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6 FAQs about Villiers Island
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We’re working with the City of Toronto and Create TO to update density and massing plans for Ookwemin Minising (formerly Villiers Island) to accommodate more housing, including affordable housing.
How to Move a 1920s Fire Hall
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Many post-industrial spaces have been revitalized, and that has meant some buildings along Commissioners are gone. But the Fire Hall at the corner of Commissioners and Cherry Street was preserved
Toronto’s New Island is Ready to Launch
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Toronto has a new island where the Don River meets Lake Ontario. Surrounded by a winding river and overlooking the downtown skyline, Toronto’s new island is a place like no other. Ookwemin Minising
Largest Park in a Generation Opens on City of Toronto’s New Island through Transformative Port Lands Flood Protection Project
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July 18, 2025, TORONTO – Today, we welcomed hundreds of visitors to Toronto’s newest island, Ookwemin Minising, to celebrate the opening of the island’s marquee attraction, Biidaasige Park. This event
Larger-Than-Life Wildlife Coming to the Port Lands
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As we get closer to completing the new mouth for the Don River in the Port Lands, work is underway on new parks that will line the river valley. Opening in Summer 2025, these will be places where
What’s changing in the Villiers Island Precinct Plan?
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We’re working with the City of Toronto and Create TO to update density and massing plans for Ookwemin Minising (formerly Villiers Island) to accommodate more housing, including affordable housing.
Kiss ‘n’ Sail is Back! (And other exciting developments on the water)
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Toronto’s Inner Harbour is the centrepiece of our waterfront. Here are some of the plans to make it easier to enjoy.
Front Street Promenade
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The new Front Street Promenade is the heart of the West Don Lands community.
Toronto’s Ookwemin Minising joins global network of cities taking on the climate crisis through community-forward design
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Waterfront Toronto’s Ookwemin Minising project joins an international network, Green and Thriving Neighbourhoods, through C40 Cities (C40), tackling the climate crisis through purposeful and people
Canada's Sugar Beach
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Canada’s Sugar Beach is a whimsical new park that transformed a surface parking lot in a former industrial area into Toronto’s second urban beach at the water’s edge.