Are you Indigenous to Canada? Apply to join the Indigenous Sharing Circle and share your vision for the new park. Applications close on September 18, 2025.

A new 820 m2 park is coming to 464-470 Queen St. W., at the corner of Queen Street West and Augusta Avenue in the Alexandra Park neighbourhood. The park design will be shaped through community engagement and is proposed to include lighting, seating areas, plantings and more.

  • Winter to Spring 2025: Construction of base park by the developer
  • Spring 2025: Hire a design team
  • Summer to Fall 2025: Community engagement
  • Fall 2025 to Summer 2026: Design development and demolition of 468 Queen St. W. starts
  • Winter to Fall 2026: Detailed design
  • Fall 2026 to Winter 2027: Hire a construction team and demolition at 468 Queen St. W. complete
  • Spring 2027: Construction starts
  • Fall 2027: Construction complete, park opens

The timeline is subject to change. A base park is the area that is cleared and prepared for future park features and amenities.

Indigenous Sharing Circle Application

August 29 to September 18, 2025

Apply to join the Indigenous Sharing Circle for the new park.

The Indigenous Sharing Circle will be made up of community members who are Indigenous to Canada and represent a diversity of Indigenous backgrounds and experiences. Indigenous Sharing Circle members will provide insight and feedback on key project elements to help shape the park design.

Indigenous Sharing Circle meeting 1
  • September 23, 2025
  • 6 to 8 p.m.

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Level of Engagement

This project has been classified as an Involve project based on the International Association for Public Participation Spectrum. This means we work directly with the public, stakeholders and rightsholders throughout the design process to ensure that ideas and aspirations are understood and considered in the design process.

Community Advisory Committee

This project has a Community Advisory Committee made up of representatives of the local community and identified stakeholder groups. The Committee will offer feedback, guidance and advice to the project team at key points during the community engagement process, meeting one to two times per phase. They have an advisory role and do not make decisions or represent the whole community.

Indigenous Sharing Circle

This project will have an Indigenous Sharing Circle made up of community members who are Indigenous to Canada and represent a diversity of Indigenous backgrounds and experiences. The Circle will provide feedback and engage in meaningful discussions on Indigenous Placekeeping elements at the park throughout the community engagement process, meeting in each phase. They will have a critical advisory role and do not make decisions or represent all Indigenous communities.

In this phase, the City will work with community members and the Community Advisory Committee to develop a draft vision statement and guiding principles for the new park. These will help shape the design options in Community Engagement Phase 2.

The community engagement activities anticipated in this phase include:

  • an online thought exchange activity
  • an open house

Community Engagement Meetings and Events

July 2025

Online Thought Exchange Activity

From July 4 to August 1, an online thought exchange activity gathered ideas for the new park. The activity received a total of 299 thoughts and 5,753 thought ratings from 326 participants.

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

June 2025

Community Advisory Committee Application

From May 23 to June 16, community members could apply to be part of the project’s Community Advisory Committee.

In this phase, the City and the design consultant will build on the outcomes of Community Engagement Phase 1 to develop design options for the new park. These options will be shared with the community and Community Advisory Committee for feedback, which will help shape the preferred design.

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

The community engagement activities anticipated in this phase include:

  • an online survey
  • an open house

In this phase, the preferred design for the park will be shared with the community on this page and the project mailing list. The project will then move into the detailed design phase where the design team will work through the technical details and plans for the construction contractor.