Lorraine residents and park users are being invited to help shape the future of one of the city’s principal gathering and recreation spaces.
The City has launched a public survey on the future development of Lorraine Park, asking participants to describe how they currently use the site, what they value most and what changes or additions they would like to see in the years ahead. Responses will be accepted until October 25.
Rather than beginning with a predetermined redevelopment plan, the consultation is intended to give the municipality a better understanding of residents’ habits, expectations and priorities. The City says its objective is to preserve the qualities that already make the park important to the community while examining ways to improve it for future generations.
The questions are deliberately broad: How do people visit and use the park? Which features do they particularly appreciate? What would make the site more welcoming, useful or enjoyable?
Those answers could help the municipality identify how recreational habits are changing and whether the park’s existing combination of sports, family activities, outdoor spaces and community gathering areas continues to meet local needs.
Lorraine Park already serves residents throughout the year. Its current facilities include four tennis courts and four illuminated pickleball courts, along with a splash pad that operates during the warmer months.
During winter, the park normally offers a boarded hockey rink, an ice loop and a smaller family hockey rink intended for children aged 10 and under, depending on weather conditions. Approximately two kilometres of cleared walking trails also provide space for winter exercise.
The park is also home to the Place des Aînés, an intergenerational area inaugurated in 2024. That project added rocking benches, a sun shelter, renewed pétanque courts, pickleball facilities, a ping-pong table and La Rencontre, a granite sculpture and bench created by Montreal artist Jacques Bénard.
Its role extends beyond organized sports. Lorraine Park regularly hosts family activities, children’s workshops, outdoor performances and larger community events, making it both a recreational site and a meeting place.
The new survey gives residents an opportunity to consider how those different uses can coexist as the community and its recreational preferences evolve. The City is seeking ideas not only from frequent users but also from people who may visit only occasionally—or who believe different facilities or programming would encourage them to use the park more often.
The consultation does not promise that every suggestion will become part of a future project. It does, however, provide the City with direct information from the people most affected by decisions concerning the park.
Residents have until October 25 to complete the survey through the City of Lorraine’s website. The municipality is encouraging participants to take a few minutes to explain both what should be protected and what they believe could make Lorraine Park even better.
