Centennial Park (Toronto)

For other uses, see Centennial Park (disambiguation).

Centennial Park
Centennial Park ski hill
Type	Public Park
Location	Toronto, Ontario
Operated by	City of Toronto

Centennial Park is a large regional park located in westend Toronto, in the former city of Etobicoke. It is maintained by the City of Toronto Parks and Recreation.

The park has a variety of features including:

• Centennial Park Conservatory
• Etobicoke Olympium, a large athletic centre that was built in 1975.
• Centennial Park Ski & Snowboard Centre, a small alpine skiing hill. It features one t-bar and a conveyor lift, serving one intermediate slope, one beginner slope, and a snowboard slope. It is one of two ski hills located within the boundaries of Toronto, the other being the North York Ski Center.
• Centennial Hill was the site of a municipal dump and the south end was used as a transfer station.
• Centennial Park Stadium, a 3,500 seat capacity stadium that is primarily used for athletics, soccer and occasionally for kabbadi.
• Centennial Park Arena 2 pads
• In the mid to late 1970's there was a Motocross track at Centennial park, open for riding and also held Motocross races on Sundays. Mike Austin's MRAC Motorcycle Racing Association of Canada ran the races.
• 8 lane polytan track and field facility
• go-cart track
• golf course
• picnic areas
• soccer fields
• one baseball diamond
• five softball diamonds
• Designated Toboggan Hill
• Splash Pad
• Playground Equipment
• Flying Circles
• 2 Cricket Pitches
• Disc Golf Course
• Exercise Course (Kiwanis)
• 7 acres marshland/wetlands
• 11 acre man made pond

External Links

Centennial Park - City of Toronto, Parks and Recreation http://www.toronto.ca/greentoronto/pdf/etob.pdf

See also

• North York Ski Centre
• Uplands Ski Area
• List of ski areas and resorts in Canada