List of Toronto parks

The following is a list of the parks in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The appearance of Toronto's ravines was altered by floods caused by Hurricane Hazel in October 1954 and many of Toronto's parks were established in the resulting floodplain.^[1]

Municipal parks[]

The following parks are maintained by Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division:

A[]

The conservatory at Allan Gardens. Established in 1858, the Gardens is one of the city's oldest extant parks.

The beach at Ashbridge's Bay Park. The park is situated next to Woodbine Beach, along the Toronto waterfront.

B[]

Bellevue Square Park is a small park and public square located in Kensington Market.

Berczy Park is a small park in Downtown Toronto named after William Berczy.

Bluffer's Park is a park situated along the Scarborough Bluffs.

The Broadview Subway Station Parkette is one of many parkettes operated by the City of Toronto.

Budd Sugarman Park is a local park located next to Rosedale station.

C[]

Centennial Park is a large regional park located in the western portion of Etobicoke.

Cherry Beach Park is a municipal park and beach along the waterfront.

D[]

The Don Valley Brick Works was a former clay quarry that was converted into a city park.

E[]

Edwards Gardens is a municipal botanical gardens and is also the site of the Toronto Botanical Garden.

F[]

G[]

Guild Park and Gardens is a park located along the Scarborough Bluffs. It is home to a collection of relics saved from demolished buildings in Toronto.

H[]

High Park is one of the largest parks in Toronto managed by municipal government.

I–K[]

Opened in 2007, Ireland Park commemorates the thousands who fled Ireland during the Great Famine.

L[]

Little Norway Park is named after Little Norway, a Royal Norwegian Air Force training base that occupied the site during World War II.

M[]

The Humber Bay Arch Bridge on the Martin Goodman Trail, a multi-use path maintained by the City.

N–O[]

P–R[]

Riverdale Park is a large park that spans the lower Don River.

S[]

St. James Park is a small park is located in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood of downtown Toronto.

Sugar Beach is an urban beach park located in East Bayfront.

T–V[]

Trinity Bellwoods Park with a view of the CN Tower in the backfround

Basketball courts at Underpass Park, an urban park located underneath an underpass in the West Don Lands.

W–Z[]

Withrow Park is a municipal park situated in the neighbourhood of Riverdale.

Provincial parks[]

Ontario Place in 2006 with Exhibition Place to the north

There are three provincially owned parks in the City of Toronto.

Parks that are owned by the Government of Ontario include:

• Ontario Place — artificially constructed former amusement park and entertainment and event facility under redevelopment on the waterfront south of Exhibition Place and is being considered for redevelopment
• Queen's Park — park setting on the south and north ends of the Ontario Legislative Building. The southern portion of the park is owned by the provincial government, while the northern portion of the park is owned by the University of Toronto and leased to the municipal government for 999 years; not to be confused with Queen's Greenbelt in North York
• Trillium Park — artificially constructed park with a natural-looking landscape planted with native tree and shrub species; built on the site of a former Ontario Place parking lot

Federal parks[]

Rouge National Urban Park, a national park managed by Parks Canada, is situated in the eastern portion of Toronto.

There are three federally owned parks in the City of Toronto, including one national park managed by Parks Canada, a federal agency of the Government of Canada.

Parks owned by the federal government include:

• Downsview Park — converted military base CFB Downsview/Downsview Airport
• Harbourfront Park — waterfront promenade and urban park amongst residential and commercial development along Queens Quay
• Rouge National Urban Park — a national urban park and preserve centred around the Rouge Valley with some agricultural uses

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority[]

The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) (an agency of the provincial government) is one of 36 conservation authorities in Ontario, Canada with a jurisdiction covering 3,467 square kilometres (1,339 sq mi) over nine different watersheds. The TRCA operates a number of conservation areas in the Toronto region, including three within the City of Toronto limits:

• Black Creek Pioneer Village in North york
• Tommy Thompson Park (Leslie Street Spit)
• Humber Bay Shores Waterfront Park — a park linking City-owned Palace Pier Park and Humber Bay Park East on the south side of Marine Parade Drive to Park Lawn Road.

TRCA briefly managed part of Rouge Park before it was transferred to Parks Canada.

See also[]

• Fauna of Toronto
• Native trees in Toronto
• Toronto ravine system
• List of Toronto recreation centres
• Toronto Zoo, paid year-round attraction in the Rouge Valley owned by the City of Toronto and operated by a board of management

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References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Parks in Toronto.

• Toronto Parks & Recreation website
  • Official Toronto Parks listing
• Centre Island Amusement Park
• High Park Community Advisory Council
• Toronto Parks Photo Gallery