Stadium Road

Fall view tree-lines street with yellow leaves

The Music Garden

Large flower pots with Fall flowers and cabbages.

BQNA neighbourhood

Bathurst Quay Neighbourhood looking east to the CN Tower

Stadium Road

Fall view tree-lines street with yellow leaves

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BATHURST QUAY NEIGHBOURHOOD ASSOCIATION

Since 1990 the BQNA’s mandate has been to help improve the quality of individual and community life in the Bathurst Quay neighbourhood. If you live in the community from Coronation Park in the west to Spadina Avenue in the east and from the south side of Lake Shore Boulevard to Lake Ontario you are a member of the BQNA! The BQNA has an elected board made up of representatives from the 14 eligible buildings in the Bathurst Quay neighbourhood.

Our role is to act as liaisons for the community at the local, federal and provincial level to governments, business and community groups.

Please sign Canada's first petition to Regulate Ultrafine Particle Air Pollution

BQNA NEWS, EVENTS AND UPDATES

The Bathurst Quay neighbourhood in the 80's. Photo: The Toronto Archives

Building Community – the 2025 BQNA Annual General Meeting

Our community is a unique mix of cooperatives, social housing and condos with wonderful local amenities. The history of how this all came about provides good lessons for the future of housing policy and community building.

BQNA

Oct 292 min read

The screened in grotto at Little Norway park

Encampment prevention update in Little Norway Park grotto

The encampment underneath the grotto has been fully removed, and the grotto itself is now officially closed, thanks in large part to the steadfast stream of emails and phone calls from the community and the fast action by our Parks department.

BQNA

Oct 242 min read

Toronto Island Park master plan improvements

Toronto Island Park – from master plan to guiding the implementation

The Toronto Island Plan includes recommendations to guide improvements over the next 25 years. These recommendations are organized under six goals that work together to address the complexity and opportunities for Toronto Island Park.

BQNA

Oct 222 min read

Windward Co-op fire – please help Thelma, Omari & Naya start over

Windward Co-op fire – please help Thelma, Omari and Naya start over

Thelma, Omari, and Naya recently lost their home in a fire and are now facing the tough task of starting over. Any donation you can make will really help them.

BQNA

Sep 21 min read

Protect our health and clean air: regulate Ultrafine Particles (UFPs)

Air Pollution is recognized as a serious threat to health. But while Canada has set standards for certain types of air pollutants, a microscopic particle, a thousand times thinner than a strand of hair, remains unregulated and is playing havoc with our health. Let’s be the first country to regulate ultrafine particles – a serious air pollutant linked to damaging health effects.

BQNA

Jul 73 min read

BQNA Environmental Assessment feedback – Runway End Safety Areas (RESAs)

Why Ports Toronto needs to go back to the drawing table to meet Runway End Safety Area regulations for Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport.

BQNA

Jul 52 min read

Join Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik for a community movie night!

Join Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik for a free community movie night to watch The Wild Robot – Wednesday, July 23, at Bathurst Quay Common.

BQNA

Jul 21 min read

Send in your feedback to the PortsToronto draft Environmental Assessment - Runway End Safety Areas (RESAs)

Send in your feedback – Runway End Safety Areas (RESAs)

Your feedback is crucial on Ports Toronto’s draft Environmental Assessment of the Runway End Safety Areas (RESAs) at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport

BQNA

Jul 23 min read

From the PortsToronto draft Environmental Assessment - Figure 3-2: Ecological Land Classification

Runway End Safety Areas (RESAs) neighbourhood information meeting

Runway End Safety Areas (RESAs) neighbourhood information meeting to provide feedback on Ports Toronto’s draft Environmental Assessment of the Runway End Safety Areas (RESAs) at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport.

BQNA

Jun 172 min read

High visibility zebra crossing at Queens Quay West and Little Norway Crescent

New high visibility pedestrian zebra crossings on Queens Quay west

New high visibility pedestrian zebra crossings on Queens Quay west at Stadium Road and Little Norway Crescent

BQNA

Jun 161 min read

BQNA Neighbourhood events

Harbourfront Farmers Market! Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Join in the Bathurst Quay Drop-In Improv – they meet weekly at Arcadia Co-op.

The next BQNA board meeting will be held Wednesday, October 8 at 7 p.m. at the Waterfront Community Centre.

More information

About the BQNA

The BQNA board usually meets around the third Wednesday of each month (with a summer break in July and August). All members of the community are welcome to attend. As residents, you form the general membership of this association, which was incorporated in 1990. Check the event page for meeting details.

We are looking to add more building representatives and sub-committee members as a way to better represent areas of particular interest. Our current sub-committees include: Air Quality Testing in the Bathurst Quay Neighbourhood and feedback on the Canderel proposal for 545 Lakeshore Blvd West.

We also have BQNA board and general members as representatives on Ports Toronto’s Community Liaison Committee and Noise Committee and on the City’s Community Liaison Committee for the temporary respite centre.

Please sign Canada's first petition to Regulate Ultrafine Particle Air Pollution

Building Community – the 2025 BQNA Annual General Meeting

Encampment prevention update in Little Norway Park grotto

Toronto Island Park – from master plan to guiding the implementation

Windward Co-op fire – please help Thelma, Omari and Naya start over

Protect our health and clean air: regulate Ultrafine Particles (UFPs)

BQNA Environmental Assessment feedback – Runway End Safety Areas (RESAs)

Join Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik for a community movie night!

Send in your feedback – Runway End Safety Areas (RESAs)

Runway End Safety Areas (RESAs) neighbourhood information meeting

New high visibility pedestrian zebra crossings on Queens Quay west

BQNA Neighbourhood events

About the BQNA

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