List of parks in Toronto
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
[edit]The following parks are maintained by Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division:
0–9
[edit]Note that these parks will later be given official names as these are tentative names.
- 125 Consumers Road Park
- 167 Armour Boulevard Parkette
- 20 Castlefield Avenue Park
- 45 Dalhousie Street Park
- 85 Keewatin Avenue Park
A
[edit]- Abbotsford Park
- Acacia Park
- Academy Soccer Field
- Adams Park
- Adanac Park
- Addington Greenbelt
- Agincourt Park
- Agnes Macphail Square
- Ailsa Craig Parkette
- Aitken Place Park
- Alamosa Park
- Alan - Oxford Parkette
- Albert Campbell Square – located at Scarborough Civic Centre
- Albert Crosland Parkette
- Albert Standing Parkette
- Albion Gardens Park
- Alderwood Memorial Park
- Aldwych Park
- Alex Marchetti Park
- Alex Murray Parkette
- Alex Wilson Community Gardens
- Alexander Muir Memorial Gardens
- Alexander Park
- Alexander Street Parkette
- Alexander the Great Parkette
- Alexandra Park
- Alexmuir Park
- Allan Gardens – one of two conservatories in Toronto
- Allan Lamport Stadium and Park
- Allanhurst Park
- Amberdale Ravine
- Ambrose Parkette
- Ames Park
- Amesbury Park
- Amos Waites Park
- Amsterdam Square
- Ancaster Park
- Ancona Park
- Aneta Circle Parkette
- Anewen Greenbelt
- Anniversary Park
- Anson Park
- Anthony Road Public School Park – co-located at Toronto District School Board elementary school
- Antibes Park
- Apted Park
- Arena Gardens – site of the former Mutual Street Arena, the first home of the Toronto Maple Leafs
- Arlington Parkette
- Arsandco Park
- Art Eggleton Park
- Arthur Dyson Parkette
- Ashbridge's Bay Park
- Ashtonbee Reservoir Park – located next to Toronto Water facility
- Asquith Green Park
- Asterfield - Plumrose Blvd Parkette
- Atria Park
- Audrelane Park
- Aura Lee Playing Field (University of Toronto Grounds)[2]
- Austin Terrace Boulevard Lands
- Avalon Parkette
- Avondale Park
- Avonshire Park
- Avonshire Parkette
- Avro Park
B
[edit]- Baby Point Club Park[a]
- Bain Avenue Parkette
- Baird Park
- Bakerton Parkette
- Balcarra Park
- Balliol Parkette
- Balmoral Park
- Balmy Beach Park
- Bamburgh Park
- Banbury Park
- Banting Park
- Barbara Hall Park
- Barkdene Park
- Bartlett Parkette
- Bartley Park
- Basswood Parkette
- Bathurst Quay
- Bathurst - Wilson Parkette
- Battery Park
- Baycrest Park
- Bayhampton Parkette
- Bayview - York Mills Parkette
- Bayview Parkette
- Bayview Village Park
- Beach Skatepark
- Beaches Park
- Beaty Avenue Parkette
- Beaty Parkette
- Beaumonde Heights Park
- Beaumont Park
- Beaver - Lightbourn Parkette
- Bedford Parkette
- Beechgrove Park
- Beecroft Park
- Bell Manor Park
- Bellamy Park
- Bellbury Park
- Bellevue Square Park
- Belmar Park
- Belmont Parkette
- Ben Nobleman Park
- Bendale Park
- Benjamin Boake Greenbelt
- Benner Park
- Bennett Park
- Bennington Heights Park
- Berczy Park (named for William Berczy) – located adjacent to Gooderham Building
- Beresford Park
- Berner Trail Park
- Berry Road Park
- Bert Robinson Park
- Bessarion Parkette
- Bestview Park
- Bethune Park (named for Norman Bethune)
- Betty Sutherland Trail Park
- Beverly Glen Park
- Bickford Park
- Bill Hancox Park
