 In 2014, the city allowed skateboarding in the park temporarily and in 2015 skateboarding was permanently legalized in the park.Previously, skateboarding was not legal in the park; city by-laws were enforced with hefty tickets.In 2004 the Société des arts technologiques, which is across the street from the Peace Park put together a project with the aim of legalizing skateboarding, by incorporating it with the Quartier des spectacles, but the proposal was initially refused by the city.