College Park may take its name from Queen's College which opened in 1849, it did not become Queen's University until 1908 or it may take its name from the Presbyterian College which was opened on 5th December 1853 for the training of candidates for ministry close to Queen’s College.
The city surveyor reported that over a period of years, the names College Park on Botanic Ave had been applied to the streets between University Square on the entrance to the Botanic Gardens park. He stated that it was desirable that it should be known by one specific name, especially in the view of the preparation of a bylaw affecting the parking of vehicles on this section of the throughfare. As the premises on the east side were known as College Park and the Queen's University authorities, whose properties abutted on the West side had offered no objection to the street being known as College Park, the city surveyor recommended on, the committee agreed that it be so named. (Improvement Committee, 12th of February 1957).