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

2026 is off to a great start! Here are some reasons why:

  • 2025 Annual Report: We flex our 2025 accomplishments and welcome a new Board member
  • Lost Craft Brewery: Finally the beer is flowing in Canary District again!
  • The Urban Prairie Trail Project: An ambitious attempt to whack the invasive weeds right out of our prairie
  • PollinateTO Grant: Widening the Butterfly Corridor, one in-ground planter at a time
  • Development Committee: Keeping tabs on major development projects in and around Canary District

Slipping into your inbox just as the snow starts, here's your last newsletter of 2025:

  • Santa's in town: Once again Santa's visiting Canary District; here's where to find him
  • Fitness Classes for Seniors: Here's another chance to join these free, fun classes
  • Lawren Harris Square Update: Preliminary results of community feedback on Lawren Harris Square
  • Shelter from the Storm: A promise of transit shelters at Front and Bayview
  • Pop-up Engagement Results: You told us what you care about, and here it is

It’s Spooky Time!

There's suddenly a lot going on now that summer is (nearly) over. Here's what's coming up:

  • Halloween 2025: We're upping the game this year with a dog costume parade as well as trick or treating on the Promenade
  • Participatory Budgeting: Vote now to improve our public spaces!
  • Lawren Harris Square: Help us advise the City on improvements to this small, beautiful park.
  • PollinateTO Grants: October 21 deadline to apply for a grant to convert beds to native pollinator-friendly plants.
  • 1 Sumach Community Consultation: Have your say about the 50+ storey towers proposed for Sumach and Eastern!
  • Metrolinx Open House: Getting the developer to clean up the Foundry (a bit).
  • Cherry House move-ins: The first folks are moving in across the road at Cherry House.

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