[1] On July 18, 2013, in a 37–1 vote, Toronto City Council committed to create a continuous trail from Brampton to Rouge River.
[2] The original Pan Am Path strategy was to assist the Bikeway Trails Implementation Plan approved by Council on June 6, 2012, by accelerating the creation of an east–west connection across the city.
Six of the seven founding members of the Friends of the Pan Am Path group came from CivicAction's DiverseCity Fellows program: Brent Chamberlain, Caitlin McClung, James Gen Meers, Jonathan Asmis, Salim Rachid, and Tanzeel Merchant.
[4] Devon Ostrom, a curator, artist and advocate with a history of creating projects in Toronto collaborated with the group on this initiative.
Another new trail will be constructed along the eastern branch of the Don River, where the Path will connect to the Gatineau Hydro Corridor eastward through Scarborough.