April 2025 News

It's springtime! And we have some questions for you, plus two reminders from last month for events that are coming up very soon:

  • Canary District Neighbourhood Survey: How friendly are we? How safe? How strong a community? Let's find out.
  • Spring Cleaning in Canary District: Join a happy gang of neighbours to Clean Toronto Together.
  • Guided Walk in Corktown Common: Come on out and enjoy the buds and shoots. (No, not that kind.)

Canary District Neighbourhood Survey

How strong is Canary District? How safe? How friendly?

Let's find out...

We all know Canary District is much more than a bunch of buildings and a park: it's us. The people. Our attitudes, our relationships, and especially how we interact with one another.

Inspired by the work of Strong Towns and by neighbourhood networking theory, CDNA has developed a neighbourhood survey designed to provide some kind of measurement of how strong we are as a neighbourhood. 

Take the survey now!

 


Clean Canary Together

Join neighbourhoods across the city to Clean Toronto Together

Sat April 26, 2025 from 10am to 12 noon

Our Streetscape Committee is off and running! Show them some love and sign up for this fun volunteer event they're organizing. Help make our springtime neighbourhood clean and beautiful. We provide gloves, bags, and trash grabbers and assign you one of our lovely streets.

Can't make Saturday? Reply to this email and we will set you up with a private shift on another day!


Spring Walk in Corktown Common

Come learn about Toronto’s best park

Sun April 27, 2025 from 10am to 11am

Click here to RSVP

Did you know that our Corktown Common is much, much more than "just" a park? It's also flood protection, a haven for native plants and pollinators, and a site with a rich industrial history. It boasts a series of interconnected outdoor environments that humans, animals, birds and insects can enjoy.

It's also an all-season experience, with new things to see and discover at every time of the year. Come see Corktown Common transformed by winter on an informal walking tour of this beautiful park.

  • FREE
  • Approximately 1 hour
  • Mostly paved paths
  • Some slopes

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Latest posts

Where did the summer go? We're squeezing everything we can out of the last few weeks of the season. 

  • Discover Canary: Stroll the Promenade this Saturday for some sweet treats and unique experiences
  • The Murals at Underpass Park: Our wabi-sabi artworks will be getting a facelift in the fall
  • A Secret Garden in the Sky: More about the magical spot that was featured in a recent reel
  • Developments on our Borders: A new on-line source of analysis and updates for developments near us
  • Canary District Yard Sale: It's baaaack! Save the date for September 26, and apply for a table now
  • Clean Canary Together: What else do we do twice a year? Pick up garbage, that's what. And it's fun!
  • All Candidates Debate: On September 28 we're bringing candidates to the YMCA to talk about our issues

It’s midsummer, and Canary District gardens are alive with pollinators! Here are some things to enjoy — and one deadline you won't want to miss. Let's start with the deadline...

  • Billy Bishop March & Rally: Public consultation closes July 24, and there is a rally July 26 — there is still time to make your voice heard.
  • A Path for Pollinators: Creating a connected web of pollinator-friendly plantings right across our neighbourhood.
  • Two Programs. One Ask. Two new programs supporting healthy aging are looking for volunteers.
  • Lassonde Art Trail West Opens: Saturday, July 25 a new chunk of the artwork trail opens in Biidaasige Park.
  • Save the Date • August 22: Woo hoo! We've set a date for this year's Discover Canary event!
  • Outdoor Movies: Toronto Outdoor Picture Show runs until August 6.
  • Volunteer Shout-Out: Three fine people making a difference in Canary District.

Summer's really heating up, and there are tons of ways to enjoy our neighbourhood over the next few weeks.

  • Canary Scooper Heroes are here to save the day! Or save your dignity...
  • Billy Bishop Airport Expansion - The federal government is asking our opinion on increasing downtown airport traffic by a factor of five — have your say in the matter
  • Indigenous Arts Festival: Right next door in Biidaasige Park on June 20
  • Metrolinx Don Yard Open House: Representatives of Metrolinx will be meeting the public at an Open House on June 25
  • Toronto Fringe Festival is happening next door in the Distillery District June 30–July 12
  • Two Outdoor Film Festivals: In addition to TOPS in Corktown Common we have DiverCity right next door in Distillery
  • Downtown East: An initiative designed to streamline certain 311 requests

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