Veterans Square officially opens with ribbon cutting ceremony

The City of Oshawa is pleased to announce the official opening of Veterans Square. Located in downtown Oshawa at the northeast corner of Bond St. E. and Simcoe St. N., this innovative urban space is a vibrant hub for community in the heart of our downtown.

On Thursday, June 25, the official park opening was held with a performance by the Oshawa Civic Band, and the unveiling of the gardens’ plaques, named in recognition of the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army, the Royal Canadian Air Force and The Ontario Regiment (Royal Canadian Armoured Corps).

The urban square is home to:

• new sidewalks and streetscape furnishings along with new boulevard trees on Simcoe St.;
• a large shade structure above a new performance/sitting platform;
• perimeter concrete seat walls with integrated bench tops, circular bench seating and accessibility seating;
• four large planting beds with ornamental flowering shrubs, pollinator perennial planting beds, conifer and deciduous shade trees; and,
• Sculpture 'Kaleidoscope' by internationally exhibited Canadian artist Nicholas Crombach

Named ‘Veterans Square’ to pay tribute to Oshawa’s deep connection to Canada’s military history and proximity to the Colonel R.S. McLaughlin Armoury. The name, approved by City Council, also honours the service both past and present of local veterans.