Parkdale Activity-Recreation Centre

Parkdale Activity-Recreation Centre The simple act of walking through our doors is what makes a person a PARC member.

PARC works with members on individual issues of poverty, mental health, addictions, homelessness and food security. The simple act of walking through our doors is what makes a person a PARC member and choosing to give back, create and grow is how PARC members contribute and help build our community.

10/05/2026

Join THE GREEN LINE on Thursday, October 22 from 6-9 p.m. here at PARC for an interactive evening focused on Toronto’s next mayoral election.

Play their “Build Your Toronto” budget game, watch a moderated mayoral debate featuring questions from Toronto residents, and join Story Circles to share your experiences and hear directly from candidates.

The event is free and open to local residents who want to learn more about the election and what’s at stake for their communities.

Register for the event: https://thegreenline.to/events/toronto-election-event-2026/

PARC's October Activities Calendar is live.Join us October 22nd from 6pm-9pm for THE GREEN LINE's Mayoral Debate hosted ...
10/02/2026

PARC's October Activities Calendar is live.

Join us October 22nd from 6pm-9pm for THE GREEN LINE's Mayoral Debate hosted at PARC.

Drop-in hours:
Monday–Thursday: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Friday: 12:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday & holidays*: 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

*Holiday hours: Thanksgiving, Monday, October 12th

View our programs and activities calendar: https://parc.on.ca/parc-programs/activities-calendar/

10/01/2026

Today is International Music Day, and at PARC, music is often what brings members in. Once you're here, a meal, a nurse, a case worker, and a housing conversation are all a few steps away.

Every Friday afternoon, Parkdale's Got Talent turns our Drop-In into an open stage for singing, instruments, and dancing. For a lot of our community, a jam session is the easiest way through the door.

Got an instrument collecting dust? Our music programs welcome donated gear: [email protected]

For National Day for Truth and Reconciliation we are highlighting PARC's Indigenous Talking Circle with Grandmother Vivi...
09/30/2026

For National Day for Truth and Reconciliation we are highlighting PARC's Indigenous Talking Circle with Grandmother Vivian Recollet. Vivian was 30 years old when she walked into her first Indigenous Talking Circle. That night, the group set aside its planned teaching and held a ceremony for her instead. Today she leads PARC's monthly Indigenous Talking Circle, the first circle PARC has hosted in about 30 years.

The Indigenous Talking Circle meets the second Tuesday of each month at PARC, starting around 1:15 p.m. It's open to all Indigenous members of PARC and the community.

Read Vivian's story: https://parc.on.ca/indigenous-talking-circle-vivian-recollet/

Thank you to the Rotary Club of Parkdale-High Park-Humber! Rotary partners with PARC on bingo nights at Delta Bingo Down...
09/28/2026

Thank you to the Rotary Club of Parkdale-High Park-Humber!

Rotary partners with PARC on bingo nights at Delta Bingo Downsview. The funds raised help keep our programs running here in Parkdale.

Rotary has been serving Toronto's west end since 1987, with members volunteering monthly at Fort York Food Bank and supporting grassroots charities across the neighbourhood, including PARC!

Interested in getting involved? Guests are always welcome. You don't need prior experience to join

Email Berk at [email protected] for the link! 🛞

September is Recovery Awareness Month and we are sharing six principles from the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Ad...
09/25/2026

September is Recovery Awareness Month and we are sharing six principles from the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction’s ( ) recovery-oriented national framework.

These principles remind us of the importance of connection, wellbeing, and community needed for successful recovery. At PARC, we see every day that the path to recovery is different for everyone and it doesn't always follow a linear timeline. Our role is to meet people where they are, support their goals and create opportunities for people to rebuild their lives with dignity.

Hi Neighbour,This month, a member finds her way back to the Drop-in, neighbours gather at PARC for a housing town hall w...
09/24/2026

Hi Neighbour,

This month, a member finds her way back to the Drop-in, neighbours gather at PARC for a housing town hall with The Shift, and we remember a friend whose generosity still shapes Parkdale. With National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30, Grandmother Vivian Recollet shares what reconciliation can look like at organizations like PARC.

Thank you for reading, and for being part of this community with us.

https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Who-is-our-housing-actually-for-.html?soid=1121725472620&aid=oX7Kq89D-hE

09/24/2026

An excerpt from Kiss Me, You Mad Fool - A collection of writing from Parkdale Activity and Recreation Centre (1991)

To go back and make all these corrections from my yesterdays. The lies, the theft, the pretensions, the malicious actions.

The tears I caused my Mom are what I'd take away first. The woman whose life I know I played such a large role in ruining, I guess that would be next. Thinking now, I know I'm just not strong enough to lay it all out. Far too much of what I've done, I'm frankly too ashamed of to admit publicly.

Perhaps the greatest dream I could have would be that I did in fact learn from my errors. My wisdom would then be truly awesome.

Mary Ann hadn't been to PARC in about 15 years when she came back to the Drop-in this summer. On her first day, a Drop-i...
09/23/2026

Mary Ann hadn't been to PARC in about 15 years when she came back to the Drop-in this summer. On her first day, a Drop-in worker asked if she wanted to shoot hoops on the court behind the building. “It totally reeled me back into coming to PARC,” she says.

Now she's at the Drop-in most days for breakfast and lunch, sharpening her dominoes game with other members. She's also mapping out the next 10 years with PARC staff. Mary Ann wants to take classes at TMU, get first aid certified, and start a weight training routine. Our team is helping her turn those goals into action.

Read Mary Ann's full story: https://parc.on.ca/mary-ann-parkdale-drop-in/

Last Thursday, PARC hosted People Over Portfolios, a town hall moderated by with to build community across the housing...
09/18/2026

Last Thursday, PARC hosted People Over Portfolios, a town hall moderated by with to build community across the housing, food, health care, and child care crises and issue a collective call to action to the Federal Government: they cannot build a stronger Canada on the backs of people who can’t afford to live in it.

Among the demands:

- Pause speculative and investor ownership of homes

- Move public money into non-market housing like co-ops, land trusts and supportive homes

- Attach binding human rights conditions to any investment that does come in

- Give communities and people with lived experience of homelessness real decision-making power

Thanks to our speakers and partners who joined us for the evening.

Angela Robertson, CEO
Sahar Raza, VP of Research & Advocacy ca
Chantal Cornu, Senior Manager of Capital Assets

Thank you as well to the community for joining us!

Address

1499 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON
M6R1A3

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 1pm
Tuesday 9am - 1pm
Wednesday 9am - 1pm
Thursday 9am - 1pm
Friday 12:30pm - 4:30pm
Saturday 11am - 3pm
Sunday 11am - 3pm

Telephone

+14165372262

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