List of Toronto parks
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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.[1]
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[edit] Municipal parks
The following parks are maintained by Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division:
[edit] A
- Acacia Park
- Academy Soccer Field
- Adams Park
- Agincourt Park
- Alamosa Park
- Albert Crosland Parkette
- Albert Standing Parkette
- Albion Gardens Park
- Allan Gardens
- Allan Lamport Stadium and Park
- Alexander Muir Memorial Gardens
- Alexander Park
- Alexander Street Parkette
- Alexandra Park
- Amesbury Park
- Amsterdam Park
- Apted Park
- Ashbridge's Bay Park
- Audrelane Park
- Aura Lee Park
[edit] B
- Bamburgh Park
- Battery Park
- Baycrest Park
- Bayview Park
- Bellbury Park
- Ben Nobleman Park
- Berry Road Park
- Bert Robinson Park
- Betty Sutherland Park
- Birch Park
- Birchmount Park and Stadium
- Birkdale Ravine
- Black Creek Parkland
- Bloordale Park
- Bluffer's Park
- Blythwood Ravine Park
- Bobbie Rosenfeld Park
- Bond Park
- Bratty Park
- Brimley Woods
- Broad Arces Park
- Budapest Park
- Budd Sugarman Park
- Burnett Park
- Burrow Hall Park
[edit] C
- Caledonia Park
- Canoe Landing Park
- Canterbury Place Park
- Carlton Park
- Cathederal Bluffs Park
- Cedar Brook Park
- Cedarvale Park
- Chalkfarm Park
- Chartwell Park
- Chatsworth Ravine
- Chelsea Park
- Chorley Park
- Centennial Park
- Central Park
- Centre Park
- Central Ravines, Belt Line and Gardens Discovery Walks
- Charles Sauriol Conservation Reserve
- Christie Pits Park
- Clanton Park
- Clarence Square
- Cliff Lumsdon Park
- Cliffwood Park
- Cloud Gardens (Bay Adelaide Gardens and the Cloud Forest Conservatory)
- Collingwood Park
- Colonel Danforth Park
- Colonel Samuel Smith Park
- Colony Park
- Coronation Park
- Cotsworth Park
- Coxwell Ravine Park
- Cresthaven Park
- Crothers' Woods
- Cudia Park
- Cummer Skateboard Park
[edit] D
- David A. Balfour Park
- Denfield Park
- Dentonia Park and Golf Course
- Derrydowns Park
- Dieppe Park
- Dixie Park
- Donald Russell Memorial Park
- Don Valley Brick Works
- Don Valley Golf Course
- Don Valley Hills and Dales Discovery Walks
- Dovercourt Park
- Downsview Dells
- Dufferin Grove Park
- Duplex Parkette
[edit] E
- Earl Bales Park, Barry Zukerman Amphitheatre and North York Ski Centre
- Earlscourt Park
- East Don Parklands
- East Point Park
- Eastview Park
- Ed & Anne Mirvish Parkette
- Edwards Gardens and Civic Gardens
- Eglinton Flats
- Eglinton Park
- Elizabeth Simcoe Park
- Empringham Park
- Esther Lorrie Park
- Etienne Brule Park
- E.T. Seton Park
- Exhibition Park
[edit] F-G
- Fairbank Memorial Park
- Farquarson Park
- Finch Parkette
- Flemington Park
- Forestry Island Park
- Fountainhead Park
- Frank Stollery Parkette
- Fundy Bay Park
- Garnier Park
- Garrison Creek Park
- Garthdale Park
- George Faludy Park
- Glen Agar Park
- Glen Cedar Park
- Glendora Park
- Glen Long Park
- Glenn Gould Park
- Glen Rouge Park and Campgrounds
- Goldhawk Park
- G. Ross Lord Park
- Grandravine Park
- Grange Park
- Greenwood Park
- Grey Abbey Trail and Ravine
- Guildwood Park and Inn
- Gwendolyn MacEwen Park
[edit] H
- Habitant Park
- Healey Willan Park
- Hendon Park
- High Park
- Hillcrest Park
- Hillside Park
- Highland Creek
- Home Smith Park
- Howard Talbot Park
- HTO Park
- Hullmar Park
- Humber Arboretum
- Humber Bay Park
- Humberline Park
- Humber Marshes
- Humber Valley Golf Course
- Humber River, Old Mill and Marshes Discovery Walks
- Humewood Park
- Huntsmill Park
- Hupfield Park
[edit] I-K
- Ireland Park
- Iroqouis Park
- Island Park
- Jack Goodland Park
- James Gardens
- Jasper Park
- Jean Sibelius Square
- Jesse Ketchum Park
- Jimmie Simpson Park
- John Tabor Park
- June Rowlands Park (Davisville Park)
- Kay Gardner Beltline Park
- Keelesdale Park
- Kempton Howard Park
- Kew Gardens Park
- King's Mill Park
[edit] L
- Lambton Woods
- Lake Shore Boulevard Parklands
- L'Amoreaux Park
- Laughlin Park
- Laura Park
- Lawrence Park
- Leaside Park
- Leslie Park
- Lillian Park
- Lindylou Park
- Linus Park
- Lissom Park
- Lithuania Park
- Little Norway Park
- Littles Road Park
- Loring-Wyle Parkette
- Lower Don Parklands
- Lower Highland Creek Park
- Lytton Park
[edit] M
- McAllister Park
- McCleary Park
- McDairnud Woods Park
- McLevin Park
- McNicoll Park
- Magwood Park
- Malta Park
- Maple Leaf Forever Park
- Maple Leaf Park
