Learn about the three playground options for the new park and provide feedback by attending a pop-up on July 2 or taking the online survey by July 14. The online survey is available in English, Urdu (اُردُو), Tamil (தமிழ்) and Gujarati (ગુજરાતી).

Grant Faulkner Park is a new 5.4-acre park coming to 320 Markham Rd., just north of Eglinton Avenue East in the Scarborough-Guildwood neighbourhood. The park was officially named in November 2024 in honour of Grant Faulkner, who tragically died in 2015 while experiencing homelessness. The name not only commemorates his life but also serves as a reminder of the importance of protecting vulnerable individuals and addressing homelessness in the community.

The park’s design will be shaped through community engagement and guided by the Parks and Recreation Facilities Plan, which helps identify and address gaps in park amenities and ensures an equitable distribution of recreational facilities across the city.

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  • Winter to Spring 2025: Community engagement and design development
  • Spring to Summer 2025: Detailed design
  • Fall 2025: Hire a construction team
  • Spring 2026: Construction starts
  • Summer 2026: Construction complete, park opens

The timeline is subject to change and is pending the transfer of land from one City division to another.

In-Person Pop-Up Event

  • July 2, 2025
  • 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
  • Scarborough Village Recreation Centre, 3600 Kingston Rd.

Online Survey

June 2 to July 14, 2025

Share your thoughts on the proposed amenities and on the three proposed playground designs. Take the survey: 

The feedback collected in this survey will help develop a preferred design for the playground.

The survey results will be posted on this page.

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Level of Engagement

This project has been classified as a Consult project based on the International Association for Public Participation Spectrum. This means we obtain public feedback on the proposed amenities for the park and the playground equipment options.

In this phase, the City and its design consultant shared playground options for the new park to the community for feedback. This feedback will be used to develop a preferred playground design.

The community engagement events anticipated in this phase include:

  • an online survey
  • an in-person pop-up event

The anticipated outcome of this phase is the selection of a preferred playground design.

Park Design

A map of the site plan described immediately following the image.

From east to west, the plan shows three proposed soccer fields and cricket batting cages on the east side close to Markham Road. A water bottle filler, garbage bins and bike racks are to the west, and further to the west is a playground area and parking lot.

Legend

  1. Parking
  2. Playground
  3. Swings
  4. Shade structure and picnic tables
  5. Driveways
  6. Pathways
  7. Water bottle filling station
  8. Bike racks
  9. Seating areas with benches or tables
  10. Soccer field
  11. Cricket batting cages
  12. Garbage bins

Playground Design Options

Option A

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Option A includes:

  • A swing set with:
    • Two belt swings
    • One toddler swing
    • One accessible swing
  • A junior play structure for ages two to five with:
    • One slide
    • Two climbing options
    • One balancing toy
    • One play panel
  • A senior play structure for ages five to 12 with:
    • Two straight slides
    • One wavy slide
    • One curved slide
    • Four climbing options
    • One sliding pole and climbing bridge
  • One four-sided climbing structure
  • One balancing structure with monkey bars
  • Two spring toys

Option B

A rendered image of playground design option B. A list of equipment for this option follows the image.

Option  B includes:

  • A swing set with:
    • Two belt swings
    • One toddler swing
    • One accessible swing
  • A junior play structure for ages two to five with:
    • Two slides
    • Three climbing options
    • One play panel
  • A senior play structure for ages five to 12 with:
    • One curved slide
    • Four climbing options
    • One climbing bridge
    • Monkey bars
  • Two spring toys
  • One spinner toy

Option C

A rendered image of playground design option C. A list of equipment for this option follows the image.

Option C includes:

  • A swing set with:
    • Two belt swings
    • One toddler swing
    • One accessible swing
  • A junior play structure for ages two to five with:
    • One slide
    • Two climbing options
    • One play panel
  • A senior play structure for ages five to 12 with:
    • One straight slide
    • Large net climber
    • One balancing pole
    • One play panel
  • Two talk tubes
  • One play panel
  • One spring toy
  • Two spinner toys

Community Engagement Meetings and Events

June 2025

In-Person Pop-Up Event

On June 2, the project team hosted a pop-up event near the corner of Markham Road and Luella Street at 3 p.m. 12 community members participated in providing feedback before the event was cancelled due to high winds.

A summary of the feedback collected at the pop-up will be posted on this page.

Online Survey

From June 2 to June 23, an online survey on three playground options for the new park received 82 responses.

A summary of the survey feedback will be posted on this page.

In this phase, the City will share the preferred park and playground design with the community and the subscribers on the project mailing list. The project will then move into the detail design phase, where the design team will finalize the preferred design by working through the technical details and developing detailed plans and drawings for the construction contractor.

The anticipated outcome of this phase is a refined preferred design.

Grant Faulkner Park is a new park located at 320 Markham Rd. The land was purchased by the City and is currently vacant with no park programming.

The following amenities are being proposed for this park based on the Parks and Recreation Facilities Plan:

  • a playground
  • a parking lot with 20 spaces and one accessible space
  • three soccer fields (one full-size and two mini)
  • a cricket cage
  • shade structure
  • seating, including accessible benches and picnic tables