park People’s larger goals for creating change in city parks?
Here are some valuable tips to create a welcoming, safe, and respectful environment for participants of all abilities, backgrounds, ages, and gender identities!
Park clean-ups bring neighbours together, foster connection, and leave a lasting impact—explore our 5-step guide to get started.
Explore inspiring community-led events funded by our microgrants program, from land-based learning to nature walks and skill-sharing workshops.
How a temporary plaza in Montreal’s Parc Marcelin-Wilson was created to offer a gathering space for youth, with design improvements informed by Metalude’s insights through direct observations and youth engagement.
Come together with community members, park professionals, and municipal staff at the 2025 Park People Vancouver Forum!
Come together with community members, park professionals, and municipal staff at the 2025 Toronto Park Summit!
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Park People’s professional services build on our charitable work activating the power of parks.
We help our partners to engage communities, create quality programming, measure public space use, and apply innovative governance models and partnerships — all necessary ingredients to create dynamic parks in the 21st-century city.
As Canada’s national city parks organization, Park People’s services and approach are rooted in our leading research into park planning, policy, and engagement and our extensive network of park enthusiasts across the country.
Our broad definition of parks — from more traditional parks to hydro corridors and downtown parking lots — and our experience with cross-sectoral partnerships, help us think differently about what’s possible for parks and public spaces.
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Park professionals need new ways to plan, design, manage, program, govern and fund city parks. We can help!
We’re Canada’s experts in public life studies. Informed by your needs, we’ll design the public life study, recruit and train volunteers, and make sense of and amplify the insights.
There’s no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to park governance. We’ll surface and sort through partner strengths and recommend governance models that build solid foundations for productive park relationships.