Tenants

Downsview Park Promotes Partnerships

Parc Downsview Park Inc. (PDP) welcomes enterprises that share its vision for developing Canada’s National Urban Park on the principles of economic, environmental and social sustainability. Our tenants include:

Bell Technical Solutions

Bell Technical Solutions is a full service telecommunications, networking, construction and project management firm—a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bell Canada. Headquartered in Boucherville, Bell Technical Solutions has regional offices in Montreal, Quebec City, Ottawa, Barrie, London, Toronto (Downsview Park), Mississauga and Burlington and provides national service coverage through service partners. Bell Technical Solutions has grown to be the largest telecommunication field services company in Canada with more than 2800 employees.

For more information visit: www.techsolutions.bell.ca

The Biodiesel Company

The Biodiesel Company is a privately-owned company producing renewable fuel with production facilities at Downsview Park. The Biodiesel Company collects waste cooking oil, non-food vegetable oils and related feedstocks for processing into biodiesel (an alternative fuel to gasoline) which is then marketed through the traditional fuel supplier network.

For more information visit: www.thebiodieselcompany.com

Canadian Air & Space Museum

Located in a historic de Havilland Canada aircraft manufacturing building and a former Canadian Forces hangar, the Canadian Air & Space Museum features artifacts, exhibits and stories illustrating a century of Canada’s rich aviation heritage and achievements. The Museum contains numerous displays that will enlighten and inspire the whole family. Structured tours may be pre-arranged for your group. Meeting facilities available. Parking is free. Wheelchair accessible (side-door).

For more information call 416-638-6078 or visit: www.casmuseum.org

Coco Fashion Design Centre

Coco Fashion Design Centre is a registered private career college that prepares students for a career in fashion. Students learn from industry professionals who have a working knowledge of current trends and technologies. Individuals who do not want to be in school for two or three years can earn their diploma within a year. Programs include Patternmaking and Garment Construction and Portfolio Development.

For more information visit: www.cocofashion.ca

Defcon Paintball

Defcon Paintball at Downsview Park offers a thrilling outdoor paintball experience. The facility is conveniently located off the series of 400 highways and is easily accessible via transit, in the city of Toronto . Their goal is to promote paintball as a safe, physically rewarding and team building sport. For more information visit http://defconpaintball.ca.

Downsview Park Arts Alliance

The Downsview Park Arts Alliance is an organization comprised of eight community arts companies, including steel band, classical choir, dramatic and musical theatre, who share storage, building space and common interests. Each of the companies consists of volunteers who devote thousands of hours per year to providing artistic expression to those who labour for the love of the arts and bringing high quality entertainment to audiences across Toronto at a very low cost.

For more information call: 416-469-5061

Downsview Park Merchants’ Market and Farmers’ Market

Downsview Park Merchants’ Market is a multi-purpose market open on Saturdays and Sundays year round. With more than 600 vendors, the Market offers unique merchandise from around the world including consumer electronics, fashion clothing, jewelry, home furnishings, cosmetics, housewares, food and more. Locally grown produce is available at the Downsview Park Farmers’ Market located at the front of the building.

For more information visit: www.dpmarket.com

DriveTest

DriveTest is the new private operator of Ontario’s 55 Driver Examination Centres, formerly managed by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation. DriveTest provides testing for people interested in obtaining an Ontario driver’s license.

For more information visit: www.drivetest.ca

DYN Exports Inc.

DYN Exports Inc. grades, packs and exports “ready to use” clothing, personal effects and auto parts and accessories to countries around the world (e.g. Ghana Kenya, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Uganda, Hungary, Romania, Sri Lanka Phillipines, Lebanon and Russia). DYN Exports Inc. is dedicated to providing the highest quality products to individuals, businesses, governments and other institutions overseas at affordable prices.

For more information call: 416-398-3044

Engineering Material Research Inc.

Engineering Material Research provides material testing as a service to industry.

Friends in Trouble

Friends In Trouble is a non-profit organization, that works with youth and families in the community, to address various forms of oppression. Through their Music studio, arts based programs, workshops and an asset based community development approach, they provide advocacy, education and employment, to increase the skills, image and lives of each individual.

For more information on Friends in Trouble visit: www.friendsintrouble.ca.

