Honest Ed’s Park is a new 1213m2 park being designed at the former Honest Ed’s site as part of a new mixed-use residential development project in the surrounding Mirvish Village. The park will front Markham Street and will include bird-friendly gardens, trees, a children’s water feature and sitting and picnic opportunities.
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The park is officially named Honest Ed’s Park, a wayfinding name established under the City’s Property Naming Policy.
Construction for the new park is underway and is anticipated to be completed in the fall of 2025.
The park design has been finalized and the contractor is preparing to start construction in December 2023, weather permitting.
From August 6 to August 27, 2021, the City conducted an online survey to collect feedback on the preferred design for the new park and confirm previous feedback collected during the other phases of community engagement. The survey received 362 responses which includes 471 participants of various ages. 79 per cent of respondents identified as residents living nearby.
Respondents were able to indicate their preference and final thoughts on the design, layout and park elements.
City staff engaged the community and stakeholders on the proposed designs for the new park, which was based on previous feedback. Feedback was collected through an online survey and virtual public meeting. A preferred design will be developed using the feedback in this phase.
Download the What We Heard (Proposed Designs) Report.
From March 25 to April 11, 2021, City staff collected feedback on an early proposed design for the park in an online survey. The survey received a total of 723 responses.
On March 25, 2021, a virtual public meeting was hosted by City staff to present the proposed design for the new park and gather feedback from the community on the design and playground equipment options through a virtual question-and-answer session.
Download the March 25, 2021 public meeting presentation.
Through 2018 and 2019, City staff and the Mirvish Village Task Group held visioning workshops and park concept review meetings. From these visioning exercises, the following design guidelines and principles were used to inform a proposed park design:
The preferred design was developed using feedback collected from the community and stakeholders during multiple phases of community engagement. The features in the design include: