Everything Happening in Toronto RIGHT NOW!

 Everything Happening in Toronto 

RIGHT NOW!

There's a lot happening. (Dec 1, 2024)

You just gotta know where to look.

TORONTO Parks Website I got all this info from.

The other days I posted that there are 225 current Toronto Parks & Facilities projects. I went through all of them and this is what I found. There were 2 additional projects that had skate features cut due to lack of support. All Timelines subject to change.

Earl Bales Skatepark - Probably the best known current project. The design is finalized. ETA - Fall 2025

1.5-foot bank turn-around

Three-foot bank turn-around/hip

Six-inch slappy curb

14-inch flat rail

14-inch flat ledge

Four-foot slappy bank with inset six-inch manual pad

1.5-foot transition turn-around

Three-foot transition turn-around

1.5-foot table top

Two-foot a-frame with rooftop rail and ledge

Five stair set with down rail

Hubba / out ledge

Slappy out rail

Two-foot transition turn-around

Confederation Park Skatepark - The city is taking applications for Skatepark Champions for this project. Design a park and make some money? Sign up here by Jan 2, '25. - ETA Fall 2026

Eglinton Park Skate Spot - ETA Spring 2025

1 of 3 similar options. All 3 have a mini.

Centennial Park - Plans for a skatepark near the BMX Track - 

ETA Unknown

Wallace Emerson - New Bowls and Seasonal Loop are under construction (Dec 2024) - ETA Fall 2025

There were 3 concepts & it appears 2 separate bowls are being built.

St James Town Park West - A Skate Area included in final design - ETA Fall 2026

Feature 10 - Skateboard Zone.

Elizabeth Simcoe Skate Spot - Update - Survey now closed with 277 Responses!!! Based on the feedback, the project is going PIP but will be delayed to Summer 2026.

1 of 3 metal ramp concepts. I'm pushing for concrete.

Woburn Park Skate Spot - The city is comparing this project to West Lodge & Smithfield. Survey is supposed to be out Dec '24. Tick Tock Guys!- ETA Late Fall 2025.

West Lodge Skatepark

Trimmer Skate Spot - North East Scarborough's Rouge River Community Recreation Centre is under construction but the little skate trail is done. ETA pushed back to Sept 2025. Grounds, including Skate Spot, may be open sooner.

This should be fun.

New Parks in the Six Points Neighbourhood - There are 4 park projects surrounding the future Etobicoke Civic Centre featuring Skate Features - ETA Late 2025

 Wabash Community Recreation Centre - Small Skate Dot - ETA 2027

Feature 2 - Skate Dot

70 Croatia St - New Park -  Looks like the skate spot is going to be  axed but don't fear. Duff is across the street.

North Park - 578 Rustic Road - Informal Skate Feature appears to be in the final design. ETA Fall 2025

#3 - Informal Skate Features.

New Park on Brimorton Dr - Near Markham Rd, there is some kind of skate feature included in the final design. It's done now!

Feature 9 - Large open lawn/passive play skating feature (informal space for skateboarding and rollerblading with small concrete slopes)  - (Alright - mystery solved, it's like 3 sidewalk bumps beside a manny-able ledge. The 'public' side is skate stopped. 2026 ETA was for phase 2.  Photos HERE)

If you're wondering why a 'Skate Feature' get cuts from the final design, it's the feedback the city gets or does not get. The general public usually opposes Skate Features and the Skaters don't fill out the surveys. 

The pickleballers are responding to surveys Five time more than the skaters. And the info is not getting out to the 'skatepark users'. We gotta fight for ourselves. The Toronto Skatepark Strategy is doing a lot to get features included around the city but skaters need to loudly support a project. Show Up or Shut Up, as they say.

Update - Boxing Day 2024.

And show up you did!!! The Elizabeth Simcoe Skate Spot Survey had 277 respondents!