Microparks and microsquares

Last updated March 14, 2025
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This project aims to create small green parks and squares in the city’s neighborhoods. It is one of the winning projects of the second edition of the city’s participatory budget.

Description

These new places for leisure and socialization take up underutilized parts of streets our public property. Their design reflects the character of their neighborhoods and is environmentally friendly.

This project includes 10 boroughs and has a total budget of $9.5 M.

Benefits

  • Provide residents with green areas where they can socialize locally.
  • Enable the population to reclaim public areas that had been mineralized.
  • Contribute to creating a sense of belonging to neighborhoods and to reduce residents’ isolation.

Advancement

Discover the details of the project for every borough:

Preliminary analysis

● Location: Intersection of Rue Prieur and Rue Parthenais
● Budget: $450,000
● Starting date: Summer 2025
● Delivery date: Fall 2025

Planning in progress

● Location: Parc Spalding
● Budget: $400,000
● Starting date: 2025
● Delivery date: 2025

Planning in progress

  • Location: sField near école Bedford, intersection Bedford and Goyer 
  • Budget: $600,000
  • Starting date: 2025
  • Delivery date: T2025

Planning in progress

  • Location:
    • Intersection of Rue Newman and Boulevard Léger
    • Intersection of Rue Centrale and of 2e Avenue
  • Budget: $2.4 M
  • Starting date: Summer 2025
  • Delivery date: 2025

Planning in progress

  • Location: Parc Denise-Morelle
  • Budget: $612,000
  • Starting date: Spring 2025
  • Delivery date: Fall 2026

Partially completed

  • Location: Intersection of Rue Baldwin and Rue Tiffin
  • Budget: $300,000
  • Starting date: Spring 2024
  • Delivery date: 2025

Planning in progress

  • Location: Place Marcelle-Ferron
  • Budget: $750,000
  • Starting date: Spring 2025
  • Delivery date: Fall 2025

Preliminary analysis

  • Location: Parc Olympia
  • Budget: $1.5 M
  • Starting date: Fall 2025
  • Delivery date:Spring or summer 2026

Planning in progress

  • Location:
    • Parc du Souvenir
    • Parc West-Vancouver
    • Parc Hadley
  • Budget: $1.85 M
  • Starting date: Fall 2025
  • Delivery date: Between the fall of 2025 and the fall of 2026

Planning in progress

  • Location:
    • Intersection of Avenue De Lorimier and Rue Falardeau
    • Improvement of Promenade des saveurs Rue Dufresne
    • Other locations are currently being considered in the Sainte-Marie and Saint-Jacques districts
  • Budget: $675,000
  • Starting date: Spring 2025
  • Delivery date: Spring and summer 2025