In the spring of 2025 the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) and the Toronto Scottish Rugby Football Club (the Rugby Club) signed a partnership agreement to build a new playing field at Lawrence Park Collegiate (LPCI). The Club will be a tenant, effectively pre-paying rental fees for the field only. TDSB will retain full control of the field and all of the LPCI site. The Club will loan $1.5M to help build a state-of-the-art field to replace the current one which is in poor condition.

The new field is for school use foremost: every school day from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Students will be the main beneficiaries of the new field in terms of usability, a longer season, and a top quality surface that should reduce injuries. In exchange the Club will have access to the new field several evenings per week for practices and on Saturdays for games. Under the agreement TDSB retains 100% ownership and management of both the field and the track. 

The Rugby Club has issued a press release and an FAQ document about the deal.

In June 2025 TDSB disclosed for the first time that the 400m track surrounding the field would be reduced in size due to the new field’s design. As a result of this and other issues raised by the community and LPCI Parent Council, TDSB agreed to review the design of the field.  Discussions are ongoing as of this writing (October 2025). LPRO is not involved in these conversations, but we will provide updates as they become available.

LPRO has written two letters to TDSB about the project: a letter in 2024 in support of the concept provided certain criteria were met, and again in October 2025 to support concerns raised by the immediate neighbours. In response to one of these concerns – the possibility of large events on the new field – the Rugby Club released the following letter to the community: Letter from Rugby Club Oct 2025