

40 New Acres of Parkland
The parkland has potential to deliver significant environmental and social benefits, including:
- New convenient and safe public access to the Don Valley and River
- Completion of the East Don Trail in the preferred riverside location
- Opportunity for development of the Loop Trail, a key element of Toronto’s Ravine Strategy
- Improving connections to The Meadoway
- Supporting a connected ring of regional destinations


40 New Acres of Parkland
The parkland has potential to deliver significant environmental and social benefits, including:
- New convenient and safe public access to the Don Valley and River
- Completion of the East Don Trail in the preferred riverside location
- Opportunity for development of the Loop Trail, a key element of Toronto’s Ravine Strategy
- Improving connections to The Meadoway
- Supporting a connected ring of regional destinations

Restoring the Landscape
The current use of the land has resulted in a manicured and treated landscape with diminished natural features, habitats and ecological systems.
Transforming the golf course lands into public parkland will support ecological restoration and enhance environmental health and resiliency.
The golf course land use has also limited the completion of pedestrian and cycling networks along the river. Don Valley ReConnects will complete the missing links in the Don Valley Trail and The Meadoway and give the public easy access to an uninterrupted trail from Lake Ontario to the north end of Toronto.
Restoring the Landscape
The current use of the land has resulted in a manicured and treated landscape with diminished natural features, habitats and ecological systems.
Transforming the golf course lands into public parkland will support ecological restoration and enhance environmental health and resiliency.
The golf course land use has also limited the completion of pedestrian
and cycling networks along the river. Don Valley ReConnects will complete the missing links in the Don Valley Trail and The Meadoway and give the public easy access to an uninterrupted trail from Lake Ontario to the north end of Toronto.
Indigenous Placekeeping
The Don Valley ReConnects project is an opportunity to recognize, showcase, and celebrate Indigenous culture and ways of life.
The Project Partners have initiated detailed dialogue with Traditional Territory and Rights Holders to introduce the project, discuss objectives and areas of alignment, and explore potential partnerships around the public parkland and indoor cultural programming space.
The ongoing discussions are exploring on-site Indigenous-led programming opportunities, spaces for environmental and cultural awareness, and ecological restoration. The project team welcomes ongoing dialogue with Traditional Territory and Rights Holders, Indigenous agencies/organizations, and Indigenous communities as the application review process advances.

Indigenous Placekeeping
Through the Don Valley ReConnects project, there is a unique opportunity for partnerships with Indigenous communities and organizations to recognize, showcase, and celebrate Indigenous culture and ways of life.
The partners will explore on-site Indigenous-led programming opportunities, spaces for environmental and cultural awareness, and ecological restoration.
Rethinking Residential Development
To make the parkland possible, the project partners are proposing to build a residential development on a small portion of the site (approximately 5% of the site area).
Four residential buildings with heights of 42 to 56 storeys are proposed along St. Dennis Drive, within a short walk of the Wynford LRT Station. The residential buildings are proposed to include a range of housing types and sizes, including over 100 affordable housing units, and space for cultural/educational programming.
The buildings have been designed to respond to the local existing and planned context and have been strongly influenced by the surrounding natural landscape.
The base building’s sinuous shape has been inspired by the nearby flow of water. The thin, porous base building blurs the lines between the valley and St.Dennis Drive and provides maximum visual transparency, ensuring constant views from St. Dennis Drive through to the valley.
New public pedestrian and cycling networks to and through the development site will also ensure easy access to the parkland.

Rethinking Residential Development
To make the parkland possible, the project partners are proposing to build a residential development on a small portion of the site (less than 5% of the site area).
Four residential buildings are proposed along St. Dennis Drive, within a short walk of the Wynford LRT Station. The residential buildings are proposed to include a range of housing types and sizes, including affordable housing, as well as space for cultural/ecological programming.
The proposed buildings’ architecture is based on a ‘landscape-first’ approach, carefully designed to reflect and respond to the surrounding water and valley landscapes. The building design ensures that the parkland is constantly visible through the buildings to everyone travelling along St. Dennis Drive.
New public pedestrian and cycling networks to and through the development site will also ensure easy access to the parkland.


Celebrating Art and Culture
The parkland will tell the story of the Don Valley and highlight the role of nature and Indigenous culture in the city.
Through public art and place-keeping initiatives the project will complement other Don Valley initiatives by creating additional opportunities for public art at various scales. The public consultation process will include opportunities to discuss public art and cultural expression.
Celebrating Art and Culture
The parkland will tell the story of the Don Valley and highlight the role of nature and Indigenous culture in the city.
Through public art and place-keeping initiatives the project will complement other Don Valley initiatives by creating additional opportunities for public art at various scales. The public consultation process will include opportunities to discuss public art and cultural expression.

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