Percy Park to Be Renamed after Community Leader

On June 23, 2022, the Labourers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA) 493 put forward a formal request to rename Percy Park as Parc Claude Charbonneau Park.

Claude Charbonneau is a community leader who has contributed significantly to his community and Percy Park for more than 30 years. Mr. Charbonneau became a volunteer at Percy Park after moving to the neighbourhood in 1988 and, for much of that time, was also the Neighbourhood Playground President. He is behind several fundraising campaigns, Healthy Community Initiative Fund grants, large capital campaigns to improve the Percy Park fieldhouse and rebuild the outdoor rink with new asphalt and basketball courts, and the creation of the Percy Park Youth Sports Program to ensure neighbourhood children have access to organized recreation activities close to home.

Mr. Charbonneau received the City of Greater Sudbury Civic Award in 2008 and the June Callwood Award for Outstanding Volunteer in 2016. He was also a CP Rail Vancouver Olympics Ambassador in 2010.

Percy Park was originally named after Percy L. Johns, who donated land for the park in 1941. The Johns family supports the renaming of the park.

If you would like to comment on the renaming of Percy Park, please share your feedback at www.overtoyou.greatersudbury.ca before September 14. The renaming of Percy Park will also be the focus of a community meeting at Percy Park (600 Percy Ave.) on September 1, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. 

To learn more about the City of Greater Sudbury’s naming policy, visit Name a Building, Property or Park.