The Bentway Toronto: Skate Trail and Public Art, All Year
Under the Gardiner, a not-for-profit public space skates in winter and shows art all year. Here is what the Bentway's own pages say is on for 2026-27.
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Parks in Toronto: Green Space, Waterfront and Skyline Views
Waterfront promenades, High Park, beaches and skyline views: choose a park by the afternoon you want.
8 stories in this guide, from 2 desks: City Desk, Outdoors Desk.
Toronto does green space in many moods. There are waterfront parks and public squares, skyline viewpoints and beaches, High Park, Tommy Thompson Park and the Bentway. This guide gathers our park coverage so you can choose by the kind of afternoon you want, whether that is a quiet bench, a long walk or a view worth the climb. Each guide below picks one corner of the city and tells you how to get there, what to look for and who to bring.
The City of Toronto says Toronto is home to thousands of parks, hundreds of recreation facilities, ten swimming beaches and countless trails. According to the City, Colborne Lodge is the place where the vision for High Park was born. In winter, Nathan Phillips Square hosts the Cavalcade of Lights, which runs there from November 28, 2026 to January 7, 2027.
Park amenities and seasonal closures change, so we point to the City or the park's own site rather than repeating them. Our picks are marked as picks, and every fact we state carries a public source you can open yourself. Pack a snack and pick a park.
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