Geary Avenue Park is growing! The Geary Avenue Park expansion will be one of the first new parks in the Green Line. Find out more about the Green Line Implementation Plan.

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  • Spring 2024: Hydro One approvals
  • Fall 2024: Hire a construction team
  • Winter 2025: Construction starts
  • Fall 2025: Construction complete, park opens

The timeline is subject to change.

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November 2024

Construction Team Hired

A construction team has been hired and will begin work in winter 2025 to prepare for the start of construction in early spring 2025.

Phase 2: Preferred Plan

The City engaged the community on a preferred plan that was informed by stakeholder and community feedback. Feedback was collected at a virtual public meeting, in an online survey and a family-friendly Towers and Flowers Activity Workbook.

Download the What We Heard: Phase 2 Summary Report.

November 2020

Online Survey

From November 4 to November 23, 2020, feedback on the preferred plan was collected in an online survey, which received 319 responses.

Virtual Public Meeting

On November 4, 2020, the City hosted a meeting to present a preferred plan that was developed using community feedback.

Download the meeting presentation.

Phase 1: Design Plan Options

The City engaged the community on preliminary design plan options for the park expansion, which will help inform the development of a preferred plan. Feedback was collected at a virtual public meeting, in an online survey, and a family-friendly Towers and Flowers Activity Workbook.

Download the What We Heard: Phase 1 Summary Report.

July 2020

Online Survey

From July 7 to July 25, 2020, feedback on the design plan options was collected in an online survey, which received 118 responses.

Virtual Public Meeting

On July 7, 2022, the City hosted a meeting to share the design plan options for the park expansion with the community. Community members had an opportunity to ask the project team questions.

Download the meeting presentation or check out the meeting on YouTube.

Perspective view showing Geary Avenue Park, looking north east toward the wading pool, and east of Dovercourt Road.
Artist rendering of the preferred plan for the park, looking east of Dovercourt Road. The wading pool is shown near the northeast side of the park.
Perspective showing a view of Geary Avenue Park, looking south from Westmoreland Road towards the park.
Artist rendering of the preferred plan for the park, illustrating the park entrance looking south from Westmoreland Avenue.

The preferred plan includes the following features:

  • Entry plazas
  • Lighting
  • Dogs off-leash area (fenced)
  • Water bottle-filler with pet drinking fountain
  • An accessible path with custom pavement markings
  • Various seating options, including benches, wood platform seats, loungers and accessible picnic tables
  • An open lawn
  • Meadow plantings and shrubs
  • Widened sidewalks on some section of Geary Avenue (in areas without existing trees)
  • New trees along street

Geary Avenue Park Expansion will transform a segment of the hydro corridor running parallel to Geary Avenue between Delaware Avenue and Westmoreland Avenue into new park space. Streetscape improvements will link the expanded Geary Avenue Park to the existing Barlett Parkette at Salem Avenue.

Geary Avenue Park Expansion builds on the conceptual master plan design guidelines established through community consultation for the Green Line Implementation Plan.

Project Renderings