The City is improving the playground and sandbox in Lionel Conacher Park as part of an ongoing program to enhance playgrounds and play spaces across Toronto. The new playground design will be shaped through community engagement.

  • Fall 2025: Hire a design team
  • Winter to Spring 2026: Community engagement and design development
  • Spring to Summer 2026: Construction starts, playground closes
  • Fall 2026: Construction complete, playground reopens

The timeline is subject to change

Level of Engagement

This project has been classified as a Consult project based on the International Association for Public Participation Spectrum. This means we collect and consider public feedback on proposed design options to inform the development of a final playground design.

Lionel Conacher Park playground is located along Birch Avenue, east of Cottingham Daycare.

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 single slide
  • a small-sized double slide
  • a spring toy
  • a sandbox
  • a combined junior and senior play structure
  • sand under all play areas

The playground will be redesigned using community feedback and is proposed to include:

  • playground equipment for ages two to five
  • playground equipment for ages five to 12
  • additional seating
  • engineered wood fibre surfacing

The play equipment and pathway connecting to the playground area will comply with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Learn more about how playgrounds are made accessible.

In addition to playground improvements, the park will receive the following minor upgrades, which do not require community engagement due to their limited scope:

  • an irrigated soccer field with new nets
  • minor baseball diamond improvements
  • retained sandpit area
  • heritage wall repairs