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Dust off your bats. It’s game on this summer.

Project Manager Mark Goulart gives us another look at the transformation happening at Centennial Park, now featuring the completed West Sports Hub.

The new hub includes four baseball diamonds for softball and baseball, eight public volleyball courts, and twelve pickleball courts.

We're looking forward to spending the summer with you.

Learn more at toronto.ca/CentennialPark

Descriptive Video Transcript:
On a sunny spring day at Centennial Park, Project Manager Mark Goulart stands in the middle of the completed baseball diamonds at the West Sports Hub. The camera moves to the nearby pickleball courts, then across to the beach volleyball courts. It returns to the baseball diamonds as Mark wraps up the walkthrough of the new space.

Lifeguards return to Toronto’s supervised swimming beaches June 6.

They’ll be on duty daily from 10:30 am to 7:30 p.m. until mid-August and from mid-August to Labour Day from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Bluffers Park Beach
Kew-Balmy Beach
Woodbine Beach
Cherry Beach
Ward's Island Beach
Centre Island Beach
Gibraltar Point Beach
Hanlan's Point Beach
Sunnyside Beach
Marie Curtis Park East Beach

Registration for summer activities is coming up.

Registration for Older Adult (60+) activities opens June 1 at 10 a.m.

Etobicoke York and Toronto East York, June 2 at 7 a.m.

Scarborough and North York, June 3 at 7 a.m.

Early registration for summer recreation activities has begun at participating free centres.

toronto.ca/EarlyReg

Elmbank Community Centre is one of 35 free centres located across Toronto offering a variety of free programs for kids and adults.

If you live in the neighbourhood you may be able to register for activities before the general registration date.

Registration for summer activities opens next week.

Registration for Older Adult (60+) activities opens June 1 at 10 a.m.
Etobicoke York and Toronto East York, June 2 at 7 a.m.
Scarborough and North York, June 3 at 7 a.m.

Early registration for summer recreation activities has begun at participating free centres.

toronto.ca/EarlyReg

Don Montgomery Community Recreation Centre is one of 35 free centres located across Toronto offering a variety of free programs for kids and adults.

If you live in the neighbourhood you may be able to register for activities before the general registration date.

The 2026 Urban Forestry Community Grants are now open for applications until Thursday, August 13.

Eligible not-for-profit organizations, charities and institutions can apply to receive grant funding ranging from $5,000 to $100,000 to support tree planting and stewardship projects on private land within Toronto.

Visit our website for eligibility guidelines, information on how to apply, and to register for a virtual information session on Wednesday, June 3 between 12 –1 p.m.

toronto.ca/treegrants

Image Description: A yellow skid-steer loader is shown picking up a balled and burlapped White Pine (Pinus strobus) tree at a planting site. In the foreground, small newly planted trees and shrubs are shown with mulch mats in bare soil

Attend a community workshop to help shape the design of the new park coming to 2901 Bayview Ave!

Registration link: toronto.ca/2901BayviewPark

A new park is coming to the northeast corner of the Bayview Village Shopping Centre as part of its mixed‑use redevelopment. Help shape the design of the new park and ensure it reflects the needs of the Bayview Village neighbourhood.

Join a community workshop on June 8th from 6:30-8:30 pm at Ethennonnhawahstihnen' Community Recreation Centre.

A bit of digging and a lot of heart results in a transformed park.

Rowntree Mills Park is located at 155 Rowntree Mill Road along the banks of the Humber River between Finch Avenue West and Steeles Avenue West.

Nestled in the Humber Watershed, this 92-hectare park is a mix of deciduous and coniferous forest, with 12% of the area occupied by wetlands - the Rowntree Mill Swamp is considered an Environmentally Significant Area (ESA).

The park is part of the corridor link between the Ontario lakeshore and the upper East Humber.

Habitat connectivity along riparian corridors is extremely important for first-year migrant songbirds. As the quality of the habitat patch improves, so will the representation of flora and fauna species within that habitat.

Maintenance and enhancement of these corridors' connectivity through natural cover will improve the opportunities for dispersal of breeding and migrating fauna.

Last fall, this area in Rowntree Mills Park was planted as part of a volunteer event for newcomers to Canada as a welcome and introduction to Toronto’s Urban Forest. Participants planted native species like Red Maple (Acer rubrum), Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis), and Spicebush (Lindera benzoin), as well as wildflowers like Joe-pye Weed (Eupatorium maculatum) and Flat-topped White Aster (Doellingeria umbellata).

Their contributions will increase local biodiversity and provide valuable wildlife habitat. Thanks to everyone’s efforts, nearly 500 native trees, shrubs and wildflowers were planted.

As with any natural area and especially in ESAs, remember to treat them with respect by keeping pets on a leash or harness and staying on trail to avoid disturbing the plants and animals that call this place home.

Descriptive Transcript: City of Toronto staff, Lorraine, is speaking to the camera while standing beneath park trees at Rowntree Mills Park. The planting area is shown as staff prepare for the tree planting event by placing plants, unloading equipment, and providing a planting demonstration to volunteers. The video ends with a shot of the planting area full of newly planted native trees and shrubs, each surrounded by a ring of mulch.

🚨🐦 Heads up! It’s migration season on the Toronto waterfront, meaning the city is temporarily home to millions of birds passing through on their journey to northern breeding grounds! ️🍃

Here are a few helpful tips to help keep them safe as they navigate our city.

#FeatherFriday
#TommyThompsonPark
#TTPBRS

Early registration for summer recreation activities at participating free community recreation centres will begin on Tuesday, May 26 at 7 a.m.

toronto.ca/EarlyReg

Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centreis one of 35 free community recreation centres located across Toronto offering a variety of free programs for kids and adults.

If you live in the neighbourhood you may be able to register for activities before the general registration date.

Take a short online survey to help improve Buttonwood Park!

Survey link: toronto.ca/ButtonwoodPark

A better Buttonwood Park is coming and we want to hear from you! Proposed improvements include a shade structure, plantings, seating and pathway enhancements.

Review the design options and provide feedback to help shape these park improvements by June 3, 2026.