More photos. City of Toronto site. Equipment by Kompan, Earthscape. Surfaces: wood chips, rubber, sand, concrete. From the street, Ramsden Park doesn’t look very big. Its long, narrow shape, running east-west between Yonge Street and Avenue Road just north of Davenport, hides its significant size: about 14 acres, making it just a bit bigger than Dufferin Grove. Following the park’s recent (and controversially expensive) rejuvenation, it is truly one of Toronto’s best. The lis

More photos. City of Toronto site. Surfaces: woodchips, rubber. Equipment by Earthscape. Re-opened in July 2017 after much anticipation, the playground at Grange Park is easily one of the best in the city. The equipment alone will make your kids fall in love with it. The climbing structures are towering, geometric monoliths that complement the quirky architecture of the AGO and OCAD, which border the park to the north and east. If you get a bit uneasy watching your child clim

More photos. City of Toronto site. Surfaces: concrete, rubber, sand. It’s tempting to take your kids to a water park like Great Wolf Lodge before they’re ready. If your kids are still young enough to be impressed by things that are free, take advantage of that for as long as you can. L’Amoreaux Park is the proud home of Toronto’s ultimate city-run water park. Okay, okay, the term “water park” might be reaching a little, but this is a great spot for free summer water play. Par

More photos. City of Toronto site. Surfaces: wood chips, concrete. Equipment: Landscape Structures, Henderson, Leathers. I’ve never been a huge fan of spending a day at the beach. Swimming is fun, sunshine is wonderful, sand has its moments, but combining these things and expanding them to fill 8 hours isn’t for me. Maybe it’s my pasty-white British heritage that makes me fear intense, direct sunlight. I’m not sure. Whatever the reason, the upshot is that I don’t spend as muc

More photos. City of Toronto site. Equipment by Earthscape. Surfaces: wood chips, sand, concrete (splash pad). The one and only time I have ever lined up to purchase concert tickets was in September 2018, when Sharon & Bram’s farewell tour hit Toronto. I woke up early (well, not that early for a parent with young kids, but they both decided to sleep in that day, of course) and biked down to the Young People’s Theatre a good two hours before the box office was set to open for