FoodCycles

FoodCycles is a city farm not-for-profit organization, with a location now in Downsview Park, that raises worms, produces nutritious, vibrant soil compost and grows food. FoodCycles' vision is to create a just and ecological urban food system that encourages all people to come together to grow, learn about, and celebrate food in Toronto.

For more information on FoodCycles visit: http://foodcycles.org.

Four Seasons Aviation & Rotor-City Inc.

Four Seasons Aviation offers executive charters, aerial photography and aerial cinematography (including broadcast video, feature films and documentaries). Flights can range from Ontario to Quebec to the northeastern United States. Four Seasons is the only operator in Southern Ontario to offer night passenger flights.

Four Seasons Aviation is a sister company and “tenant” of Rotor-City Inc, also based out of 60 Carl Hall Rd. Rotor-City is the first full service helicopter fixed base operations in Canada. Rotor-City provides clientele with helicopter management, helicopter sales, helicopter services including executive charter, maintenance, completions and refurbishment and engineering.

For more information on Four Seasons Aviation visit: www.fourseasonsaviation.com

For more information on Rotor-City visit: www.rotor-city.com

Good Vibrations Engineering Ltd.

Good Vibrations Engineering is a small engineering company which combines aerospace consulting services in the area of mechanical engineering, with advanced product development. Good Vibrations Engineering produces and sells vestibulator products to human performance researchers internationally.

For more information visit: www.gve.on.ca

Grand Prix Kartways

Grand Prix Kartways (GPK) provides environmentally-friendly indoor go-karting, year round and offers various racing activities for individuals, families, corporate groups, etc. Electric-powered karts provide a superior go-karting experience while reducing environmental emissions from traditional go-karting activities.

For more information visit: www.grandprixkartways.com

HoopDome

HoopDome is a state of the art indoor basketball facility located at the Downsview Park Sports Centre. HoopDome is a basketball destination for families, adults, youth, team leagues, tournaments and clinics. Open 365 days a year.

For more information visit: www.hoopdome.com

HSI Solutions

HSI Solutions is Ontario’s largest provider of construction and maintenance services to the multi-residential housing market. HSI’s customers also include municipalities, colleges, universities, institutions, and long-term care facilities. HSI Solutions is a general contractor, service provider, licensed professional, project manager, trainer, and consultant. HSI Solutions provides industry-leading construction services to renovate, upgrade and retrofit buildings, and maintenance service expertise to keep buildings running smoothly.

For more information visit: www.hsisolutions.ca

Merchants Canada

Merchants Canada provides environmentally-friendly recycling services for all kinds of obsolete computer and related equipment. Working equipment is donated after secure data destruction and refurbishment. Non-functional equipment is salvaged. Merchants Canada also provides secure data destruction services as well as Data Destruction Certificates to ensure IT data security during computer equipment disposal. The public is welcome to drop off any computer-related products for free recycling.

For more information visit: www.merchantscanada.com

North York Soccer Association

North York Soccer Association provides leadership and support for the advancement of soccer in the North York district, in collaboration and cooperation with their member clubs and leagues.

For more information visit: www.northyorksa.ca

Premier Elite Athletes’ Collegiate

Accredited by the Ontario Ministry of Education, Premier Elite Athletes’ Collegiate (PEAC) provides an engaging, supportive and flexible academic environment for athletes in training. PEAC offers sport-specific training with a fully equipped sports complex, state-of-the-art classrooms, professional teachers and trainers and online course material. PEAC students have every advantage they need to learn, succeed and surpass their highest goals.

For more information visit: www.peac.ca

The Rail Skate Park

The Rail Skate Park is an indoor skateboarding facility. The large indoor street course has a half pipe and vertical walls. Professional coaching staff are on site seven days a week for beginner, intermediate and advanced programs designed for children ages 6 to 14. Rail Skate Park is available for birthday parties.

