Chinguacousy Park

This park is the big craze in Brampton. Oh my doggie god. It’s not that great we went there in a Sunday at 1pm they have a farm with no animals .
Looks like they all put away for winter.
They have a nice pond with some ducks and that’s about it. No big deal.
I hope I am not taken there again.

My niece and nephew had their birthday party at this park today. You can buy a package where you get 2 park staff, tour of the petting zoo and barn. You get a face painter, private picnic area, and mini golfing, apparently for a great price. I’m definitely heading back there sometime this summer.

Comfortably Brampton’s most popular park. This is an urban recreational park and not so much of a nature escape. It’s well thought and laid out — very much part of the civil engineering project that is Bramalea.
They’ve really tried to squeeze in about everything you can consider: large playground, water splash pad, pond, mini botanical garden, concession, mini ski/​toboggan hill, beach volleyball area, chalet, football field, petting zoo, reception hall, and probably a couple other things. They even built a natural amphitheatre with a steep, shaped hill where you can watch concert bands in the summertime (the Ching concert band).
The park is also part of the Chinguacousy trail — a continuous trail that virtually runs over half the north/​south length of the city. Terrific for joggers.
As imagined, the place is VERY busy in the summertime. In addition to everything above, they also have a carousel and miniature train for kids.
My critique is not so much of the park itself, but the city. The park becomes far too crowded during the summer. At the heart of the park, you’re practically shoulder to shoulder with others, and you need to ensure your child doesn’t get overrun by the several dozen other kids in the same play area. It speaks of the park’s draw, but also the lack of other options. Brampton has a lot of ‘parkettes’ to their credit, but very few proper parks for a city its size. Decades ago, the city planners felt this park would serve its city well. The city has probably tripled in population since, but they city now has no problem zoning generic urban sprawl development with pathetic excuses for parks — or parkettes as they’re known.
Terrific park, let’s hope today’s city planners see that and provide something similar as they’re creating new communities in the city.

The park it’s self is huge with a tirff soccer and football field as well as modern track field. I’ve been coming here for 7 years know and lots gave changed. It has great areas go picnics

Beautiful park… but…horrid administration. Dealing with the staff at the Ski Chalet is worse than going to the dentist and I’d advise anyone to steer clear of booking any events at this park. Go for a walk and feed some ducks. Don’t rent the Wedding Chapel.

Beautiful gardens! Nice little park! Splash pad and play ground for kids. Mini Golf. Was very sad when they took away the baseball fields. The water is quite dirty but its a nice place to go for a walk.

Your experience definitely depends on WHEN you go. When I went, it seems as though the park was full of families with young children and the weather wasn’t the best.
Indoor greenhouse was already closed — at 4pm on a Saturday! And there weren’t many animals at their «petting zoo»…in which there are «No Petting» signs all over the place. They’re more like a few goats, donkeys, a coupla pigs, Chinese Silkie chickens, a few small horses/​calves, and peacocks that are behind wired fences that you admire from a distance. So families with kids, please take note.
I believe you can pay for pony rides and such. Other than that, there’s little-​to-​no interaction between animals/​humans.
It’s a newer park, not as established as High or even Erindale, so no extraordinary vegetation. ALTHOUGH I must note that they have a few nice modern structures, an indoor picnicking area with boat docks, a community centre (??), and other. They also have a splash pad, but obviously it wasn’t on as the weather was not warm enough.

This is an amazing park! I love all the animals (hogs, goats, ducks, chickens, and even a pelican!) and all the foilage.

Chinguacousy Park really covers ALL the bases:
Ski hill
Beach Volleyball courts
Play grounds
Skateboard park
Soccer fields
Football fields
Loads of free parking
Paths for running
Water park (well…place they spray water at you)
Paddle boats
Petting Zoo
Mini Golf
Tennis Courts (coming soon)
Now, ski hill is a relative term… it’s actually a small mound of buried garbage. No really, it used to be a dump, they’ve covered it up and now it’s a ski ‘hill’. (I’ve taken toboggans down steeper longer hills than this… the difference is there was no t-​bar to take me to the top after a run). People that grew up in Brampton tell me this is where all their school ski trips were to.
They’re doing a lot of renovations in the park right now, 13 brand new volleyball courts just completed (which they run a great volleyball league on). They are also working on a building that will act as a brand new ski chalet for the winter and a patio/​restaurant/​bar for the summer. It looks like it’s going to be really nice when it’s finished.
Anyway, Brampton is lucky to have a park like this so close to their city center.