Playgrounds and things to do with kids in Toronto

Art-themed play zones next to the art gallery, so a museum morning can end with a climb.

A working farm with cows, pigs and sheep. It isn't a petting zoo, so the animals are for watching unless staff bring one over.

A snowy owl stage, animal sculptures and a beaver-dam climber, with cableways and swings as well.

Ramps up the structures plus tactile and musical pieces, so kids who roll and kids who climb play together.

Dinosaur-themed play with a fossil hidden somewhere in it, so there's a hunt as well as a climb.

A music circle kids can bang and play on, set beside the climbing equipment.

A slide and climbers with planes and ferries going by, so there's always something to point at.

Climbers shaped like food crates and oversized vegetables, so the whole playground plays at being a market.

Play structures under the highway ramps, so there's cover overhead when it rains.

Galleries plus a hands-on center where kids make things. The center keeps shorter hours than the rest, so check before you go.

Bison, capybaras and more along a short outdoor walk. Cars can't drive into the park on weekends, so plan to walk in.

Dinosaur galleries, a walk-through bat cave and a play space with building blocks and light tables for ages three to eight.

Animal habitats laid out by world region across a big site, so plan on a long day and comfortable shoes.

A ferry ride out, then a 1907 carousel, swan boats and a log flume, with goats and ponies at the farm next door.

Multi-level indoor play with slides and a ball area, for a rainy day when kids need to run.

The Stanley Cup itself, plus hockey games to play between the displays. You go in through the shopping concourse, not the old bank doors.

Hands-on play for ten and under, a planetarium and a workshop of tools to build with, in its temporary home by the lake.

A moving walkway through a shark tunnel, and a pool where kids can reach in and touch the stingrays.

Historic houses and working trades that show everyday life from long ago. Not every building is open on every visit.

Historic trains and railway displays, so kids who love machines get to see the real thing up close.