Over the past few years, I wrote a few articles looking at where things stand with Ontario’s trails. It started with a review of the rail trail gaps in June 2023; followed by a follow-up piece in June 2024 and revisiting Toronto’s 2012 Trails Plan in August 2025. I also made a case for a different kind of cycling campaign for Toronto in Spacing earlier this year. Let’s check out some of the recent trail progress.
With the Scarborough Waterfront Project having started construction last fall for the Brimley Road South Trail and the western segment to follow next year, this leaves the Eastern Beaches to Bluffers Park as the last major gap in the Waterfront Trail to fill in. The City of Toronto hosted a public consultation on Monday evening for the Scarborough Bluffs West Project which aims to fill that gap through an environmental assessment. Let’s dive in to see what’s in store.
Right now, large parts of the official Waterfront Trail in Scarborough from East Point Park to Silver Birch Beach next to the R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant require cyclists to go on-road. However, that may not be the case for too much longer. Last week, ground was officially broken for the Brimley Road South multi-use trail which is the first step in realizing the Scarborough Waterfront Project from Bluffer’s Park to East Point Park. Let’s look at what’s in store for Scarborough’s Waterfront.
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| Rendering of Scarborough Waterfront West Segment Trail (Via TRCA) |
