Provincial Parks
There are three provincial managed parks in the City of Toronto and only one is a natural park.
The following parks are owned by the Government of Ontario:
- Ontario Place - artificially constructed amusement park and entertainment facility, on the waterfront south of Exhibition Place
- Queen's Park - park setting on the south and north ends of the Ontario Legislative Building Building, not to be confused with Queen's Greenbelt in North York
- Rouge Park - natural preserve section south of Steeles Avenue to Lake Ontario shoreline
Read more about this topic: List Of Toronto Parks
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