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List of parks in Toronto

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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.{{cite web

| title = Chronology of Storm Events

| author = Toronto and Region Conservation

| url = http://www.hurricanehazel.ca/ssi/about_chronology.shtml

| access-date = March 27, 2010}}

Municipal parks

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

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Note that these parks will later be given official names as these are tentative names.

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  • 120 Queens Quay East Park
  • 167 Armour Boulevard Parkette
  • 175 The Pond Road Park
  • 20 Castlefield Avenue Park
  • 40 Power Street Park
  • 45 Dalhousie Street Park
  • 85 Keewatin Avenue Park

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=A=

File:(2007) Allan Gardens (3590765579).jpg. Established in 1858, the gardens is one of the city's oldest extant parks.]]

File:Ashbridges Sunset (5188397925).jpg Park. The park is situated next to Woodbine Beach, along the eastern part of the Toronto waterfront.]]

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  • 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){{cite web |url=http://www.fs.utoronto.ca/grounds.htm |title=University of Toronto: Campus Grounds |website=University of Toronto |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310214221/http://www.fs.utoronto.ca/grounds.htm | archive-date=2013-03-10}}
  • Austin Terrace Boulevard Lands
  • Avalon Parkette
  • Avondale Park
  • Avonshire Park
  • Avonshire Parkette
  • Avro Park

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File:People scenery at Bellevue Square Park in Kensington Market, Toronto.jpg located in Kensington Market.]]

File:Berczy Park 001.jpg is a small park in Downtown Toronto named after William Berczy.]]

File:Bluffers Park 1.jpg.]]

File:Broadview Parkette 4159.jpg Parkette is one of many parkettes operated by the City of Toronto.]]

File:Budd Sugarman Park corner.jpg.]]

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  • Baby Point Club Park{{efn|privately managed by Baby Point Club, two open-space areas are fenced off and located next to tennis courts}}
  • 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

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File:Etobicoke Creek Trail at Centennial Park.jpg is a large regional park located in the western portion of Etobicoke.]]

File:Cherry Beach Park (37949679394).jpg Park is a municipal park and beach along the waterfront.]]

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  • 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{{Cite web |url=https://www1.toronto.ca/parks/prd/facilities/complex/448/index.htm |title=Parks, Forestry and Recreation : Phil Givens Park |access-date=2017-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007115800/https://www1.toronto.ca/parks/prd/facilities/complex/448/index.htm |archive-date=2017-10-07 |url-status=dead }}
  • Carlton Park
  • Caroline Huebner Parkette (formerly Tiverton Parkette){{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/leslieville-parkette-renamed-after-woman-killed-by-stray-bullet/article_0e29b7c6-203e-11ef-a9e3-833eb25651fe.html |title=Leslieville parkette renamed after woman killed by stray bullet |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=2024-06-01 }}
  • 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
  • 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

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File:Brick Works Wetlands September 2010 Toronto.jpg was a former clay quarry that was converted into a city park.]]

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=E=

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

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=F=

File:Fairbankmemorialpark.JPG]]

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=G=

File:Guild Park and Gardens (38432292876).jpg is a park located along the Scarborough Bluffs. It is home to a collection of relics saved from demolished buildings in Toronto.]]

File:G Ross Lord Park 18.jpg

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  • Garnier Park
  • Garrison Creek Park
  • Garthdale Park
  • George Faludy Park
  • George Milbrandt Parkette{{cite web |url=https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/1999/agendas/committees/edp/edp990913/it017.htm |title=Naming of New Parkette - N/E corner of Yonge Street and Lawrence Avenue East "The George Milbrandt Parkette" |publisher=City of Toronto |date=August 23, 1999 |access-date=October 10, 2020 |archive-date=October 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015051342/https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/1999/agendas/committees/edp/edp990913/it017.htm |url-status=live }}
  • 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

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=H=

File:High Park, Toronto DSC 0129 (17207727609).jpg is one of the largest parks in Toronto managed by municipal government. Shown here are the cherry blossom (sakura) trees in the park.]]

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  • Habitant Park
  • Healey Willan Park
  • Heart Park – formerly Otter Loop{{Cite web|url=https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2020/03/then-and-now-site-ttcs-former-otter-loop|title=Then and Now: The Site of the TTC's Former Otter Loop | UrbanToronto|website=urbantoronto.ca}}
  • Heathrow Park
  • Hendon Park
  • High Park
  • Highland Creek
  • Highview Park and Roy Halladay Field{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-toronto-s-first-accessible-baseball-diamond-to-be-named-roy-hallad|title=Toronto's first accessible baseball diamond to be named Roy Halladay Field|website=MLB.com}}
  • 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

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File:Famine memorial.jpg commemorates the thousands who fled Ireland during the Great Famine.]]

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=L=

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

File:Love_Park_Pool_and_Tree.jpg pool and lone northern catalpa tree on its own islet]]

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=M=

File:The Bridge... (40138578).jpg on the Martin Goodman Trail, a multi-use path maintained by the City.]]

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=N–O=

File:Olympic_Park_Toronto_corner.JPG is adjacent to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre]]

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  • 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

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File:Toronto cyclist and skyline September 2010.jpg is a large park that spans the lower Don River.]]

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=S=

File:St Lawrence Hall spring 2012.JPG is a small park located next to St. James Cathedral Church in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood of downtown Toronto.]]

File:SugarBeach8.jpg is an urban beach park located in East Bayfront.]]

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  • 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{{cite web|url=http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/article/142941--dupont-parkette-to-be-renamed-in-honour-of-sgt-ryan-russell|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723110411/http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/article/142941--dupont-parkette-to-be-renamed-in-honour-of-sgt-ryan-russell|url-status=dead|title=Dupont Parkette renamed in Sgt. Ryan Russell's honour - CityNews|date=July 23, 2012|archive-date=July 23, 2012|website=Archive.today|access-date=May 27, 2018}} — 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

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File:CN_Tower_DSCN4373.JPG with a view of the CN Tower in the backfround]]

File:Inukshuk Park 05.jpg at Toronto Inukshuk Park]]

File:Underpass Park (22278204402).jpg, an urban park located underneath an underpass in the West Don Lands.]]

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File:Withrow Park, winter 3.jpg is a municipal park situated in the neighbourhood of Riverdale.]]

File:Wychwood Barns.JPG is a former streetcar maintenance facility that was converted into a community centre and a park.]]

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  • 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[https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2011/07/22/three_westlake_brothers_who_died_in_second_world_war_to_be_honoured.html Jasper Park renamed to Westlake Memorial Park]
  • 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

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=Former city parks=

  • 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

File:WikiOntarioPlace_Toronto_ID2.jpg 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

File:Rouge Beach Pond Boardwalk sunrise.jpg, 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 {{convert|3467|sqkm|sqmi}} 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

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Notes

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References

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External links

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  • [http://www.toronto.ca/parks/index.htm Toronto Parks & Recreation website]
  • [https://www.toronto.ca/data/parks/prd/facilities/parks/index.html Official Toronto Parks listing]
  • [http://www.centreisland.ca/ Centre Island Amusement Park]
  • [http://www.highpark.org/ High Park Community Advisory Council]
  • [http://www.hanifworld.com/Toronto%20Parks.htm Toronto Parks Photo Gallery]

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