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 :
0–9
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
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 eastern part of the Toronto waterfront .
B
Bellevue Square Park is a small park and public square with a labyrinth 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
Fairbank Memorial Park
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.
Football field in G. Ross Lord Park
H
High Park is one of the largest parks in Toronto managed by municipal government . Shown here are the cherry blossom (sakura) trees in the park.
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
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 .
Love Park's pool and lone catalpa tree on its own islet
M
The Humber Bay Arch Bridge on the Martin Goodman Trail , a multi-use path maintained by the City.
N–O
Olympic Park is adjacent to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre
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
Riverdale Park is a large park that spans the lower Don River .
S
St. James Park is a small park located next to St. James Cathedral Church in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood of downtown Toronto.
Sugar Beach is an urban beach park located in East Bayfront .
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
Trinity Bellwoods Park with a view of the CN Tower in the backfround
An inuksuk at Toronto Inukshuk Park
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 .
Wychwood Barns is a former streetcar maintenance facility that was converted into a community centre and a park.
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
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:
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:
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 many conservation areas in the Toronto region, including three within the City of Toronto limits:
TRCA briefly managed part of Rouge Park before it was transferred to Parks Canada .
See also
Notes
^ privately managed by Baby Point Club, two open-space areas are fenced off and located next to tennis courts
References
^ 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
External links
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