Reference Documents

Canadian Standards Association

• Canadian Standards Association announces fourth edition of children’s playspaces and equipment standard
• Center for Justice & Democracy: Kids 'n safe play- regulation, litigation and playground safety
• Phone call with CSA Playground Standard Committee member Rolf Huber, Thursday March 19 2009
• Ontario playground inspection certification
• CPRA Annual Report 2007-2008 (pdf)
• "Standards for Sale," by RestoreCSA

City of Toronto documents

• 1999 City Playground Program Summary
• 1999 City Playground Program Database
• Playground Repair Costs (FOI - 1)
• Playground Repair Costs (FOI - 2)
• Master CSA Program, September 21, 2003, view it: By Ward, By Playground Name.
• Master CSA program 1999-2004 (modified).
• Playground Correspondence (1)
• Playground Correspondence (2)
• Parks, Forestry and Recreation Capital Budget Waterplay detail 2007 (pdf)
• 2009 - 2018 proposed capital budget waterplay summary
• wading pool/playground shade audits
• Ward 18 Playground Projects
• CSA Equipment Replacement Expenses (2000-2004)
• PFR 2009 Capital Budget, Play Enhancement program (pdf)

Playground injury documents

• CIHI Playground Injury Report 2007
• Data collection: what the questions are in the Emergency Department: National Ambulatory Care Reporting System
• CHIRPP (Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program)
• About CHIRPP //www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/injury-bles/chirpp/index-eng.php#6
• CHIRPP "Injuries associated with playgrounds data sampler" 2000
• CCA Pressure-Treated Wood and Playground Structures: ccatreatedwood.pdf
• Public Health Agency of Canada, 1996: "Building Toward Breakthroughs in Injury Control: A legislative perspective on the prevention of unintentional injuries among children and youth in Canada."
• The Globe and Mail Watch out for that slide, February 19, 2009.

Playground-related injury claims

• Access to information requests about injuries

School-related playground documents

• Ontario School Boards' Insurance Exchange "Are playgrounds safe" Bulletin 1998
• Ontario School Boards' Insurance Exchange Playground Triage 2004
• Dec. 1993 Hansard Excerpt on CSA Playground Guidelines.

Playground-related documents beyond Ontario

• Research and design - west coast outdoor playspaces for young children
• BC Child Care Licensing Regulation
• BC Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Guidelines.
• Kaboom playground projects, wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KaBOOM!