Parks and Play

Neighbourhood park in the Des Rivières district with a play area for children aged 0 to 5. In June 2026 the city announced a major renovation adding play modules for ages 6 to 12, with slides, climbing walls and a suspension bridge, plus a new swing. Free to use; city parks are open from 7 am to 11 pm.

Free fenced dog park of 1,131 square metres at Parc Émilien-Labarre, where dogs can run off leash. It has a separate area for small dogs, benches and garbage bins, with street parking nearby. City parks are open from 7 am to 11 pm; the dog park is not cleared of snow in winter.

A fenced city dog park of about 531 square metres in Parc Pie-XII, where dogs can run off leash, with a separate area for small dogs and parking nearby. Dogs must stay leashed outside the park, and the park is not cleared of snow in winter. Free.

A fenced city dog park of about 925 square metres where dogs can run off leash, with a separate area for small dogs, a dog drinking fountain and street parking. It is run with the Association des propriétaires de chiens de Trois-Rivières. Dogs must stay leashed outside the park, and the park is not cleared of snow in winter. Free.

A historic downtown park next to City Hall, created in 1869 on land given by the Hart family and named after Samuel de Champlain. It has a bust of historian Benjamin Sulte and a plaque honouring American soldiers who died at the Battle of Trois-Rivières. The City's "L'Urbain" downtown walk starts here. Free and open to all.

A city park in the Cap-de-la-Madeleine sector, home to the city's first synthetic baseball field. In summer it also has an outdoor pool and wading pool, free for children 11 and under (adults pay a small fee). The park grounds are free to use.

A large city park on boulevard Gene-H.-Kruger with a play area, sports fields, a fenced dog park and a free splash pad. In summer the splash pad runs every day from 8 am to 10 pm, and two adapted wheelchairs are available there for children with disabilities. The park itself is free to use all year.

The downtown waterfront park on the St. Lawrence, right by Terrasse Turcotte and rue des Forges. The Espace Saint-Lau rest area gives you a place to sit with a view of the river. Open every day from 7 am to 3 am. Free.

Harwood Nature Park, on the former Harwood Golf Club, is a vast green space open daily from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. In winter it offers cross country ski trails (once there are 20 cm of snow), a natural sliding hill at the entrance when weather allows, outdoor fire pits and a welcome pavilion open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Snow tubes and adaptive equipment such as an all terrain wheelchair are lent free to everyone (other gear is free only for residents). Leashed dogs are allowed on the marked walking trail, and there is a fenced dog area.

Pierre Elliott Trudeau Park is Côte Saint-Luc's big central park, with a walking and jogging path around Centennial Lake, playgrounds for ages 2 to 12, a picnic area and the Shalom Bloom Sculpture Garden. In winter its sliding hill near Stephen Leacock Avenue and Louis Pasteur Road opens from early January to mid March, weather permitting, from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., with heated toilets; helmets are strongly recommended. The park is open daily from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. and free to visit.

A large North Burnaby park with a 700 square metre playground, a skateboard plaza, picnic areas and a running track. On the north side, across Penzance Drive, a 1.3 km forest loop with steep hills offers a view of Burrard Inlet and allows off leash dogs year round, and there are two fenced off leash areas near the tennis courts. Open dawn to dusk; free (the summer spray park and model train are closed for the season).

A riverside park on the north arm of the Fraser River, with wide paved paths for walking and rolling and lookout piers to watch tugboats, barges and log booms. It has a playground with a riverside pirate ship, a free 12 station outdoor fitness circuit, and off leash areas on the open lawn and along the Byrne Creek dike. Open dawn to dusk year round, with accessible paths, play structure and washrooms; free.