Help Keep Tommy Thompson Park Wild

Tommy Thompson Park is one of Toronto’s best places to experience nature and see wildlife. Let’s make sure it stays that way.

The City of Toronto and Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) are developing a Visitor Experience Plan (VEP) for Tommy Thompson Park. The plan is intended to manage growing visitor numbers, improve the visitor experience, reduce conflicts and protect the park’s natural habitats.

As Toronto’s nature community, we have an opportunity to help shape the future of this unique urban wilderness.

Let’s keep Tommy Thompson Park:

  • Car-free and pet-free
  • Focused on protecting wildlife and habitat
  • An urban wilderness—not a groomed urban park

As visitor numbers grow, it is important that improvements to the park do not come at the expense of the wildlife and natural habitats that make Tommy Thompson special.

Take Action

1. Complete the Survey

Share your views on the Draft Visitor Experience Plan.
Survey deadline: October 4, 2026

2. Attend the Public Meeting

Learn more about the plan and share your thoughts directly with the project team.

Tuesday, September 29, 2026
6:30–8:30 p.m.
Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre
870 Queen Street East
Fully accessible

Learn More

Tommy Thompson Park Visitor Experience Plan
Learn more about the plan and proposed changes to the park.

Friends of the Spit Newsletter — June 2026
Read the latest perspective and updates from Friends of the Spit.

Let’s speak up for Tommy Thompson Park and its wildlife.

-Pete Smith

Toronto Field Naturalists wishes to acknowledge this Land through which we walk. For thousands of years, the Land has been shared by the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee, and the Anishinaabe. Toronto is situated on the Land within the Toronto Purchase, Treaty 13, the traditional and treaty Lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. This territory is also part of the Dish with One Spoon Wampum, a covenant agreement between Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Wendat peoples and allied nations to peaceably share the land and all its resources. Today, the Land is home to peoples of numerous nations. We are all grateful to have the opportunity to continue to care for and share the beauty of this Land.