Plunkett Park Playground Improvements

The City is planning improvements to the playground in Plunkett Park. These improvements are part of an ongoing city-wide program to ensure playgrounds provide safe and accessible fun for years to come!

Project Timeline

April 2021: Community Engagement: Survey to collect feedback on playground options
June 2021: Playground design finalized
May to July 2021: Detailed design and hire construction team
Fall 2021: Begin construction
Winter 2021: Playground reopens

The timeline is subject to change.

About the Project

Plunkett Park is located at 188 Plunkett Rd., near Islington Avenue and Steeles Avenue West in Etobicoke. The children’s playground is in the middle of the park.

The playground currently includes:

Two swing sets with:
- Two swings for ages two to five
- Two swings for ages five and up
A medium-sized slide (yellow structure)
A combined junior/senior climbing structure with:
- A medium double-sized slide (yellow structure)
- A small curved slide (yellow structure)
Sand under all play areas
Two benches

The playground will be redesigned using feedback from the community. The redesigned playground is proposed to include:

Accessible play equipment for ages two to thirteen. This means that people of all abilities will be able to play at this playground
An accessible pathway to the playground
Additional seating
Woodchip playground surfacing
Water fountain with bottle filler

Improvements will only be made in the general playground area. This will not include any new lighting features or improvements to other areas of the park.

Get Involved

April 2021

Online Survey

An online survey will be posted on this web page in April. The survey will ask for your feedback and preferences on multiple playground options. The design team will use the community feedback collected in this survey to develop a single playground design.

The results from this survey will also be posted on this web page.

June 2021

Final Playground Design

An online design update will be posted on this web page in June. The final design will be developed using the feedback collected in the online survey conducted in April 2021.