pfnr park classification system

Parks Plan: Guiding Principles

http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/pe/bgrd/backgroundfile-26623.pdf

Parks Plan: Draft Parks Classification System
Park Types Description
Typical
Size
Examples
DESTINATION
Parks with unique or
exceptional features,
specialized recreation
amenities and/or major
events which are
promoted to tourists
from outside Toronto.
Varies,
depending
on key
features and
amenities;
typically
over 15
hectares.
Toronto Island, High Park (multiuse); Rouge Park (natural
heritage); Edwards Gardens /
Toronto Botanical Garden,
Toronto Music Garden
(horticulture); Centennial Park
(sports and special events)
CITYWIDE
Parks with unique or
exceptional features,
specialized recreation
amenities and/or major
events which draw users
from across the city.
Varies,
depending
on key
features and
amenities;
typically
over 15
hectares.
Earl Bales Park, East Point Park,
Western Waterfront Park System,
Sunnybrook Park, Bluffer's Park,
Eglinton Flats
DISTRICT
Larger parks with a
wider range of features
and recreation amenities
(primarily sportsoriented) which draw
users from beyond the
local community.
Typically 5 -
15 hectares.
Amesbury Park, Riverdale Park
East, L'Amoreaux Park South, Jack
Goodlad, Stan Wadlow Park ,
Eglinton Park, Memorial Park
COMMUNITY
Large neighbourhoodtype parks but with a
wider range of features
and recreation amenities
(including active uses not
typical of a
Neighbourhood Park)
which draw users from
the local community.
Typically 3 –
5 hectares.
Cummer Park, Stephen Leacock
Park, Monarch Park, Don Russell
Memorial Park , Dufferin Grove
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Parks Plan: Draft Parks Classification System
Park Types Description
Typical
Size
Examples
NEIGHBOURHOOD
Small parks offering a
range of features and
recreation amenities
oriented to local users.
Typically 0.5
- 5 hectares.
Bickford Park, Burrows Hall Park,
Roding Park , Cloverdale Park
PARKETTE
Very small parks with
limited amenities and
user draw; includes
traffic islands,
boulevards and road
allowances maintained
by Parks, Forestry &
Recreation.
Typically
under 0.5
hectares.
Twenty-eighth Street Park, Frank
Stollery Parkette, Wilson Heights
Parkette, Raleigh Parkette
GREENWAY
Linear parkland that
focuses on trail use
(recreation and
transportation) with
associated amenities to
support that use.
Typically in utility
corridors, road rights-ofway, lost creeks.
Typically 10
to 30 m
width,
length
varies.
CP PS Lead rail -trail, Belt Line
Trail, CN Leaside rail-trail, Lower
Don Trail, Lake Shore Blvd. east
north side R.O.W