For more information call: 416-630-7245

Rhema Christian Ministries

Rhema Christian Ministries is a non-denominational Christian ministry. The mission of Rhema is to equip the whole person –spirit, soul and body through the provision of: spiritual enhancement; economic empowerment; and practical encouragement. Rhema offers Sunday services at 8:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m. (Spanish) and 11:30 a.m. as well as other events and services. Rhema’s office is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information visit: www.rhemaonline.ca

Toronto and Region Conservation

Toronto and Region Conservation (TRCA) has been a leader in watershed management and land conservation for 60 years, helping to ensure the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is built upon a natural foundation of healthy rivers and shorelines, green space and biodiversity, and sustainable communities. The Downsview Park location is one of many TRCA offices across the Greater Toronto Area. TRCA provides conservation of natural resources on a watershed basis; information and advice to promote good land management practices; community action on environmental projects; outdoor recreation opportunities; conservation education and heritage programs; and source water protection management services for the CTC Region.

For more information visit: www.trca.on.ca

Toronto Roller Derby League

The Toronto Roller Derby League (ToRD) is the largest flat-track derby league in Canada boasting nearly 80 active skaters! The Gore-Gore Rollergirls, Chicks Ahoy!, Death Track Dolls, Smoke City Betties, and CN Power (our all-star travel team) are thrilled to bring Toronto the finest jams, checks, hits, blocks, knocks, bumps and bruises yet seen on wheels!

The mission of ToRD is to make roller derby a thing of the present and the future, not a nostalgic sport of the past. They blend athleticism with entertainment so that sports fans, and not-so-sporty types can all enjoy a little roller derby action in Toronto!

For more information go to www.torontorollerderby.com/

Toronto School of Circus Arts

The Toronto School of Circus Arts is Canada’s largest, most established privately operated school for modern circus. They offer both adults and children year-round instruction in a variety of aerial and ground disciplines such as flying trapeze, silks, hoop, acrobatics, hand-balancing, and Chinese poles.

For more information visit: www.torontocircus.com

Toronto Services Soccer League

Toronto Services Soccer League (TSSL) was established in 1958 in the City of Toronto as a recreational non-profit organization that organizes soccer for its members in the spring, summer and fall seasons. The League is operated by a Board of Directors and a full-time administrator. Originally started by a group of individuals that worked for different service companies in the City of Toronto, individuals organized teams from their companies which would play against each other. As the list of companies grew, the TSSL was formed. The league has grown to as many as 130 teams.

For more information visit: www.tssl.ca

Toronto Wildlife Centre

Toronto Wildlife Centre (TWC) is a registered charity that strives to help people and wildlife through two main avenues: (1) wildlife services – rescuing wildlife in distress and providing medical care and rehabilitation to sick, injured and orphaned wild animals with the goal of releasing recovered patients back into the wild and (2) public education – teaching people about wildlife and wildlife issues via the Wildlife Hotline, presentations and other educational venues. Toronto Wildlife Centre relies on donations from members of the public, foundations, and corporations. As the largest wildlife centre in Canada, TWC assists wildlife from all over Ontario.

For more information visit: www.torontowildlifecentre.com

Treble Clef Music School

Treble Clef Music School is committed to creating a positive interactive musical learning environment for all to enjoy by offering knowledgeable instructors with years of experience and providing instruction for all ages of students from beginner to pro. A variety of programs are offered (group or individual lessons) at various skill and interest levels to suit your needs. Programs include: Steel Pan, Piano, Guitar, Vocals, Percussion, Clarinet, Saxophone, Flute.

For more information visit: www.trebleclefmusicschool.com

True North Climbing

COMING SOON! True North Climbing will rock your world with a large new indoor rock climbing facility, scheduled to open early in 2010. The new gym will feature over 14,000 square feet of climbing terrain, including top rope, lead climbing and bouldering. The routes and problems will span all levels of difficulty, so a beginner can have as much fun as an expert climber.

For more information about the progress of the construction and plans visit: www.truenorthclimbing.com

Varsity Tent & Event Rentals

Varsity Tent & Event Rentals provides event production services coupled with an excellent assortment of high quality tents for sale and rent. Varsity supplies a full spectrum of event and party supplies as well as support equipment including tables, chairs, flooring, heaters, fencing, and portable washrooms. Services range from residential to commercial, from backyard parties to annual festivals.

For more information visit: www.varsitytents.com

Weather-Tech

Weather-Tech is a leader in the exterior maintenance industry, offering a wide range of services to commercial and industrial clients, including snow plowing, snow removal, winter material application, lawn maintenance and both interior and exterior powersweeping. A member of Landscape Ontario.

For more information call: 416-989-5606