Rouge National Park
The David Suzuki Foundation is keen to help establish Canada's first urban National Park in the Rouge River watershed. Despite being in the heart of the Greater Toronto Area — and within 100 kilometres of 20 per cent of Canada's population — the Rouge is a surprisingly intact chunk of forests, fields, and waterways with a rich ecological, cultural and agricultural heritage. Support NowThe Rouge is now poised to become the urban jewel of the National Parks system and will be one of the largest urban parks in the world, 18 times bigger than New York's Central Park. Making the Rouge a National Park will permanently protect this vital green space and provide a much-needed opportunity for millions of city dwellers, including diverse populations of new Canadians, to get into nearby nature.
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Camp Suzuki in the Rouge
Camp Suzuki in the Rouge is an innovative public engagement program that celebrates the Rouge River watershed — a wilderness gem in the heart of the Greater Toronto Area where... Read more »
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Establishing Rouge National Park
The David Suzuki Foundation is working to establish Canada's first urb... Read more »
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A Map of the (Future) Rouge National Park
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Ontario could host first urban national park
Canadians are bound to wilderness through culture and history. But in our increasingly urban lives, nature often feels distant, and Canada's iconic national parks seem especially remote. The Foundation is working to change this. As the first major project based in our new Toronto office, we are reconnecting residents of... Read more »
