02/12/2025
Good News! Rouge National Urban Park, Parks Canada is expanding in size by 50%.
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The Pickering lands were expropriated 52 years ago for an airport that never materialized and many studies deemed redundant. 🚫✈️
The area is a mosaic of forests, wetlands, rural residences and Class 1 farmland that sits adjacent to RNUP and Ontario’s Greenbelt in north Pickering, east of Toronto.
And now, these lands are officially being transferred to Rouge National Urban Park—expanding it by 50%! This is a big win for nature, climate and for all the people who made it happen. 👏 👏 👏