Parks Department

Leamington residents consider its community, neighbourhood and waterfront parks to be amongst the municipality’s best assets.  Our parks and open space amenities allow residents to re-connect with their leisure pastimes....whether you prefer the quiet and natural beauty of the outdoors, biking, walking, strolling along our waterfront,.... or you prefer the active use of our numerous sport fields...or just a place for the family to “hangout”…Leamington’s park system offers something for everyone.

With a well trained staff compliment, the municipal Public Works Department (parks division) assumes the responsibility for providing safe, clean and presentable ground maintenance of its numerous sport fields, playgrounds, community and neighbourhood parks, waterfront and beach amenities, preservation of its urban forest situated in municipal parks and along municipal streets; and enhancement of its natural areas.

The parks division in conjunction with its community partners is responsible for the leadership in civic beautification – waterfront garden displays, floral hanging baskets, civic water fountain and beautification of the municipal offices property.  Additionally the parks division provides support for the multitude of special events and sport tournaments held yearly in the municipality.  The parks division provides corporate liaison from a parks perspective on long and short term planning for new park areas in subdivision agreements, green space enhancement, trail development, technical expertise to community organized projects and works towards developing partners to support, enhance and expand community based volunteer beautification initiatives.

In 2001 the municipality in conjunction with the community, completed a strategic plan for Culture, Recreation and Parks.  Public support for the development of leisure trails was identified through the plan as one of the primary objectives for future consideration by municipal council.  As a direct result of this objective the municipality acquired the abandoned CNR railway corridor for utility, recreation trail and conservation purposes.  The municipality continues to work on developing this new resource as a community recreation trail,… the first section from Robson Road to Seacliff was constructed in 2006, with Phase 2 from Seacliff to Oak Street and West on Oak Stree to Sherk in 2007.

For more information on your park system contact Cameron McKay, Manager of Operations.