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Rating Toronto's Playgrounds, One Playdate at a Time

Click on a playground to see its rating, and a quick list of amenities.

Some parks have full written reviews.

The City of Toronto Parks map is very helpful if you're looking for specific amenities.

Danforth Dad's Favourites:

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Danforth Dad's 5 Favourite Toronto Playgrounds for Kids Who Love Trains

If you have kids, you can count on them having a few obsessions during their first five years. It could be dinosaurs. It could be...

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Danforth Dad's 5 Favourite Toronto Skate Parks

Few public spaces can engage and accommodate such a wide range of ages as a skate park. On the average day at a skate park you’ll see...

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Neighbourhood Spotlight: Corktown

Corktown is one of those neighbourhoods that I like to pretend I live in. Don't get me wrong: I love my own neighbourhood, and as a...

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Danforth Dad's 10 Favourite Spots for Hiking / Biking / Picnics

For playground enthusiasts, 2020 has been…sub-optimal. Pandemic precautions have forced the city to (quite rightly) shut everything down,...

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Danforth Dad's 5 Favourite Toronto Playgrounds in Need of an Overhaul

Public playgrounds are a great civic investment. For most kids, the playground is where they will first experience public space, and if a...

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Danforth Dad's 5 Favourite Indoor Playgrounds in Toronto

Although this blog’s mission is to explore public (ie. free) playgrounds in the city’s parks and public school grounds, there are times...

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Danforth Dad's 5 Favourite Playgrounds Close to Toronto Tourist Attractions

In 2017, Toronto hosted an estimated 43 million tourists. For perspective, the total population of Canada in 2017 was 36 million. There...

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Danforth Dad's 5 Favourite School Playgrounds in Toronto

There are more than 700 public schools in Toronto, and many of those have playgrounds. Of course, for most of the year, play is reserved...

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Danforth Dad's 5 Favourite Toronto Playgrounds for Water Play

City summers can be unbearably hot. Cottages are fine, but too far away (and expensive) for many of us. City pools are a good option, but...

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Danforth Dad's 5 Favourite Hidden Playgrounds in Toronto

Toronto has its share of marquee parks that feature great playgrounds: High Park, Kew Gardens, Dufferin Grove. Families will regularly...

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Danforth Dad's 10 Favourite Toronto Playgrounds

A highly biased, completely subjective list of Danforth Dad's ten favourite playgrounds in Toronto.

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Click on a playground to see its rating, and a quick list of amenities.

Some parks have full written reviews.

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The City of Toronto Parks map is very helpful if you're looking for specific amenities.

Danforth Dad's Favourites:

Danforth Dad's 5 Favourite Toronto Playgrounds for Kids Who Love Trains

Danforth Dad's 5 Favourite Toronto Skate Parks

Neighbourhood Spotlight: Corktown

Danforth Dad's 10 Favourite Spots for Hiking / Biking / Picnics

Danforth Dad's 5 Favourite Toronto Playgrounds in Need of an Overhaul

Danforth Dad's 5 Favourite Indoor Playgrounds in Toronto

Danforth Dad's 5 Favourite Playgrounds Close to Toronto Tourist Attractions

Danforth Dad's 5 Favourite School Playgrounds in Toronto

Danforth Dad's 5 Favourite Toronto Playgrounds for Water Play

Danforth Dad's 5 Favourite Hidden Playgrounds in Toronto

Danforth Dad's 10 Favourite Toronto Playgrounds