Recreation in Toronto

On the central waterfront is Harbourfront, a redeveloped industrial region containing the Canadian Railway Museum and the Marine Museum, several restaurants, and pedestrian walkways along the water’s edge.

Across the bay are the Toronto Islands, a favorite playground.

Exhibition Park on the western lakeshore hosts the annual , one of the largest fairs in the world.

Caribana is a major Caribbean music and costume festival held there every August. Adjoining the exhibition grounds is Ontario Place, an extensive entertainment park.

Also in the vicinity is old Fort York, which still looks substantially as it did when it was rebuilt after American forces burned it in 1813 during the War of 1812.

About 3 km (about 2 mi) northwest of City Hall, on the brow of Davenport hill, is Casa Loma, an imposing European-style castle that is now a museum.

In the far northeast side of the City is the Toronto Zoo, a modern zoo covering many acres and with well-designed animal displays.


Originally known as the SkyDome, the Rogers Centre is a state-of-the-art stadium complex that opened in 1989.

The stadium features a retractable roof that can open in 20 minutes to expose the playing field and most of the 50,000 seats to the open air. It is the home of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League and the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball.

The Blue Jays, winners of the 1992 and 1993 World Series, were the first non-U.S. team to win professional baseball's championship.

In 1999 the Air Canada Centre opened as the home for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association and the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League.

The Hockey Hall of Fame is in downtown Toronto.