The City is improving the playground in Oak Street Park as part of an ongoing program to enhance playgrounds and play spaces across the city, so that everyone can experience the joys and benefits of play for years to come!

  • Fall 2024: Community engagement: visioning (online survey)  
  • Winter/Spring 2025: Schematic design development
  • Summer 2025: Community engagement: selecting design options (online survey)  
  • Fall/Winter 2025: Detailed design and hire a construction team
  • Early Spring 2026: Construction starts, playground closes
  • Late summer 2026: Construction complete, playground opens 

The timeline is subject to change.

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October 2024

The online survey ran from October 21st to November 20th, 2024. On October 29th, 2024, the project team collected feedback on the design and equipment for the improved playground at a community pop-up event in the nearby Pam McConnell Aquatic Centre, with the Councillor and staff members in attendance. At the community pop-up event, people could learn about the project and explore play features and equipment possibilities.

The results of the survey and the community pop-up event will be posted to this page in the coming weeks..

Oak Street Park Playground is located at the east side of the park.

The playground currently includes:

  • two toddler swings
  • one spring rider
  • one spiral slide and one double slide
  • a play structure with climbing options
  • sand under all play areas

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

  • playground equipment for ages five to 12
  • additional seating
  • engineered wood fibre surfacing
  • an accessible pathway to the playground area

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.

Improvements will only be made in the general playground area and will not include any new water or lighting features or improvements to other areas of the park.