Barbara Hall Park

{{Short description|Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada}}

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Barbara Hall Park (formerly Cawthra Square Park) is a park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.{{Cite web |title=Wave of crime including animal shootings has locals worried about safety of Toronto park |url=https://www.blogto.com/city/2023/10/barbara-hall-park-crime/ |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=www.blogto.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025064250/https://www.blogto.com/city/2023/10/barbara-hall-park-crime/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Leon |first=Calvi |date=2023-09-28 |title=‘Sickening’: Toronto’s Church-Wellesley community still reeling after dog shot and killed in park |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/sickening-toronto-s-church-wellesley-community-still-reeling-after-dog-shot-and-killed-in-park/article_1267c477-af60-59cc-b8a2-5d35a2016961.html |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=Toronto Star |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002175527/https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/sickening-toronto-s-church-wellesley-community-still-reeling-after-dog-shot-and-killed-in-park/article_1267c477-af60-59cc-b8a2-5d35a2016961.html |url-status=live }} The park was renamed to commemorate Barbara Hall in 2014.{{Cite web |last=Wetselaar |first=Sean |date=2014-07-15 |title=Park renamed in honour of former mayor Barbara Hall |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/park-renamed-in-honour-of-former-mayor-barbara-hall/article_cadedc54-96a9-5135-b390-92f0bda76b5e.html |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=Toronto Star |language=en |archive-date=2023-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112023633/https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/park-renamed-in-honour-of-former-mayor-barbara-hall/article_cadedc54-96a9-5135-b390-92f0bda76b5e.html |url-status=live }} Hall was the first Mayor of Toronto to march in the Toronto Pride Parade in 1995.{{Cite web |date=2020-06-01 |title=Pride Month 2025 |url=https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/festivals-events/pride-month/ |access-date=2025-06-30 |website=City of Toronto |language=en-CA}}

An AIDS memorial is installed in the park.{{Cite web |title=Barbara Hall Park Review - Toronto Ontario - Sights {{!}} Fodor’s Travel |url=https://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/canada/ontario/toronto/things-to-do/sights/reviews/barbara-hall-park-s793753 |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=www.fodors.com |archive-date=2023-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112023633/https://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/canada/ontario/toronto/things-to-do/sights/reviews/barbara-hall-park-s793753 |url-status=live }} The memorial was vandalized in 2023.{{Cite web |title='Deeply upsetting': AIDS Memorial at Barbara Hall Park vandalized {{!}} CityNews Toronto |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/08/02/aids-memorial-barbara-hall-park-vandalized/ |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=toronto.citynews.ca |archive-date=2023-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803122928/https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/08/02/aids-memorial-barbara-hall-park-vandalized/ |url-status=live }}