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

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

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

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 for the kids who, yo...

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 they require much m...

Toronto has its share of marquee parks that feature great playgrounds: High Park, Kew Gardens, Dufferin Grove. Families will regularly brave the TTC on a hot...

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