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

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

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

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

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 ...

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...

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

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