The park is now open! A reopening celebration is being held on Monday, November 18, from 3:30 to 4 p.m., with opening remarks by Deputy Mayor Malik at 3:45 p.m. All are welcome to attend.
The City is improving the playground in Osler Playground, located near Dovercourt Road and Argyle Street. The improvements will be determined through the community engagement process and are proposed to include upgraded pathways, lighting, seating/gathering areas, playground, waterplay and a new off-leash area.
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This timeline is subject to change.
Construction is complete and the improved park opens to the public.
The project is nearing completion, but construction is now expected to be finished in October due to delays with the park’s electrical service connection.
Construction for the park began in late January, and construction for the school grounds is commencing shortly. The park and school grounds will be closed to the public during construction.
Construction for the park improvements is underway and will continue until late summer 2024, weather permitting. The park will be closed during construction.
Playgrounds are located nearby at McCormick Park, Trinity Bellwoods Park and Fred Hamilton Playground. An off-leash area is located nearby at Trinity Bellwoods Park. A splash pad is located nearby at Fred Hamilton Playground.
Construction will start on the park grounds only (the area within the orange boundary). Pre-construction coordination for the adjacent school ground improvements is underway.
The design for the park improvements is finalized based on community feedback, consideration of the site conditions and constraints, and the operational requirements for the park. Visit the Design section for more information.
The project is in the process of hiring a construction team. Construction will start in the fall when the wading pool season is over. Details will be posted on this page when available and after the contractor is hired.
From April 13 to April 27, 2022, feedback on two playground design options and splash pad equipment was collected in an online survey. The design team will use this feedback to refine a final design, which will be shared on this page when available.
All playground and splash pad design options are accessible, have the same amount of play features, and cost the same amount.
Design A includes:
Design B includes:
Design A includes:
Design B includes:
In September 2021, the project team presented three design options to the community for input through a survey, a public meeting and a pop-up engagement event. There was, however, no clear preference identified by the community for any of the three options. To ensure that the final design serves the needs of the community, the City invited a group of local residents to participate in a one-time focus group* with the project team. During the focus group, participants discussed their needs and priorities for park amenities and provided additional feedback on the proposed designs to assist the project team with advancing a design solution that will benefit all park users.
Based on the feedback from this meeting and the previous consultation events that were held in 2021, the project team is developing a preferred design, which will be shared with the community in the spring of 2022. Additional feedback on play equipment options will be gathered at that time.
*Members of the focus group were identified through a modified civic lottery, a process in which applications are chosen at random based on the applicant’s existing uses of the park. The reason for this approach was to ensure that there was a representative cross-section of park users represented in the focus group. Civic lotteries are often used by municipal governments to bring communities together to find common ground on a specific issue.
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As part of phase two of engagement, the project team ran a survey, held a public meeting and conducted a pop-up engagement at Osler Playground to present designs and gather feedback.
Download the Phase Two Engagement Summary Report.
From September 13 to September 26, 2021, an online survey presented design options and collected feedback from the community. In total, the survey received 546 responses.
Download the survey summary.
A pop-up was held in the park on September 18.
A Virtual Public Meeting was held on September 13, 2021 to present three design options for the park improvements and gather feedback from the public.
Download the meeting presentation.
This design has a more curvilinear form and includes a combined wading pool/splash pad water play area. Other key features include:
This design has a more irregular form and replaces the existing wading pool with a splash pad. Other key features include:
This design has a more linear form and includes upgrades only for the water play area. Other key features include:
Design options are being developed and will be presented to the community for feedback at community engagement events in September.
The design consultant has been hired and is conducting background investigations and site analysis to inform the development of design options.
From January 22 to February 10, 2022, an online survey collected feedback about the community’s priorities for the park and the Community Vision Maps that were created at the December 11, 2019 workshop.
Download the Visioning Survey Feedback Summary Report.
On December 11, 2019, a Community Visioning Workshop took place to discuss the community’s vision for the park improvements and to develop initial ideas for park uses, activities and layout, including the adjacent school grounds.
Participants worked together to determine appropriate sizes and locations for the primary features of the improvement project and other amenities they wanted to see in the future design of the park and adjacent school grounds. Six community vision maps were created.
The design for the park has been finalized after an extensive community engagement process. Visit the Project Updates section for more information about the community engagement process.
The preferred design includes the following key features:
The primary scope of improvements for this project includes:
Improvements to the adjacent school grounds are also being considered. The full scope of improvements will be determined through the consultation and design development process in response to budget and site constraints, as well as functional requirements for both the park and school.
