TORONTO – Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow and other representatives were on hand recently to break ground on a new 80,000-square-foot net-zero community and recreation centre in North York.
The Western North York Community Recreation and Child Care Centre is on track to be one of the city’s first net-zero energy aquatic facilities, states a release.
Anticipated to open in late 2028, its amenities include:
– a six-lane, 25-metre lap pool
– a leisure pool
– a classroom to teach aquatic programs
– change rooms
– a child care centre designed to accommodate up to 62 children
– a teaching kitchen
– art studio
– community spaces
– social amphitheatre
– a multi-sport gymnasium
– a walking track
– two fitness/dance studios
– a multi-media space
– a STEM lab
– a computer lab
The centre will replace the existing Carmine Stefano Community Centre, which will remain open until the new facility is operational.
The new centre will have a system to draw water from under the ground to help heat and cool the building efficiently, the release adds. It also has low carbon concrete, an advanced stormwater management system and a solar system to supply most of the building’s electricity.
The build recently received a 2025 RAIC Research and Innovation in Architecture Award for excellence in research and/or innovation in architectural practice, technology or pedagogy.
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