2026 year in review – the Bathurst Quay Neighbourhood Association. We are only half way through 2026 but the BQNA has been busy working to help improve the quality of individual and community life in the Bathurst Quay neighbourhood.

BQNA’s 2026 AGM features an evidence based/knowledge sharing panel providing facts and answering questions about the impact of a jet airport on our air and water quality and the value of protecting our access to nature and parkland.

The Ontario government’s Bill 110 allows the Province to expropriate Little Norway Park and remove the city’s voice from major decisions affecting it. The Bill also removes the City of Toronto from the Tripartite Agreement that has shaped the relationship between the airport, the waterfront, the City of Toronto and surrounding communities for decades.

There’s growing concern about a new category of unregulated airborne pollutants, so tiny they can pass through the lungs and into the bloodstream. For The National, CBC’s Ashley Fraser explains ultrafine particles (UFPs) and why scientists say they have the potential to cause major health problems.

Jets operating at at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport next to Canada’s largest downtown core and in our busy waterfront magnifies safety concerns.

The Toronto Port Authority has disbanded the Community Liaison Committee (CLC) which played a vital role in community engagement since its formation in 2010. We were given no reason why this decision was taken and we have written to the Vice President asking for the CLC to be reinstated.

2025 year in review – the Bathurst Quay Neighbourhood. Issues such as encampment prevention, Air Quality, the fire at Windward Co-op, launching a National Petition to regulate ultrafine particles and Runway End Safety Areas at the Toronto Island Airport.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

"A Breath of Air" is an interactive community art event celebrating the Bathurst Quay Neighbourhood Association (BQNA) 35 years of community

Ports Toronto continues to oppose Air Quality Study conclusions that airport is main source of ultrafine particle air pollution in the area.

Bathurst Quay Neighbourhood Association 2024 AGM Report.

PortsToronto is hosting a public meeting focussing on the environmental assessment of their three RESA options.

The study found that when aircraft take off and land, high levels of UFPs occur particularly during southerly winds in the summer months.

Public consultation for the island airport runway extension this Tuesday, September 24 in person at the Enercare Centre, Exhibition Place.

Public consultation meetings about the need for safety zones as both ends of the Billy Bishop City Airport runway.

New data reveals that concentrations of airborne ultrafine particles are higher across the BQN than they would be without the airport.