Mississauga park reopens with new pickleball courts and upgraded amenities

Gulleden Park is set to come back as more than a neighborhood green space. The Mississauga park will reopen with two dedicated pickleball courts front and center, along with a rebuilt mix of courts, trails and family amenities that gives east Mississauga a larger public play hub.

The official reopening is scheduled for Saturday, June 20, 2026, at 1500 Gulleden Drive, with Ward 3 Councillor Chris Fonseca hosting the celebration. The city’s event schedule calls for a ceremony from 1 to 1:30 p.m., a park amenity showcase from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., and a BBQ and marketplace from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., turning the reopening into an afternoon of public use, not just a ribbon-cutting.

Pickleball is one of the clearest signs of how the site has changed. The redevelopment adds two dedicated courts and a multi-purpose court to a park that also includes two lit tennis courts, giving players more options than the former layout. For beginners and intermediate players, the added public courts mean another place to play without a private club membership, in a part of the city where access to court time can be tight.

The wider renovation reaches well beyond racket sports. Gulleden Park now includes a community spray pad, an upgraded playground, an accessible trail system, fitness areas and an outdoor refrigerated ice-skating rink with summer programming potential. The park, beside Burnhamthorpe Community Centre in the Dixie and Burnhamthorpe roads area, is being positioned as a year-round destination for children, walkers, skaters and casual athletes.

Mississauga says the redevelopment was shaped by public engagement from 2021 to 2022 and by resident feedback that pointed toward an active, sporty park. Construction began in spring 2024 and finished in summer 2025. City programming materials also show that residents wanted either an additional tennis court or dedicated pickleball courts, a preference that clearly carried through to the final design.

The Gulleden Park project lands as Mississauga keeps expanding access to the sport across the city. The city says it now has 84 outdoor pickleball courts citywide, including 58 shared public tennis and pickleball courts, 18 club courts and eight dedicated pickleball courts. Gulleden Park adds to that network while restoring a major neighborhood park with a mix of active and passive uses that is built to draw steady daily traffic long after opening day.