East Fraser Lands (EFL) parks

East Fraser Lands (EFL) is being developed by Wesgroup to house up to 12,000 new residents in the coming decades.

To compliment this development, the Vancouver Park Board is committed to designing and constructing 25.2 acres (10.2 hectres) of parks within the community – approximately 20% of the land area.

In 2016 and 2017, the Park Board undertook a community engagement process for 7.8 acres of these parks including Foreshore Park, Kinross Park, and Neighbourhood Park South. The designs were approved by the Park Board in late 2017 and the detailed designs evolved through 2018 and 2019. The design process is also underway for a new park at Sawmill Crescent and Marine Way, with public engagement opportunities in late summer 2020. 

Neighbourhood Park South was opened to the public in September 2019. The northern portion of Kinross Park will begin construction in summer 2020. Foreshore Park and the southern portion of Kinross Park require further coordination with the developer (Wesgroup) and the acquisition of permits from the Province of BC prior to commencing construction. 

Past updates

Project process and design summary

Read the summary document for information regarding the entire design process and preferred design directions for the parks moving forward.

• View the project process and design summary PDF file (9.80 MB)

September 2017

We held an open house on September 9, 2017 for you to view revised designs for future park lands and complete a questionnaire.

The latest designs include the areas in the:

• East Fraser Lands
• Foreshore Park
• Kinross Park
• Neighbourhood Park South

The designs are the result of an earlier open house that the Vancouver Park Board hosted in October 2016. They include strategies related to flood protection and future sea-level-rise.

• View the open house board PDF file (8 MB)

Thank you to everyone who participated.

• Read the open house results PDF file (149 KB)

October 2016

We held an open house on October 15 for you to learn about:

• Project process and background information
• Draft design principles and site analysis
• Concept design options
• Ideas for things to do, see, and experience in the parks
• Precedent imagery ideas
• View the open house information displays PDF file (10 MB)

As well, we asked what you thought about the draft principles and design options for the parks in an online questionnaire from October 14 to 31. Thank you to everyone who participated.

• Read the feedback summary PDF file (675 KB)