- Bill Johnston Park
- Birch Park
- Birchcrest Park
- Birchmount Park and Stadium
- Birchview Boulevard Parkette
- Birkdale Ravine
- Birunthan Park
- Bishop Park
- Bisset Park
- Black Creek Parkland
- Black Creek Site East
- Black Creek Site West
- Blackfriar Park
- Blantyre Park
- Bloor - Bedford Parkette
- Bloor - Parliament Parkette – formerly Toronto Transit Commission Viaduct Loop
- Bloordale Park North
- Bloordale Park South
- Blue Ridge Park
- Bluehaven Park
- Bluffer's Park
- Blythdale Greenbelt
- Blythwood Ravine Park
- Bob Hunter Park
- Bobbie Rosenfeld Park
- Bond Park
- Bonspiel Park
- Boswell Parkette
- Botany Hill Park
- Boulton Drive Parkette
- Bowan Court Parkette
- Boyington Property
- Bramber Woods Park
- Brandon Avenue Parkette
- Bratty Park
- Breadalbane Park
- Brendwin Circle Parkette
- Briar Crest Park
- Briar Hill - Chaplin Park
- Briar Hill Parkette
- Bridletowne Park
- Bridlewood Park
- Bright Street Playground
- Brimley Woods
- Bristol Avenue Parkette
- Bristol Avenue Parkette West
- Broadacres Park
- Broadlands Park
- Broadview Subway Station Parkette
- Brookbanks Park
- Brookdale Park
- Brookfield Parkette
- Brooks Road Park
- Brookwell Park
- Browns Line-Lakeshore Parkette
- Bruce Mackey Park
- Brunswick - College Parkette
- Budapest Park
- Budd Sugarman Park
- Burnett Park
- Burnhamill Park
- Burrows Hall Park
- Buttonwood Park
- Byng Park
C
[edit]- Cairns Avenue Parkette
- Caledonia Park
- Camborne Parkette
- Campbell Avenue Playground
- Canadian Ukrainian Memorial Park
- Candlebrook Crescent Park
- Canmore Park
- Canoe Landing Park
- Canterbury Place Park
- Capri Park
- Caribou Park – renamed Phil Givens Park in 2016[3]
- Carlton Park
- Caroline Huebner Parkette (formerly Tiverton Parkette)[4]
- Cathedral Bluffs Park
- Cedar Brook Park
- Cedarvale Park
- Centennial Park in the former city of Etobicoke
- Centennial Park in the former city of Scarborough
- Central Park
- Centre Park
- Chalkfarm Park
- Charles Brereton Park
- Charles Sauriol Conservation Reserve
- Charlotte Maher Park
- Chartwell Park
- Chatsworth Ravine
- Chelsea Park
- Cherry Beach
- Chorley Park – site of the former fourth Government House
- Christie Pits
- Clanton Park
- Clarence Square
- Clarke Beach Park
- Cliff Lumsdon Park
- Cliffwood Park
- Cloud Gardens (Bay Adelaide Gardens and the Cloud Forest Conservatory)
- Collingwood Park
- Colonel Danforth Park (likely named for road builder Asa Danforth Jr.'s father Asa Danforth)
- Colonel Samuel Smith Park
- Colony Park
- Corktown Common
- Coronation Park at foot of Strachan Avenue in Old Toronto
- Coronation Park in the former city of Etobicoke
- Coronation Park in the former city of York
- Cotsworth Park
- Coulter Avenue Parkette
- Coxwell Ravine Park
- Cresthaven Park
- Crothers Woods
- Cudia Park
- Cummer Park
- Cy Townsend Park
D
[edit]- David A. Balfour Park
- David Crombie Park
- Dell Park
- Delo Park
- Dempsey Park
- Denfield Park
- Dentonia Park
- Dentonia Park Golf Course
- Derrydowns Park
- Dieppe Park
- Dixie Park
- Donald Russell Memorial Park
- Don Mills Trail (a.k.a. Leaside Spur Trail)
- Don Valley Brick Works
- Don Valley Golf Course
- Doris McCarthy Trail
- Douglas B. Ford Park
- Dovercourt Park
- Downsview Dells Park
- Draper Park
