Here's what's coming up this month:
Come on out for a stroll on Saturday afternoon June 28, Canada Day weekend 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
Our beloved local businesses are putting on our first (of many we hope) "Taste of Canary" event! Each offer varies but you're sure to get freebies, discounts, coupons, and cool surprises — all to celebrate our love of Canada 🇨🇦 and of our community.
Participating businesses (so far) include:
....and more to come ❤️🤍❤️🤍❤️
Are you on Facebook? Please share this event with neighbours
If you're a business who wants to participate, email [email protected]
Are you an older adult, interested in a FREE exercise class just for you and other folks your age? We've got you!
Beginning the week of July 21: Free exercise classes for seniors at a location within the Distillery / Canary District neighbourhood
Classes involve a gentle, full-body routine combining aerobic movement, stretching, strength training, balance. Each class has seated and standing segments — and plenty of fun. Participants use small weights and therapy bands.
Space will be limited, so please sign up now to ensure your spot! Sign up by filling out this form here or by emailing [email protected].
Food brings people together. So does growing it.
Canary District volunteers have been growing food in the neighbourhood for a few years now, and they'd like to encourage you to join the fun. They've gone public with their methods!
What might your building do? Click here to learn more.
If you live north of Mill Street*, there's still time to vote on (or submit) ideas for improving our neighbourhood! The Toronto Centre Projects program, initiated by our Councillor Chris Moise, is still accepting ideas for our area up until June 30.
Deadline is June 30, so less than 2 weeks left to submit. Get in there and show the City we care!
*Note to folks living south of Mill Street (eg Maple House): Councillor Moise is not, strictly speaking, your Councillor, however your ideas are important to us! Email them to [email protected] and we'll make sure they get submitted by a neighbour on the "right" side of Mill.
In-person open house about upcoming Ontario Line construction in the Don Yard
This could be a great time to find out more about their plans re construction as well as getting a pedestrian/cycling bridge across the Don River between Canary District and the future transit station.
About the bridge: this was in the original plans for the project, but has disappeared from Metrolinx's materials. The first time we asked about it they suggested we just walk up to Queen Street and take that bridge. Not acceptable. Further responses (after we got the Councillor and our MPP involved) are vaguely reassuring, but we can't help but notice the bridge is still absent from renderings, including the one above, where we've replaced its absence with Ashton Kutcher.
We've been lobbying for clarity on this issue ever since. Can't help but feel having community members come and ask about these things would be a good thing, yes?
Click here for details or, if you'd like to go direct to the registration page, click here.
Our Corktown Common is much, much more than "just" a park. Come along on our quarterly walk and learn about flood protection, native plants and pollinators, and our rich industrial history while viewing the summer's bumper crop of trees, bushes, and blossoms.
FREE
Approximately 1 hour
Mostly paved paths
Some slopes
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September is always a crazy month as everyone gets busy after summer vacation.
Where did the summer go? We're squeezing everything we can out of the last few weeks of the season.
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...