The City is improving the playground in Randy Padmore Park and exploring opportunities to make additional park improvements through community engagement. The playground improvements are part of an ongoing program to enhance playgrounds and play spaces across the city. As part of a future project, the existing wading pool may be replaced by a new interactive water feature and other amenities.
The project to replace the wading pool is anticipated to start in 2028/2029 and will include additional community engagement.
These timelines are subject to change.
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In this phase, the City collected feedback to better understand the park’s challenges and opportunities in an online survey and stakeholder meeting. As an outcome of this phase, the existing playground will be replaced with a new one, along with new park amenities. Additionally, as part of a future project, the wading pool may be replaced with a new interactive water feature.
In Community Engagement Phase 2, an online survey will collect feedback on the playground design and other park improvement options.
From April 22 to May 6, an online survey collected feedback from 180 respondents on the community’s priorities for improving the park. The survey was available in English, Portuguese, Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
In this phase, the City and its design consultant developed design options for the new playground and other park improvements based on the outcomes of Community Engagement Phase 1. These options were presented to the community for feedback through an online survey and an in-person pop-up event. As an outcome of this phase, the design team will use the feedback to refine the final playground design.
The final design will be available on this page in the winter of 2025.
From November 1 to 16, an online survey collected feedback from 195 respondents on the design options for the new playground, wading pool replacement and other park improvements.
Feedback regarding the playground improvements is summarized below.
Feedback regarding the wading pool replacement and other park improvements is summarized:
Review the wading pool replacement design options.
On November 3, the project team collected feedback on the design options for the new playground, wading pool replacement and other park improvements at an event in Randy Padmore Park. Approximately 40 community members attended the event and shared their preferences with sticky dots and comments on sticky notes. Two members of the project team were available to provide information, answer questions and capture additional comments. The Deputy Mayor and two staff members were also in attendance.
Feedback regarding the playground improvements is summarized:
Feedback regarding the wading pool replacement and other park improvements is summarized below.
All three designs are Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) compliant, have the same amount of play features and cost the same amount.