Jun 9, 2026
Credit Valley Trail: Building Connections Across the Watershed
Momentum continues to build behind the Credit Valley Trail (CVT).
Through strong partnerships and community support, more than $6.5 million of the CVT’s $10 million fundraising goal has been secured, helping advance key priorities identified in the CVT’s 2024–2028 Strategy Refresh, including Indigenous placemaking, trail connectivity, and infrastructure improvements.
Sharing the Vision, Community Champions and Partnerships:
This spring, the Credit Valley Conservation Foundation (CVCF), CVC’s charitable arm, advanced its priority Credit Valley Trail (CVT) campaign by sharing the CVT vision with community partners. Presentations to the Brampton Rotary Club and the Mississauga Board of Trade helped build awareness, strengthen relationships, and grow support for this signature fundraising initiative.
Brampton Rotary Club(s) Cluster Dinner,
Dayana Gomez, CVCF Executive Director, Giving a Presentation
“In Brampton, there are currently zero kilometres of the Credit Valley Trail, which highlights both the need and the opportunity before us.
The CVC Foundation is working closely with community partners to raise funding for critical infrastructure and to ensure people have hands-on access to nature.
Brampton residents are among the highest users of CVC’s parks and trail systems, and our goal is to bring the CVT right into their backyard, making nature more accessible, connected, and inclusive for everyone.”
- Dayana Gomez, Executive Director, CVC Foundation.
Honouring Indigenous Knowledge Along the CVT:
A significant milestone is also underway at the future Charles Sauriol Conservation Area, where CVC, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, and the CVT Indigenous Roundtable are advancing designs for the Giigoonh (Fish Clan) Doodem, one of a series of Indigenous placemaking sites planned along the CVT and the second site to move forward for implementation. Opening in 2028, the space will feature interpretive learning nodes, a gathering area, and teachings that honour Anishinaabe knowledge and governance traditions. Students from Lloyd S. King Elementary School are also contributing artwork, helping connect youth to Indigenous culture, knowledge, and the watershed.
Closing the Gaps, Connecting Communities Across the Credit River Watershed:
Trail connectivity remains central to the CVT vision. In Brampton, planning for the Siemens lands presents a key opportunity to integrate the CVT, a future Indigenous placemaking site, and a landmark environmental education centre led by the City of Brampton with support from CVC. This emerging destination is envisioned as a key CVT trailhead and learning hub, while also strengthening connections to Eldorado Park and surrounding conservation lands. In Mississauga, ongoing land acquisition and trail planning continue to address critical connectivity gaps where urban growth presents both challenges and opportunities for future CVT routing.
Trail Investments Delivering Results:
Recent investments include 170 metres of new boardwalk at Ken Whillans Resource Management Area, completion of a new 40-metre span bridge crossing the Credit River north of the County Road 109 bridge at Tranmer, a new footbridge constructed by property management staff on the west half of the Tranmer property, and nearly 1.6 km of upgraded CVT opening this summer.
Together, these efforts are bringing the CVT closer to completion.
“The Credit Valley Conservation Foundation is proud to be working alongside CVC, our leadership, donors, and community partners to bring the Credit Valley Trail vision to life.
With more than $6.6 million raised toward our $10 million goal, we are helping to catalyze the partnerships and philanthropic support that are turning this once-in-a-generation project into reality.
Every contribution is advancing a connected trail system that will benefit people and nature across the watershed for generations.”
- Terri LeRoux, Chief Administrative Officer at Credit Valley Conservation.
