Fine winter morning for first day of new schools downtown at Cityplace - and yes that's the big red canoe you see in Canoe Landing Park to the west

Hundreds of students waiting to start classes at 2 new schools opening at CityPlace today: Jean Lumb Public School and Bishop Madconell Catholic Elementary School. Global News Toronto

Welcoming students from Jean Lumb Public School and Bishop Macdonell Catholic Elementary School back to school this morning as we officially open the Canoe Landing site.

This multi-use facility is one of the last city-building pieces for this developing community, and will include a Community Recreation Centre, a Child Care Centre, as well as two schools – Bishop Macdonell Catholic Elementary School and Jean Lumb Public School.

New schools open in CityPlace hoping to relieve congestion in dense Toronto community trib.al/Y8byqum

New schools open in CityPlace hoping to relieve congestion in dense Toronto community trib.al/TeqZDGE

Parents delighted as CityPlace schools open after months of delays ift.tt/35tTnMj

We hope all the students from Jean Lumb Public School and Bishop Macdonell Catholic Elementary School had a great first day back to school! We look forward to opening Canoe Landing Community Recreation Centre this spring.

Welcoming our @BishopMacdonell Catholic Elementary School community to their new building at Canoe Landing!

Happy students, happy neighbourhood... Happy New Year. So great to see new schools opening downtown. The fight for family housing has delivered results!

Congratulations ⁦Jean Lumb Public School⁩ ⁦@BishopMacdonell⁩ on the first day of school in your new home at Canoe Landing/Cityplace ⁦Toronto District School Board⁩ ⁦Toronto Catholic District School Board⁩

Two new schools opened under one roof near Canoe Landing Park in the Fort York neighbourhood. Mayor John Tory, Deputy Mayor Councillor Michael Thompson & other dignitaries were on hand to write messages and welcome the kids to their new facility #Toronto #backtoschool #ReporterDiary #school

Two new schools opened under one roof near Canoe Landing Park in the Fort York neighbourhood. Mayor John Tory, Deputy Mayor Councillor Michael Thompson & other dignitaries were on hand to write messages and welcome the kids to their new facility #Toronto #backtoschool #ReporterDiary #school

Walk scores have improved thanks to two new schools in City of Toronto 🇨🇦's CityPlace Toronto neighbourhood! Each school accommodates 550 children from Kindergarten to Grade 8 with a shared library, gym, and outdoor playground. lnkd.in/gXSpCDG

Shane Parent What's on this weekend: 👉 Skate w/ the Redcoats from Fort York Advisors for #FrostFair on Fri & Sat! Also check out the Fort for family activities, free food & drink samples, tours, & more. 👉 Skate with @chrisglovermpp on Fri from 2-5pm & enjoy free hot chocolates & cookies ☕

The completed park would be about 23 acres near major attractions such as Ripley’s Aquarium, the Rogers Centre and Fort York. torstar.co/2f2T50xX2o9

We are taking the next important steps to make progress on Rail Deck Park. Moving forward on acquiring this air space brings us closer to getting Rail Deck Park underway. toronto.ca/home/media-roo…

So we found an Uppercase H in our community a couple weeks ago. Today K saw the letter “i”beside it. Each day we are greeted by the buildings “Hi”!!!

She put a $75,000 wedding gift towards a down payment on a pre-construction condo in CityPlace: torontolife.com/real-estate/co…