- Drumsnab Park
- Dufferin Grove Park
- Dufferin Hill Park
- Duplex Parkette
E
[edit]- Earl Bales Park, Barry Zukerman Amphitheatre and North York Ski Centre
- Earlscourt Park
- East Don Parklands
- East Lynn Park
- East Point Park
- Eastview Park
- Ed & Anne Mirvish Parkette
- Edwards Gardens
- Eglinton Flats
- Eglinton Park
- Elijah Park (formerly Rajah Park)[5]
- Elizabeth Simcoe Park
- Empringham Park
- Esther Lorrie Park
- Étienne Brûlé Park
- Etobicoke Valley Park
- E.T. Seton Park
F
[edit]- Fairbank Memorial Park
- Farquarson Park
- Fergy Brown Park
- Finch Parkette
- Flemington Park
- Forestry Island Park – on Toronto Islands
- Fountainhead Park
- Frank Stollery Parkette
- Fraserwood Park
- Fundy Bay Park
G
[edit]- Garnier Park
- Garrison Creek Park
- Garthdale Park
- George Faludy Park
- George Milbrandt Parkette[6]
- Giltspur Park
- Glen Agar Park
- Glen Cedar Park
- Glen Long Park
- Glen Rouge Park and Campgrounds (adjacent to Bead Hill site)
- Glen Stewart Park
- Glen Stewart Ravine
- Glendora Park
- Glenn Gould Park
- Goldhawk Park
- G. Ross Lord Park
- Grandravine Park
- Grange Park
- Greenwood Park
- Grey Abbey Trail and Ravine
- Guild Park and Gardens
- Gwendolyn MacEwen Park
H
[edit]- Habitant Park
- Healey Willan Park
- Heart Park – formerly Otter Loop[7]
- Heathrow Park
- Hendon Park
- High Park
- Highland Creek
- Highview Park and Roy Halladay Field[8]
- Hillcrest Park
- Hillmount Parkette
- Hillside Park
- Holley Park
- Home Smith Park
- Howard Talbot Park
- HTO Park
- Hullmar Park
- Humber Arboretum
- Humber Bay Park
- Humber Bay Shores Park
- Humberline Park
- Humber Marshes
- Humber Valley Golf Course
- Humewood Park
- Huntsmill Park
- Hupfield Park
I–K
[edit]- Ireland Park
- Iroqouis Park
- Island Park – on Toronto Islands
- Ivan Forrest Gardens
- Jack Goodland Park
- James Gardens
- Jane Osler Park
- Jean Sibelius Square
- Jeff Healey Park
- Jesse Ketchum Park
- Jimmie Simpson Park
- John Tabor Park
- Joseph Burr Tyrrell Park
- Joseph Tough Park
- JT Watson Park
- June Callwood Park
- June Rowlands Park (formerly Davisville Park) and Sharon, Lois & Bram Playground
- Kay Gardner Beltline Park
- Keelesdale Park
- Kempton Howard Park
- Kew Gardens Park
- King's Mill Park
L
[edit]- Lambton Woods
- Lake Shore Boulevard Parklands
- L'Amoreaux Park and Cricket Grounds
- Laughlin Park
- Laura Park
- Lawren Harris Square
- Lawrence Park
- Leaside Park
- Lescon Park
- Leslie Park
- Leslie Slip Lookout Park
- Lillian Park
- Lindylou Park
- Linus Park
- Lissom Park
- Lithuania Park
- Little Norway Park
- Littles Road Park
- Loring-Wyle Parkette
- Love Park
- Lower Don Parklands
- Lower Highland Creek Park
- Lytton Park
M
[edit]- McAllister Park
- McCleary Park
- McCormick Park
- McCowan District Park
- McDairnud Woods Park
- McLevin Park
- McNicoll Park
- Magwood Park
- Mallaby Park
- Malta Park
- Maple Leaf Forever Park
- Maple Leaf Park
- Marie Curtis Park
- Marilyn Bell Park
- Market Lane Park
- Martin Goodman Trail
- Maurice J. Breen Park
- Maryvale Park
- Matt Cohen Park
- Measurement Park
- Megan Park
- Milliken Park
- Millwood Park
- Mission Ground Parkette
- Mitchell Field Park
- Monarch Park
- Mondeo Park
- Montclaire Avenue Parkette
- Moore Park Ravine
- Moorevale Park
