{"id":5495,"date":"2026-08-03T17:37:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T21:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toronto.name\/queens-park-toronto"},"modified":"2026-08-06T01:21:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T05:21:06","slug":"queens-park-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/queens-park-toronto","title":{"rendered":"Queen&#8217;s Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"padrino-inject-root\">\n<div class=\"padrino-inject-inner\">\n<div data-padrino-shell=\"1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/top-parks\">\u2190 10 parks in Toronto with high ratings \u2014 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Park<\/strong> \u00b7 <span>Toronto<\/span> \u00b7 \u2b50 9.1\/10 \u00b7 4294 reviews  \u00b7 <em>updated: 2026-08-03 23:54:25<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong> <span>111 Wellesley St W, Toronto, ON M7A 1A2, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex is-nowrap wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"tel:+1416-325-7500\">Call<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/?api=1&amp;destination=43.6643278,-79.3923139\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get directions<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aae64288101f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aae64288101f\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/queens-park-toronto\/#Queens_Park_%E2%80%94_Canadas_first_municipal_park_and_the_ground_a_province_is_governed_from\" >Queen&#8217;s Park \u2014 Canada&#8217;s first municipal park, and the ground a province is governed from<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/queens-park-toronto\/#Highlights\" >Highlights<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/queens-park-toronto\/#What_youll_find\" >What you&#8217;ll find<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/queens-park-toronto\/#Things_to_do_%E2%80%94_and_who_its_for\" >Things to do \u2014 and who it&#8217;s for<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/queens-park-toronto\/#Getting_there_practical\" >Getting there &amp; practical<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/queens-park-toronto\/#When_to_visit\" >When to visit<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/queens-park-toronto\/#Good_to_know\" >Good to know<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/queens-park-toronto\/#Visitor_tips\" >Visitor tips<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/queens-park-toronto\/#Questions_answers\" >Questions &amp; answers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/queens-park-toronto\/#Photos\" >Photos<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.name\/en\/queens-park-toronto\/#Visitor_reviews\" >Visitor reviews<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Queens_Park_%E2%80%94_Canadas_first_municipal_park_and_the_ground_a_province_is_governed_from\"><\/span>Queen&#8217;s Park \u2014 Canada&#8217;s first municipal park, and the ground a province is governed from<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Twenty hectares of oak canopy wrapped around a pink sandstone palace: Queen&#8217;s Park is simultaneously the oldest public park of its kind in the country, the front lawn of the Ontario legislature, an open-air museum of Canadian political sculpture, and the place Torontonians go when they want to be heard. The name has slipped free of the geography \u2014 when a Canadian newspaper writes that &#8220;Queen&#8217;s Park announced&#8221; something, it means the Government of Ontario, not a stand of trees. But the trees are the point. The park was dedicated in 1860, before the country it now helps govern existed, and its northern half is still a plain, generous, tree-shaded lawn in the middle of a dense downtown, ringed by the University of Toronto and crossed all day by students, cyclists, dog walkers, tour groups and the occasional very loud demonstration.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Highlights\"><\/span>Highlights<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Ontario Legislative Building<\/strong> \u2014 the &#8220;Pink Palace,&#8221; a Richardsonian Romanesque pile designed by Richard A. Waite, begun in 1886 and formally opened on 4 April 1893. Its distinctive rose colour comes from sandstone quarried in the Credit River valley and near Orangeville; roughly 10.5 million bricks behind that stone were made by inmates of Toronto&#8217;s Central Prison, and the whole thing came in at about 1.25 million dollars.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The equestrian statue of King Edward VII<\/strong> \u2014 sculpted by Sir Thomas Brock, finished in 1921 and unveiled in Delhi in 1922. After Indian independence it was taken down and left in storage outside the city, then shipped to Toronto and re-erected here in 1969. The park itself had been dedicated in 1860 by the very same man, then a nineteen-year-old Prince of Wales.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Ontario Veterans&#8217; Memorial<\/strong> \u2014 a 30-metre granite wall on the south lawn, designed by Allan Harding MacKay with the landscape firm Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg and unveiled in September 2006. Photographic images are laser-etched into the stone, tracing Canadian military service from the Fenian raids onward, with bronze inscriptions by the novelist Jane Urquhart and the historian Jack Granatstein.