Threats
The future of Rouge Park is threatened by urban growth in both Markham and Toronto, namely from residential development along the Rouge and tributaries. Morningside Heights and a residential development along Staines Road and Steeles Avenue East (Brookside Village, formerly Brookside Golf Course) were approved within Toronto despite being located along tributaries of the Rouge River and on the edge of the parkland. Standard Auto Wreckers operates a large car recycling facility on Sewells Road.
The communities of Box Grove and Grand Cornell are also close to the park boundaries within Markham. Some of the tributaries (like Little Rouge Creek) of the Rouge in the Markham area have been altered by residential development (and removed by man made rain collection ponds) and other surrounded by new homes. Highway 407 cuts through the southern section of the part of the park in Markham.
In Markham the 170 acre Catholic Christ the King Cemetery was built within the park boundaries; future plans by the city of Markham will prohibit new cemeteries within the park. It is owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto and land acquired before Rouge area was protected.
The lands for the Pickering Airport also lie close to the park's eastern boundaries. While the runway 10R/28L will be beyond the park, the southwest end of the property will border the northeast end of the park.
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