- Morningside Park
- Morningview Trail Ravine
- Moss Park
- Muirlands Park
N–O
[edit]- Natal Park
- Neilson Park
- Newtonbrook Park
- Nicol MacNicol Parkette
- North Park
- North Kipling Park
- Northend Parkette
- Northwood Park
- Oak Street Park
- Olive Square Park
- Olympia Park
- Olympic Park
- Olympic Island Park
- Orchard Park
- Ordnance Triangle Park
- Oriole Park
- Orphan's Green
- Owen Park
P–R
[edit]- Palace Pier Park
- Palmerston Gardens
- Pantry Park
- Park Drive Reservation Land
- Park Lawn Park
- Phil Givens Park — formerly Caribou Park
- Pinetree Park
- Pinto Park
- Pine Point Park
- Port Royal Park
- Prince Edward Viaduct Parkette
- Prince of Wales Park
- Princess Margaret Park
- Queen's Greenbelt (not to be confused with Queen's Park in downtown Toronto)
- Ramsden Park
- Ranleigh Park
- Raymore Park
- Regent Park North
- Rekai Family Parkette
- Rennie Park
- Ricardo Parkette
- Riverdale Park
- Roding Park
- Rosebank Park
- Rosedale Field
- Rosedale Valley Lands
- Rosetta McLain Gardens
- Roycroft Park
- Rouge Beach Park
- Rouge Park East
- Roundhouse Park
- Rowntree Mills Park
- Runnymede Park
S
[edit]- St. Andrew's Market and Playground
- St. James Park
- St. Lucia Park
- Scarborough Heights Park
- Scarlett Mills Park
- Scarlett Woods Golf Course
- Sculpture Gardens
- Seaton Park
- Seneca Hill Park
- Sentinel Park
- Serena Gundy Park
- Sergeant Ryan Russell Parkette[9] — formerly Dupont Parkette
- Shawnee Park
- Sherbourne Common
- Sherwood Park
- Sheppard East Park
- Skymark Park
- Silvercreek Park
- Silverview Park
- Sir Casimir Gzowski Park
- Sir Winston Churchill Park
- Smythe Park
- Snake Island Park – on Toronto Islands
- Snider Parkette
- Snowhill Park
- Sonya's Park
- South Humber Park
- South Marine Drive Park
- Suydam Park
- Stan Wadlow Park
- Stanley Park
- Stanley Park North
- Stanley Park South
- Stratford Park
- Sugar Beach
- Sumach-Shuter Parkette
- Summerlea Park
- Sunnybrook Park (and Sunnybrook Stables)
- Sunnyside Park
- Sun Row Park
- Sylvan Park and Gates Gully
T–V
[edit]- Taddle Creek Park
- Talwood Park
- Tam O'Shanter Golf Course
- Taylor Creek Park
- Terry Fox Park
- Thistletown Area
- Thomson Memorial Park
- Thomson Riley Park
- Tip Top Park
- Todmorden Mills Park
- Tommy Thompson Park
- Toronto Botanical Garden in Edwards Gardens
- Toronto Music Garden
- Toronto Inukshuk Park
- Toronto Islands
- Toronto Track and Field Centre
- Town Hall Square
- Trace Mane Park
- Trinity Bellwoods Park and SkyDome baseball diamond (named after the former name of the Rogers Centre multi-purpose stadium)[10]
- Trinity Square and Labyrinth Park
- Underpass Park
- Vale of Avoca
- Valleyfield Park
- Varna Park
- Viewmount Park
W–Z
[edit]- Wallace-Emerson Park
- Walter Saunders Memorial Park
- Wanless Park
- Washington Street Parkette
- Waterfront Park
- Warden Woods Park
- Wedgewood Park
- Wellington Cat Promenade
- Wells Hill Park
- Wellsworth Park
- Wellesley Park
- Wenderly Park
- West Don Park
- West Humber Parkland
- Weston Lions Park
- West Rouge Park
- Westlake Memorial Park — formerly Jasper Park[11]
- Westview Greenbelt
- White Haven Park
- Wickson Trail Park
- Wilket Creek Park
- Willesden Park
- Willowdale Park
- Wilmington Park
- Windfields Park
- Withrow Park
