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Metro Toronto Parks and Culture was a department within the former
regional municipality A regional municipality (or region) is a type of Municipal government in Canada, Canadian municipal government similar to and at the same municipality, municipal local government, government level as a county, although the specific structure an ...
of Metropolitan Toronto. The department was responsible for maintaining major parks and cultural sites around Metro Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Parks – now under Toronto Parks and Recreation * Morningside Park * Glen Rouge Park and stables *
Humber Bay Park Humber Bay Park is a waterfront park located in Etobicoke, part of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The park consists of two landspits situated at the mouth of Mimico Creek. The park is south of Lake Shore Boulevard West, near Park Lawn Road. Humber Bay ...
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Colonel Samuel Smith Park Colonel Samuel Smith Park is an urban park in the Etobicoke district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and a former weekend get-away destination for Victorian Torontonians. The park has a variety of attractions, including a children's playground locat ...
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Sunnybrook Park Sunnybrook Park is a large public park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located north of Leaside and south of the Bridle Path areas of the city. The park is home to many bike trails, dog parks, and Sunnybrook Stables. History Sunnybrook was ...
and stables * Toronto Islands and the Toronto Island ferries * Bluffers Park * Colonel Danforth Park * Lower Don Parkland / Don Valley Brickworks *
Marie Curtis Park Marie Curtis Park is a public park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at the mouth of the Etobicoke Creek on Lake Ontario in the Long Branch neighbourhood. Marie Curtis Park was built after the devastating floods of Hurricane Hazel in 19 ...
Culture * O'Keefe Centre – now the
Sony Centre for the Performing Arts Meridian Hall is a major performing arts venue in Toronto, Ontario, and it is the country's largest soft-seat theatre. The facility was constructed for the City of Toronto municipal government and is currently managed by TO Live, an arms-len ...
* Metro Toronto Zoo – now Toronto Zoo * Black Creek Pioneer Village * Toronto Heritage * Exhibition Place – park used by the Canadian National Exhibition or "The Ex" * Museums other than the
Royal Ontario Museum The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is a museum of art, world culture and natural history in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the largest museums in North America and the largest in Canada. It attracts more than one million visitors every year ...
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Bata Shoe Museum The Bata Shoe Museum (BSM) is a museum of footwear and calceology in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The museum's building is situated near the northwest of the University of Toronto's St. George campus, in downtown Toronto. The museum building was de ...


Post-amalgamation

After 1997 these services under this department is now under
Toronto Parks and Recreation Toronto Parks, Forestry & Recreation (PFR) is the division of Toronto's municipal government responsible for maintaining the municipal park system and natural spaces, regulation of and provision of urban forestry services, and the delivery of recre ...
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Toronto Parks
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