Plan your Park(ing) Day
Map out sites of most interest or those closest to you and pay a visit! We’re adding more activation sites each day so check back soon!
Park(ing) Day Toronto thanks its generous partner organizations for supporting the 2025 Park(ing) Day Grant Program.
Park(ing) Day Toronto 2025 Activation Locations
TORONTO
THIS STREET IS YOURS!
Front Street East (East of Church Street, south side of Berczy Park)
Saturday, September 20, 9AM - 12PM
SVN Architects + Planners @svn-ap
Streets are the largest public spaces in our city — shaping how we live, connect, and build community. On Saturday, September 20 from 9 AM–12 PM, SvN Architects + Planners will join the Old Town Toronto BIA at Berczy Park on the north side of Front Street to spark conversations about the future of our neighbourhood. With transit expansion, redevelopment, and road reconstruction set to transform more than 30% of our street network in the next five years, this is the moment to imagine people-focused, complete streets. Join us, share your ideas, and help shape a stronger, more connected Old Town.
PARK(ING) ON PRUST
60 Prust Avenue, Toronto
Sunday, September 21, 10AM-2PM
Help us transform the parking spot in front of 60 Prust Ave into a neighborhood gathering spot! We'll have tea and snacks, a kids craft table, and free tarot readings. We'll also host an open mic (without a mic) from 12-1pm, so bring your poems, music, interpretive dance routine, or other talents :).
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE VILLAGE
499 Church Street, Toronto (back-up location at 508 Church St)
Saturday September 20th, 10AM - 10PM
Simon Liao + Tristan Coolman @queer.arrival
“If you were to write a book about your life, what would the title be?”
Once Upon A TIme in the Village will transform a parking spot in the Church-Wellesley Village into a pop-up outdoor library and community story sharing hub.
You are invited to join us, and reinvent your story: grab a blank book, writing down the title of your memoir, a summary of an alter ego, or a fictional tale. You can decorate and personalize the books to reflect your journeys. When finished, you may leave the books on the shelves for others to borrow, or sit nearby to browse through others’ creations.
Let's turn the Village into a living archive of memories and imagination!
TINY HOUS(ING)
142 Westmount Avenue, Toronto
Saturday September 20th, 10am - 3pm
DUBBELDAM Architecture + Design @dubbeldamarch
Come visit the tiny house constructed in one day to fit a street parking spot in front of Dubbeldam’s offices. Join in for our 3rd annual HIT fitness class in the transformed park(ing) spaces at 12:30pm hosted by local circuit training gym @Andwellfitness. Interactive workshop where participants can share what they would do with a parking space if not used for a car. Activities for kids. Take a break and enjoy fresh coffee and treats at Lion Coffee.
FROM PARKING TO POLLINATORS!
275 Spadina Road, Toronto
Saturday, September 20, 10am – 5pm
Gow Hastings Architects @gowhastings
Join us as we transform a curbside spot into a vibrant mini-habitat featuring native plants, pollinator education, and a place to sit and connect.
With a commitment to leaving no waste behind, the pop-up parklet repurposes pallets to create inviting seating and a sense of place. Discover how urban spaces can support biodiversity, spark conversations, and foster a stronger sense of community. In partnership with Gleam+Sip, we're turning pavement into possibility.
Whether local, tourist, or just curious, swing by to relax, learn, and meet a neighbour. Let's reimagine what our cities can be- welcoming, wild, and wonderfully alive.
TMU DAS ACTIVATION
55 Gould Street, Parking Spot
Friday, September 19 - Sunday, September 21
Toronto Metropolitan University Department of Architectural Science (DAS) @dastorontomet
In this project, we used materials from previous design-build projects completed by TMU DAS undergraduate students. Walking through TMU’s downtown campus, students are fixed on their destinations, rarely finding a moment to pause. We wanted to provide a space where students can slow down and enjoy being surrounded by the city.
A collection of red pipes acts as a spatial threshold rather than a “wall” separating the project from the street. Organized in an organic mountainous shape, the interior is visible from outside but also protected by a dense cloud of floating connecting pieces. The thin connectors stabilize the structure but seem to disappear and reappear as people walk past them. Enlarged connecting pieces form a collection of individual seats that appear to emerge from the wall. Visitors can sit and relax in groups or on their own.
At night, the installation lights up, signaling a space where people can sit and slow down to take a picture or relax with their friends. The installation is never closed, just like the city.
FLAT PACKED
130 Cumberland Ave, Toronto (curb lane)
Sunday, September 21, 10am - 4pm
Arup @arupamericas
This PARK(ing) Day, Arup is inviting Yorkville passersby to pause, sit, and play with design. “Flat-packed” is a micro-installation within a micro-installation: a single parking spot filled with crowd-sourced cardboard furniture, giving people a temporary place to gather. Cardboard, one of the city’s most familiar street materials, becomes the foundation for both sitting together and sparking creativity. At its center, you’ll find miniature flat-pack kits of scale models of the site for anyone to assemble and take home. Architects often use models to imagine how people, objects, and buildings interact. Here, you can try it yourself: building small while thinking big!
Simple, low-stakes, and open to all, the installation reflects Arup’s commitment to connecting people and communities and shows how even the most ordinary materials can create moments of imagination and joy.
SCARBOROUGH
LEMONADE LANE
2472 Kingston Rd, Toronto (laneway off street)
Friday, September 19th, 10AM - 4PM
“Lemonade Lane” is a simple activation of a private laneway off Kingston Road that invites passers-by in the neighbourhood to share their thoughts on their community, see what others have said, take a seat, and enjoy some free lemonade and snacks. The goal is to create an unexpected space for fun and friendliness along Kingston Road, and have passersby recognize how even a small laneway typically only seen as a functional connection point, can be easily transformed into a space for rest, fun, and socializing.
MISSISSAUGA
Apple Cider Workshop
355 Princess Royal Drive, Mississauga
Sunday September 21, 12pm-4pm
Global Sustainable Foods @globalsustainablefoods
For Park(ing) Day 2025, GSF is hosting a workshop where participants learn how to make their own apple cider vinegar and apple scented potpourri. The goal is to teach participants easy ways they can incorporate sustainable practices in their day to day life. We will leverage our connections with local farmers and community organizations to source necessary materials, promoting GSF’s mission of advancing food security and sustainability.