- Marie Curtis Park
- Marilyn Bell Park
- Market Lane Park
- Martin Goodman Trail
- Maryvale Park
- Matt Cohen Park
- Metro Toronto Track and Field Centre
- Milliken Park
- Millwood Park
- Mitchell Field Park
- Monarch Park
- Morningside Park
- Morningview Trail Ravine
- Moore Park Ravine
- Moorevale Park
- Morningside Park
- Moss Park
- Muirlands Park
[edit] N-O
- Natal Park
- Neilson Park
- Newtonbrook Park
- Nicol MacNicol Parkette
- North Park
- North Kipling Park
- Northwood Park
- Oak Park
- Olympia Park
- Olympic Island Park
- Orchard Park
- Oriole Park
- Owen Park
[edit] P-R
- Palace Pier Park
- Palmerston Gardens
- Pantry Park
- Park Drive Reservation Land
- Park Lawn Park
- Pinetree Park
- Pinto Park
- Pine Point Park
- Port Royal Park
- Prince of Wales Park
- Princess Margaret Park
- Queen's Greenbelt
- Ramsden Park
- Raymore Park
- Rennie Park
- Riverdale Park
- Roding Park
- Rosebank Park
- Rosetta McLain Gardens
- Rouge Beach Park
- Rouge Park East
- Roundhouse Park
- Rowntree Mills Park
- Runnymede Park
[edit] S
- St. Andrew's Market and Playground
- St. James Park
- St. Lucia Park
- Scarborough Heights Park
- Scarlett Mills Park
- Scarlett Woods Golf Course
- Sculpture Gardens
- Sentinel Park
- Serena Gundy Park
- Sergeant Ryan Russell Parkette (renamed from Dupont Parkette in July 2011)[2]
- Shawnee Park
- Sherbourne Commons
- Sherwood Park
- Sheppard East Park
- Skymark Park
- Silvercreek Park
- Silverview Park
- Sir Casimir Gzowski Park
- Sir Winston Churchill Park
- Smythe Park
- Snake Island Park
- Snider Parkette
- Snowhill Park
- Sonya's Park
- South Humber Park
- South Marine Drive Park
- Stan Wadlow Park
- Stanley Park
- Stratford Park
- Sugar Beach
- Summerlea Park
- Sunnybrook Park and Riding Stables
- Sunnyside Park
- Sun Row Park
- Sylvan Park and Gates Gully
[edit] T-V
- 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
- Toronto Music Garden
- Toronto Islands
- Town Hall Square
- Trace Mane Park
- Trinity Bellwoods Park
- Trinity Square and Labyrinth Park
- Valleyfield Park
- Varna Park
- Viewmount Park
[edit] W-Y
- Wallace-Emerson Park
- Wanless Park
- Washington Street Parkette
- Waterfront Park
- Warden Woods Park
- Wedgewood Park
- Wells Hill Park
- Wellsworth Park
- Wellesley Park
- Wenderley Park
- West Don Park
- West Humber Parkland
- Weston Lions Park
- West Rouge Park
- Westview Greenbelt
- Western Ravines and Beaches Discovery Walks
- White Haven Park
- Wickson Trail Park
- Wilket Creek Park
- Willesden Park
- Willowdale Park
- Wilmington Park
- Windfields Park
- Withrow Park
- Winchester Park
- Woodbine Park
- Woodbine Beach Park
- Wychwood Barns Park
- York Mills Valley Park
- Yorkdale Park
- Yorkminister Park
- Yorkville Park
[edit] Provincial parks
There are three provincial managed parks in the City of Toronto and only one is a natural park.
The following parks are owned by the Government of Ontario:
- Ontario Place - artificially constructed amusement park and entertainment facility, on the waterfront south of Exhibition Place
- Queen's Park - park setting on the south and north ends of the Ontario Legislative Building Building, not to be confused with Queen's Greenbelt in North York
- Rouge Park - natural preserve section south of Steeles Avenue to Lake Ontario shoreline
[edit] National parks
The following parks are owned by the federal government of Canada (and not part of the National Parks system).
- Downsview Park - converted military base CFB Downsview
- Harbourfront - waterfront promenade and urban park amongst residential and commercial development along Queen's Quay fron Yonge Street west to Bathurst Street
[edit] 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 a number of conservation areas in the Toronto region, including two within the City of Toronto limits:
- Black Creek Pioneer Village
- Tommy Thompson Park (Leslie Street Spit)
- 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.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Toronto and Region Conservation. "Chronology of Storm Events". http://www.hurricanehazel.ca/ssi/about_chronology.shtml. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
- ^ http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/article/142941--dupont-parkette-to-be-renamed-in-honour-of-sgt-ryan-russell
[edit] External links
- Toronto Parks & Recreation website
- Centre Island Amusement Park
- High Park Community Advisory Council
- Toronto Parks Photo Gallery