Privately-Owned Publicly Accessible Spaces (POPS)

Privately-Owned Publicly Accessible Spaces (POPS) is an open dataset from City of Toronto with 2 files (CSV); catalogue record updated 2026-10-23. On CanQuery you can preview 2 live tables, filter, chart and export up to 10,000 rows as CSV, explore 2 interactive maps and follow the original downloads.

As Toronto continues to grow, there is an increasing need and demand to revitalize existing parks and open spaces as well as to create new parks and publicly-accessible open spaces. In order to provide this much needed open space within Toronto’s dense urban landscape, the City often negotiates with private developers to include Privately Owned Publicly-Accessible Spaces, or "POPS" for short, as part of the development application and review process. POPS are a specific type of open space which the public are invited to use, but remain privately owned and maintained. They are a key part of the city's public realm network, providing open space in much needed locations across the city and complementing existing and planned publicly owned parks, open spaces and natural areas. POPS are intended to complement the City's public parks, open space and natural areas, not replace them.

Publisher

City of Toronto

Resources

2

Catalogue metadata updated

2026-10-23