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The statue collection<\/strong> \u2014 more than thirty monuments stand on the grounds, a legible timeline of what the province chose to commemorate and when: the Canadian Volunteers Monument of 1870, George Brown in 1884, Sir John A. Macdonald in 1894, the North-West Rebellion monument of 1895, Oliver Mowat in 1905, John Sandfield Macdonald in 1909, the 48th Highlanders memorial of 1923 and William Lyon Mackenzie in 1940.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Al Purdy statue<\/strong> \u2014 installed in 2008, the poet sits on a rock with a book open on his knee. He was the first individual honoured at Queen&#8217;s Park who was neither a politician nor a monarch, which says a great deal about the previous 148 years of the collection. A statue of Queen Elizabeth II joined the grounds in 2023.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The oaks<\/strong> \u2014 the original forest here was eastern white pine, northern red oak and white oak, and the surviving oak canopy still gives the northern half of the park a scale and darkness that no newer downtown park can match. European ornamentals were layered in through the nineteenth century.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_youll_find\"><\/span>What you&#8217;ll find<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The park is really two parks under one name, split by a public road: the northern portion is city parkland, maintained by Toronto Parks, while the southern portion holds the legislature and is maintained by the province. A crescent-shaped roadway loops around the whole of it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A large open lawn under mature trees in the north half, with looping asphalt paths used constantly by walkers, joggers and cyclists.<\/li>\n<li>Formal grounds in the south half \u2014 clipped lawns, seasonal flower beds and the monument walk around the legislature.<\/li>\n<li>Benches throughout, plus a scattering of memorial plantings and dedications accumulated over 160 years.<\/li>\n<li>Free guided tours inside the Legislative Building, covering the chamber, the grand staircase and the building&#8217;s carved stone and woodwork.<\/li>\n<li>The University of Toronto&#8217;s St. George campus pressing in on three sides, with the Royal Ontario Museum a minute away at the northwest corner.<\/li>\n<li>Toronto&#8217;s default protest venue: the south lawn and the legislature steps host rallies, vigils and marches almost every week of the year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Things_to_do_%E2%80%94_and_who_its_for\"><\/span>Things to do \u2014 and who it&#8217;s for<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>History and politics travellers<\/strong> \u2014 one flat walk gives you a Victorian parliament building, a century and a half of public monuments and a working seat of government, all free of charge.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Architecture enthusiasts<\/strong> \u2014 Waite&#8217;s building is the best Richardsonian Romanesque in the city, and the interior tour is the only way to see the chamber, the mosaics and the carved stonework properly.<\/li>\n<li><strong>University visitors and students<\/strong> \u2014 the park is the green heart of the St. George campus and the natural place to eat lunch, read or cut between faculties.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Runners and dog walkers<\/strong> \u2014 the north lawn&#8217;s loop is one of very few soft, shaded, traffic-free circuits in the downtown core.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Autumn colour hunters<\/strong> \u2014 the oak canopy turns later and holds longer than the maples elsewhere in the city, and the pink stone under yellow leaves is the single best photograph in central Toronto in October.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anyone who wants to be heard<\/strong> \u2014 this is where Ontario protests, and watching a demonstration assemble on the south lawn is a fast education in provincial politics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Getting_there_practical\"><\/span>Getting there &amp; practical<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Queen&#8217;s Park sits at the top of the downtown core, wedged between the University of Toronto&#8217;s St. George campus and the Bay Street corridor. Transit could hardly be simpler: Line 1 Yonge\u2013University loops around the park, with Queen&#8217;s Park station directly beneath the south end and Museum station at the northwest corner \u2014 the latter rebuilt in 2008 with platform columns styled after the Royal Ontario Museum&#8217;s collections. Wellesley and St. George stations are both a short walk, and the 506 Carlton streetcar runs across the south side. Entry to the park is free, with no gates and no ticket; the City of Toronto&#8217;s standard park hours apply, closing public parks overnight. The Legislative Building itself offers free tours, but access is screened, identification is expected and schedules change when the House is sitting, so check before turning up. Allow half an hour to walk the north lawn, an hour to do the monuments properly, and an extra hour if you take the building tour.