Item - 2025.EC22.2
Tracking Status
- This item was considered by Economic and Community Development Committee on July 9, 2025 and was adopted without amendment.
- See also MM17.17
EC22.2 - Yonge Street Tragedy Memorial Park Project Plan in Olive Square Park
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Ward:
- 18 - Willowdale
Committee Decision
The Economic and Community Development Committee:
1. Received the report (June 24, 2025) from the Interim General Manager, Parks and Recreation, for information.
Origin
Summary
At its meeting on April 24, 2025, City Council directed the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, in consultation with the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to develop a plan to redesign Olive Square Park as a permanent memorial to honour and remember the victims of the tragedy that took place on Yonge Street on April 23, 2018.
The report responds to City Council's direction to recommend a plan to redesign Olive Square Park as a permanent memorial through a design competition including further engagement. Engagement with survivors, affected family members with connections to the tragedy, and the Memorial Steering Committee will be carried out beginning in Fall 2025 which will inform a detailed work plan, scope, and design brief for a design competition proposed to launch in April 2026.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-256701.pdf