The City is improving the playground in Trinity Bellwoods 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.
The timeline is subject to change.
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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 this phase, the project team collected design ideas from community members for the new playground which will guide the development of design options in Community Engagement Phase 2.
The community engagement activities in this phase include:
From July 14 to August 11, an online thought exchange activity gathered ideas for improvements to the playground. The activity received a total of 655 thoughts and 12,318 thought ratings from 740 participants.
Respondents were asked to select their favourite playground activities and preferred colour schemes for the new equipment and provide additional comments or suggestions.
Respondents ranked activities that they would most like the new equipment to include, ordering them from most preferred (one) to least preferred (six). Climbing ranked the highest on average, followed by sliding, swinging, balancing, playing pretend then spinning.
Respondents indicated their preferred colour schemes for the playground:
Additional comments that were highly rated by participants included:
Review a summary of the Phase 1 Thought Exchange activity results, including the top thoughts and themes.
The project team hosted two pop-up events at the Trinity Bellwoods Park playground on July 16 from 4 to 7 p.m. and July 31 from 3 to 6 p.m. to share information about the playground improvements and collect community feedback.
Participants were asked to select their favourite playground activities and preferred colour schemes for the new equipment and provide additional comments or suggestions. Approximately 116 people, many of whom were children using the playground, participated by using stickers to indicate their preferences. The total number of responses is shown in parentheses.
Participants’ preferred playground activities:
On colour schemes, participants:
Additional comments included:
On July 21, the project team attended a summer camp workshop at Trinity Bellwoods Park from 12:30 to 2 p.m. to share information about the playground improvements and collect feedback from campers.
Twenty children between four and 12 years old were asked to select their favourite playground activities and preferred colour scheme for the new equipment and provide additional comments or suggestions. The total number of responses is shown in parentheses.
Campers’ preferred playground activities:
On colour schemes, campers:
Additional comments included:
In June 2025, 45 students in grades four and five at Charles G. Fraser Junior Public School and 67 students from grades one to five at Givins/Shaw Public School participated in a workshop to share ideas for the new playground. After a short presentation, students took part in an interactive activity where they built their own bingo cards using tiles that represented different playground features. The tiles chosen for their bingo cards represented the features they most wanted to see in the new playground. The number of tiles selected for each feature will help inform the future playground design.
Nature and Planting:
Popular play features:
Additional play feature preferences:
Amenities and site features:
Students were also invited to share other ideas by writing on the back of their bingo cards. Ziplines were the most frequently suggested feature within the project scope.
In this phase, the City and its design consultant will work off the outcomes of Community Engagement Phase 1 and share three playground design options with the community for feedback. The feedback will be used to develop a preferred option for the playground.
The community engagement activities in this phase include:
The anticipated outcome of this phase is the selection of a preferred option.
In this phase, the final design for the new playground will be shared with the community on this page and with subscribers on 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 develop detailed plans and drawings to be used by the construction contractor.
Trinity Bellwoods Park Playground is located near Trinity Community Recreation Centre and next to the wading pool.
The playground currently includes:
The playground will be redesigned using community feedback and is proposed to include:
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.