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_to_visit\"><\/span>When to visit<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Spring is the showpiece: the legislature&#8217;s formal beds are planted for it, magnolias come out around the university buildings, and the oaks leaf out late enough that you get several weeks of light on the ground. Summer is the park at its most useful \u2014 deep shade at midday when the rest of downtown is baking, students on the lawn, Canada Day activity around the legislature, and long evenings under the canopy. Autumn is the reason to make a special trip: the oaks turn a heavy bronze and red and hold their leaves into November, and pink sandstone against that colour is the best composition in the central city. Winter strips everything back to structure \u2014 bare oak limbs, snow across the lawn, low sun raking the carved stone facade \u2014 and it is the season when the building itself, floodlit and reflected off the snow, looks most like the Victorian statement of confidence it was built to be. Paths are cleared, tours run year-round, and the crowds vanish entirely.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Good_to_know\"><\/span>Good to know<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The land is not owned outright by the city or the province. On 29 August 1858 the University of Toronto leased it out for 999 years, and on 11 September 1860 Edward, Prince of Wales \u2014 the future Edward VII, then nineteen years old and on a celebrated North American tour \u2014 formally dedicated it as Canada&#8217;s first municipal park. It was named in honour of his mother, Queen Victoria. The southern portion passed to the Government of Ontario in 1886, and the same year an architectural competition for a new legislature ended in one of the more remarkable episodes in Canadian architectural history: Richard A. Waite, the American-born architect brought in to assess the competing entries, judged none of them acceptable and was then handed the commission himself. Construction ran from 1886 to a formal opening on 4 April 1893, though finishing work carried on until 1909. In September of that year a serious fire tore through the west wing, and repairs continued into 1912. The building&#8217;s rose sandstone gave it the enduring nickname the Pink Palace; its west facade appeared on the cover of Rush&#8217;s 1981 album Moving Pictures. Today the structure is in trouble \u2014 asbestos, lead piping, obsolete fire protection and failing mechanical systems have forced the province to plan a full restoration expected to require the building&#8217;s complete closure for around a decade at a cost projected past a billion dollars, with the start date pushed from 2026 to at least 2028. The park around it has aged rather better: the original stand of white pine and oak has thinned but the oaks endure, and the northern lawn is essentially the same open, unprogrammed green space the Prince of Wales walked onto in 1860.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Visitor_tips\"><\/span>Visitor tips<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Do the monuments as a loop rather than picking them off at random \u2014 walking the south grounds clockwise takes you through them roughly in order of installation, from the 1870 Volunteers Monument to the 2023 statue of Queen Elizabeth II.<\/li>\n<li>The interior tour is free but the building&#8217;s schedule changes when the legislature is sitting; confirm times in advance and bring identification, because entry is screened.<\/li>\n<li>Come into the north half for quiet and the south half for spectacle \u2014 they feel like different parks, and most visitors never cross the road to see both.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Questions_answers\"><\/span>Questions &amp; answers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Is Queen&#8217;s Park free to visit?<\/strong> Yes. The park is open public parkland with no admission charge, and the guided tours inside the Ontario Legislative Building are free as well, though entry to the building is screened.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is it called Queen&#8217;s Park?<\/strong> It was named in honour of Queen Victoria when it was dedicated on 11 September 1860. Because the Ontario legislature stands on its southern portion, the name is now used as shorthand for the Government of Ontario itself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is this really Canada&#8217;s first municipal park?<\/strong> That is how it was dedicated in 1860 by Edward, Prince of Wales, and the claim has stuck. The land was leased from the University of Toronto for 999 years under an agreement signed on 29 August 1858.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can I go inside the Legislative Building?<\/strong> Yes. Free guided tours cover the chamber and the main public rooms, but times shift depending on whether the House is sitting, and visitors pass through security, so check the schedule and carry identification.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is the legislature pink?<\/strong> The exterior is sandstone quarried in the Credit River valley and near Orangeville, which is naturally rose-coloured. The nickname &#8220;Pink Palace&#8221; has followed the building since it opened in 1893.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Whose statue is the man on horseback?