Best Parks in Toronto
8 parks in Toronto, including High Park (High Park, Toronto). No votes cast yet — entries are ordered as added, and the community's votes will decide the order from here — last updated Aug 19, 2026.
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High Park
parkHigh Park, Toronto
Toronto's largest park at 161 hectares, opened to the public in 1876, with a zoo, Grenadier Pond and Japanese cherry trees planted from 1959 onward.
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Queen West, Toronto
A 14.6-hectare park on the former Trinity College grounds, became a public park by 1909; known for its off-leash dog bowl and rare white squirrels.
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A human-made peninsula built from construction fill since the 1950s on the Leslie Street Spit, now an Important Bird Area with over 300 recorded species.
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Edwards Gardens
parkNorth York, Toronto
A horticultural park developed from a former estate starting in the 1940s, made a public park in 1956 and home to the Toronto Botanical Garden's 17 themed spaces.
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Riverdale Park
parkRiverdale, Toronto
A 104-acre park along the Don River between Cabbagetown and Riverdale, with sports fields, downtown skyline views and the adjoining Riverdale Farm.
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Scarborough, Toronto
Established in 2015 across Toronto and neighbouring municipalities, this 79-square-kilometre national park protects forests, farmland and Lake Ontario shoreline.
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Christie Pits, Toronto
An 8.9-hectare park at Bloor and Christie, built on a former sand quarry and renamed from Willowvale Park in 1983; has an outdoor pool and ice rink.
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Sunnybrook Park
parkLeaside, Toronto
A 147-acre park in Leaside donated to the city in 1928, with 25 kilometres of trails, an off-leash dog area and the public Sunnybrook Stables riding facility.
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