Metro Toronto Parks and Culture explained

Metro Toronto Parks and Culture was a department within the former regional municipality 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 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Sunnybrook Park and stables
  • Toronto Islands and the Toronto Island ferries Bluffers Park
• Colonel Danforth Park
  • Lower Don Parkland / Don Valley Brickworks Marie Curtis Park

Culture

• O'Keefe Centre – now the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
• 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, Bata Shoe Museum

Post-amalgamation

After 1997 these services under this department is now under Toronto Parks and Recreation.

References

• Toronto Parks
• Web site: The Toronto Islands Then & Now: A guided tour through 200 years of history . The Content Shop . August 2006 . DVD . 2020-04-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070311032842/http://www.toronto-island.com/ . 2007-03-11 . dead .