<\/strong> King Edward VII, sculpted by Sir Thomas Brock, unveiled in Delhi in 1922, removed after Indian independence and re-erected at Queen&#8217;s Park in 1969. He is the same person who, as a young Prince of Wales, dedicated the park in 1860.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How much time do I need?<\/strong> Half an hour for the north lawn, an hour to walk the monuments with attention, and roughly another hour if you add the building tour. Combining it with the Royal Ontario Museum at the northwest corner makes an easy half-day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is the park managed by the city or the province?<\/strong> Both. A public road splits it: the northern half is city parkland run by Toronto Parks, while the southern half, with the legislature and most of the monuments, is provincial ground.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is it worth coming in winter?<\/strong> Very much so. Snow on the open lawn, bare oak structure and low sun on the carved sandstone make it the most photogenic season, the paths are cleared, and the tours continue year-round with almost no queue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"entity-gallery\" class=\"padrino-entity-gallery\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photos\"><\/span>Photos<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.toronto.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/08\/queens-park-toronto-1.jpg\" alt=\"Queen&#039;s Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.toronto.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/08\/queens-park-toronto-2.jpg\" alt=\"Queen&#039;s Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.toronto.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/08\/queens-park-toronto-3.jpg\" alt=\"Queen&#039;s Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.toronto.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/08\/queens-park-toronto-4.jpg\" alt=\"Queen&#039;s Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.toronto.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/08\/queens-park-toronto-5.jpg\" alt=\"Queen&#039;s Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.toronto.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/08\/queens-park-toronto-6.jpg\" alt=\"Queen&#039;s Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<details>\n<summary>Show 1 more photos<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.toronto.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/08\/queens-park-toronto-7.jpg\" alt=\"Queen&#039;s Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments-area wp-block-group\">\n<h2 class=\"comments-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Visitor_reviews\"><\/span>Visitor reviews<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol class=\"comment-list\">\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Benjamin Saravia<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n20 September 2024<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Queen&#039;s Park in Toronto is a nice relief. Right in the middle, you&#039;ll find an impressive statue of King Edward VII on a horse, which gives the park a unique charm. It&#039;s a popular spot, especially with students and facult\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-1\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-1\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Christina Qin<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n18 August 2024<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>The Parliament Building at Queen&#039;s Park is an exquisitely designed structure well worth a visit. The contrast between its old and new state after the fire further underscores its former glory. I was also lucky enough to\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-2\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-2\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Vasyl Ra<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n28 July 2023<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>A wonderful park in the heart of Toronto \u2014 if you need somewhere to hide from the street noise, this place will do.<\/p>\n<p>Find time for a picnic, a bottle of wine, a little fruit, some cheese; spend at least an hour here, and\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-3\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-3\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Andrii Yurtyn<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n29 September 2020<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>For park lovers \u2014 an absolute must-visit! And what&#039;s more, it&#039;s a favorite spot of the grey squirrels <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-4\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-4\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Oleksandr M<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n22 March 2017<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Queen&#039;s Park. There&#039;s a monument to King Edward VII here, and also a great many squirrels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><small>Reviews last updated: 2026-08-03 23:54:25<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><small>Data is refreshed monthly. 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