Article by Park People

Between 2019 and 2024, the Canadian City Parks Report (CCPR) was released annually, highlighting trends, challenges, and opportunities across the park sector. Over these years, 46 municipalities participated, collectively representing 48% of Canada’s population. In 2025, Park People took a moment to reflect on past CCPRs and consider how our research can best support city parks and park professionals moving forward.

This new synthesis report brings together the major findings from those pivotal years. It offers a curated, thematically organized overview of key insights, with links to stories from across the years and comments on the trends we observed.

In 2026, Park People is evolving the CCPR. While we will maintain the current city data profiles, we’re moving from a story-based approach toward more targeted, action-oriented information that park practitioners can apply in their own work. We’ll start by working with Indigenous colleagues to understand and share approaches to municipal and organizational partnerships that support Indigenous-led urban land care.

We’re excited to share our latest publication: The Canadian City Parks Report: Findings and Impact 2019-2024

How to get involved?
If Indigenous-led or partnered land care initiatives are happening in your city that others could learn from—or if you work for a municipality and are interested in participating in future CCPRs—please contact Joy Sammy at jsammy@parkpeople.ca.