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January 2025 News

Welcome to the first newsletter of 2025 from Canary District Neighbourhood Association. In this issue, we talk about:

  • Winter Walk in Corktown Common on Jan 11: wrap up and come on out
  • St. Lawrence REmarket, a periodic event taking place just to the west of us that we aspire to imitate here someday

Saturday January 11: Winter Walk in Corktown Common

Wrap Up and Come Outside to Learn About Toronto’s Best Park

Jan 11, 2025 at 10:00am – 11:00am EST

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

January 29-30:
St. Lawrence REmarket

The St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association (SLNA) is holding a pop-up community service to collect unwanted goods and prevent them from being sent to landfills

This is definitely something we would like to do here in Canary District, but until we can organize it, we encourage folks to go check out our neighbour's event over on The Esplanade.

What is REmarket?

The Remarket is a community event organized by our almost-next-door neighbourhood association to promote the REmarketing of usable post-consumer goods that can be REused, REpaired, and REcycled and to Rethink our purchasing decisions by taking Responsible actions in our consumption of material goods.

Click here to learn more

Want to help? Want to know more?

Glad you asked. Please explore the rest of the website. If you use Facebook, join our private neighbourhood group. And if you'd like to volunteer, head over here, and let us know which one of our projects fires you up! 

Tell us what you care about

Here are some of the projects and issues we are following. Click on the links to read more, and if you'd like to get involved, write us!

In solidarity,

Canary District Neighbourhood Association

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  • 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.
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  • Metrolinx Open House: Getting the developer to clean up the Foundry (a bit).
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September 2025 News

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

  • Yard Sale Volunteers Needed: It's here! Our neighbourhood yard sale happens next Sunday. Can you help?
  • Science in the Park: Take the kids to Corktown Common this Saturday between 11-3pm for some science-y fun.
  • Clean Canary Together: Time for our twice-yearly neighbourhood cleanup.
  • Making the Case for Modern Urbanism — That's Us! The Bridge featured our neighbourhood in an article this month.
  • Biidaasige Park, Corktown Common’s (new) big sister: If you haven't visited this gorgeous new park yet, get going!
  • Do The Right Thing: Getting the developer to clean up the Foundry (a bit).
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