Sector Parks & Public Spaces
Size 2700 sq ft
Location Caldelon, Ontario
Duration 3 months
Fabric Commercial Heavy, Red & Orange
Owner Town of Caledon
Architect/Engineer Shade Sails Canada Inc.
Southfield Community Centre

Southfields Community Centre in Caledon, ON opened its doors to the public in September 2020. This state-of-the-art recreation complex offers many amenities including swimming pools, a public library, an ice skating rink, weight rooms, auditoriums and even a preschool. Southfields Community Centre provides a diverse range of programs and activities serving residents and visitors of all age groups.
This project in particular came by way of a bid issue from the Town of Caledon to provide shade for the patio of their newly built public library. Shade Sails Canada won the bid by creatively integrating our design and rendering service to create an in depth road map to completing the project while staying on budget. It was important that no attachments be connected to the new building, thus the whole system is suspended on independent posts.
The three interlinked Shade Sails provide safety, comfort, and a beautiful outdoor space for readers and library users alike. If you’d like to work with Shade Sails Canada to create a beautiful outdoor space of your own or for a client, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us. We’re looking forward to working with you!
Project Highlights
Project Highlights







Free Span Fabric Structures
A free-span fabric structure is a cable reinforced, high-tension Shade Sail spanned between multiple anchor points. The fabric sail can be attached to existing structures and/or posts, which are engineered to support large amounts of load. These structures can cover both large and small areas and are particularly aesthetic, especially when post/attachment point heights are varied to create hyperbolic (twisted fabric) shapes. While the posts for these structures are permanent, the fabric itself can be removed for the winter and during storms. Free-span fabric structures are widely used across many industries and applications including restaurants, playgrounds, seating areas, public parks and spaces, storage and events.
- Certified installation recommended
- Large Spans
- Limited Span
- Post Position Flexibility
- Shade Design Flexibility
- ShadeArt™
- Substantial Footings
