Toronto Dog Park List

Allan Gardens (west end) - Ward 27
160 Gerrard Street East, Gerrard & Jarvis Street

Bickford Park - Ward 19
400 Grace Street at Harbord Street

Burk Ravine (beside Sunnybrook Park ) - Ward 25
Below the Sunnybrook Hospital, on the west side of the West Don River .

Cassels Avenue Playground - Ward 32
69 Cassels Avenues at Brookside Avenue

Cawthra Square - Ward 27
519 Church Street at Wellesley Street East

Cedarvale Ravine - Ward 21
1611 Bathurst Street at Lonsdale Road

Clarke Beach Park (at the foot of Cherry Street ) - Ward 30

David Crombie Park - Ward 28
131 to 171 The Esplanade at Lower Sherbourne Street

Don Russell Memorial Park - Ward 6
Birmingham Street at Faustina Drive

Don Valley Brickworks - Ward 27 or 29?
550 Bayview Avenue

Eastern Beaches (Winter – South of Snow Fencing) - Ward 32
RC Harris plant west to Lakeshore Blvd. and Coxwell Avenue
– avoid BLUE FLAG SIGNAGE AREAS

Greenwood Park - Ward 30
150 Greenwood Avenue at Dundas Street East

Hideaway Park - Ward 30
23 Audley Avenue

High Park (designated area) - Ward 13
1873 Bloor Street West at Parkside Drive

Hillcrest Park - Ward 21
950 Davenport Road at Christie

Jean Sibelius Park - Ward 20
50 Kendal Avenue (Bloor & Bathurst area)
Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday: 7-9am and 6-10:30pm
Weekends: 8:30am to 10:30am and 6pm to 10:30pm

Kew Gardens - Ward 32
2075 Queen Street East at Lee Avenue
At the foot of Lee Avenue, on the beach delineated by fencing.

Monarch Park - Ward 30
115 Hanson Street at CNR tracks

Nordheimer Ravine - Ward 21
326 Spadina Road at St. Clair Avenue

Norwood Park - Ward 32
16 Norwood Road, Woodbine & Gerrard Street

Oakcrest Park - Ward 32
30 Oakcrest Avenue at Woodbine Avenue

Park Drive Reservation Lands - Ward 27
200 Park Drive at Mt. Pleasant Road

Ramsden Park - Ward 27
215 Avenue Road (Dufferin & Eglinton area)

Rennie Park - Ward 13
140 Ellis Avenue

Riverdale Park West - Ward 28
375 Sumach Street at Carlton Street
Lower playing fields, southeast of Riverdale Farm

Sherwood Park - Ward 25
1200 Mt. Pleasant Road at Sherwood Avenue

South Stanley Park - Ward 19
845 King Street West at Adelaide

Trinity Bellwoods Park - Ward 19
790 Queen Street West at Shaw Street

Vermont Square - Ward 20
819 Palmerston Avenue (Bathurst & Dupont area)

Wildwood Crescent Playground - Ward 32
110 Wildwood Crescent (Gerrard & Woodbine area)

Withrow Park - Ward 30
725 Logan Avenue at Danforth Avenue

Woburn Park - Ward 16
East of Bathurst off of Cranbrooke Drive .
Northwest section of the park. This area is fenced off.

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Allen Gardens

Is a good park with a large off-leash area, but with the usual lack of foresight the city neglected to build a fence of any kind along the Jarvis Street which is almost a highway with its 6 lanes. dogs are dying every season. It also has a lot of vagrant activity, that makes dog owners uncomfortable. There was even a story of a dog being hospitalized after finding a piece of crack and eating it. The park needs redevelopment.





Riverdale Park

This is doggie paradise. No roads, no leash, no hassle. Only fun and play. On a Saturday you might see 20+ dogs at a time all day long and there are lots of big dogs. The off-leash rules are:

• shared space (as you can see there are a number of baseball diamonds)
• off-leash in the spring, summer, and fall as shown on the picture, and the part of the park on top of the hill is "on-leash" during that time (its a water play area for kids); then in the winter when the kids are on the toboggan hill, the top part is off-leash.
  

Jarvis Schoolyard

This is the disputed area. Its a poorly kept school yard field and track used regularly by up to 50 dogs. The yard is big and well fenced, perfect for young small and large dogs that need to run in a safe area. It is the only yard of this nature in a radius of a 20 minute walk.








Monpegue Parkette

This park is a bit of a local affair, but all dogs and dog owners are welcome. Its small and has a fence along the road, backs onto a set of houses and is flanked by 2 buildings. One of the buildings has the charge of maintaining the park because its parking garage is build below it. The park could use some work, and the people generally pick up although you might not think so. There are just so many dogs using this park that you're bound to have some midnight misses. The park is free of undesirable activity common in the neighbourhood because there is almost always someone there with a dog.


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Doggie Paradise

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Riverdale Park’s off leash area, located at the very end of Carlton Street, is a virtual dog paradise. The field is large, open and away from any roads or danger. On Sundays the park is over-run with ball play where 4 or more dogs enjoy the chase. The area is actually a mixed use field for baseball, cricket and the occasional soccer or ultimate frisbee match. If the doggers had there way there would only be baseball and ultimate games in the space as the players of those sports tend to like dogs and even bring dogs along for the outing. The Insurgency applauds the Riverdale Off-leash area as a great first step in a comprehensive dog management strategy, but many more similar spaces need to be created to accommodate the growing population of dogs in Toronto.

Private Kikia Reports for Duty

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Kikia is a beautiful 11 month old American Eskimo. She's loving life, running everywhere, and needs a safe fenced yard to explore the world in. Find out more about the conflict around the Javis Collegiate Yard.