- Winchester Park
- Wishing Well Park
- Wonscotonach Parklands — formerly Don River Valley Park
- Woodbine Park — formerly Greenwood Raceway
- Woodbine Beach Park
- Wychwood Barns Park — former Toronto Transit Commission streetcar barn 1913–1992
- York Beltline Trail
- York Mills Valley Park
- York Stadium
- York Street Park
- Yorkdale Park
- Yorkminister Park
- Yorkminster Park Baptist Church Park
- Yorkville Park
- Zooview Park
Former city parks
[edit]- Finch Meander Area – part of Rouge National Urban Park and parking area Parks Canada Emergency Access Area
- Glen Eagles Vista – part of Rouge National Urban Park Glen Eagles Vista
Provincial parks
[edit]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 on the waterfront south of Exhibition Place and is being redeveloped
- 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
[edit]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 in North York
- Harbourfront Park — waterfront promenade and urban park amongst residential and commercial development along Queens Quay West in downtown Toronto
- Rouge National Urban Park — a national urban park and nature preserve centred around the Rouge Valley with some agricultural uses
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
[edit]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 many conservation areas in the Toronto region, including three completely or primarily within the City of Toronto limits:
- The Village at Black Creek (formerly Black Creek Pioneer Village) primarily in North York with a very small section in Vaughan
- Tommy Thompson Park (Leslie Street Spit) on the Toronto waterfront
- 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 in Etobicoke.
TRCA briefly managed part of Rouge Park before it was transferred to Parks Canada.
See also
[edit]- 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
Notes
[edit]- ^ privately managed by Baby Point Club, two open-space areas are fenced off and located next to tennis courts
References
[edit]- ^ Toronto and Region Conservation. "Chronology of Storm Events". Retrieved March 27, 2010.
- ^ "University of Toronto: Campus Grounds". University of Toronto. Archived from the original on March 10, 2013.
- ^ "Parks, Forestry and Recreation : Phil Givens Park". Archived from the original on October 7, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
- ^ "Leslieville parkette renamed after woman killed by stray bullet". Toronto Star. June 1, 2024.
- ^ "Toronto park renamed for Elijah Marsh, 3-year-old who died in the cold in 2015". Global News.
- ^ "Naming of New Parkette - N/E corner of Yonge Street and Lawrence Avenue East "The George Milbrandt Parkette"". City of Toronto. August 23, 1999. Archived from the original on October 15, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ "Then and Now: The Site of the TTC's Former Otter Loop | UrbanToronto". urbantoronto.ca.
- ^ "Toronto's first accessible baseball diamond to be named Roy Halladay Field". MLB.com.
- ^ "Dupont Parkette renamed in Sgt. Ryan Russell's honour - CityNews". Archive.today. July 23, 2012. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
- ^ "The Skydome in Trinity Bellwoods Park has finally been recognized".
- ^ Jasper Park renamed to Westlake Memorial Park