Fenced Dog Parks in Toronto: Off-Leash Areas With Fences

Toronto has 72 fully fenced dogs off-leash areas, out of the 87 on the City’s list, as of 22 October 2026. Thirteen of the fenced ones have a separate small dog area. The hours, size, surface, lights and water for each area below come from the City’s Dogs Off-Leash Areas list and the map data behind it, and the closures come from each park’s own City page, all checked on 22 October 2026. The City updates the list, so look at the page for your park before you go.

The short answers

• How many are fenced? 72 of the 87 areas the City shows have a full fence. Two more, Craigleigh Gardens and Hillcrest Park, are partly fenced, and 13 have no fence, including Trinity Bellwoods and Riverdale Park West (City’s list).
• Which have a small dog area? Thirteen of the fenced ones, listed below. Small dog areas are for dogs up to 20 lb and 12 inches at the shoulder (City of Toronto).
• Which are the biggest? Cherry Beach at 38,807 square metres, High Park at 32,246, Kew Gardens at 20,733 and Thomson Memorial Park at 20,653. The smallest, Albert Campbell Square in Scarborough, is 128 square metres, and 16 fenced areas are under 1,000 square metres (City’s list).
• Are any closed? Baird Park’s area is closed for improvements until late 2026, and the Gerrard-Carlaw area has moved across the street. More below.
• Which are lit? 32 of the fenced areas have lights, which helps on winter evenings. They’re marked “lit” in the lists below.

Why a fence helps

• A dog still learning to come back. A handout from the Clinical Animal Behavior Service at the University of California, Davis vet school says an enclosed area is “very helpful” for recall training, and warns that “no training is ever 100% effective”, so keep your dog on a leash near streets and heavy traffic (UC Davis). A fenced area is a good place to practise before you try an open one.
• A dog new to off-leash play. The City asks you to make sure your dog comes when called, so you can get it out of trouble, then let it go back to play (City of Toronto, Dogs Off-Leash). Inside a fence, a missed recall doesn’t end up on a road.
• A small or nervous dog. “Some dogs do not like other dogs rushing up,” the City says (Dogs Off-Leash). A small dog area lets a little dog play with dogs its own size, and going at a quiet time of day can help a nervous one.
• A dog that bolts. UC Davis describes recall as “an extra level of safety in the event that your dog escapes your immediate control”. A fence adds one more.

An unfenced area, like the Dog Bowl at Trinity Bellwoods, suits a dog that reliably comes back when called.

A fence doesn’t mean you can stop watching

The City’s rules of the run: keep your dog in sight at all times, because “off-leash doesn’t mean unattended” (Dogs Off-Leash Areas). The Parks bylaw says the same: keep your dog “in sight and under care and control at all times” (§ 608-34). A fence keeps your dog in, but it doesn’t stop a scuffle, a dog eating something it shouldn’t, or a dog slipping out when someone opens the gate.

The City’s list doesn’t say which areas have a double gate (two gates with a small pen between them). Look at the gate when you arrive, shut it behind you, and keep your dog back from it when others come and go.

Closed or changing right now

From each park’s City page on 22 October 2026:

• Baird Park (275 Keele St): “From mid-September to late 2026, the off-leash area and playground will be closed for improvements” (City of Toronto, Baird Park).
• Gerrard-Carlaw (Gerrard St E and Carlaw Ave): Metrolinx is using the park to build the Ontario Line, so the off-leash area has moved to the south-east corner of the intersection until the park is restored (City of Toronto, Gerrard-Carlaw Parkette).
• Kew Gardens (2075 Queen St E): the park is “undergoing improvements”, with a notice that runs to September 2029 (City of Toronto, Kew Gardens). The project page is about a new skating trail, a bigger rink and new buildings, with construction from winter 2028, and doesn’t mention the off-leash area (Kew Gardens improvements).

The other notices on these parks’ pages were about playgrounds, rinks, a new entrance and the High Park animal display, not the off-leash areas. To report a broken fence or gate, call 311 (Dogs Off-Leash Areas).

Where the City’s pages disagree

• Colonel Samuel Smith Park: the list shows its area fully fenced, but the park’s own page calls it “a unfenced Dogs Off-Leash Area” (City of Toronto). Until the City sorts it out, plan as if there’s no fence.
• Frank Faubert Wood Lot: the park’s page says it has “a separate area for dogs weighing less than 9.1 kg (20 lbs)” (City of Toronto); the list says it has no small dog area.
• Cedarvale Park: besides the lit area in the list below, the City’s map data has a second, seasonal area there, “October to April”, fenced and with a small dog area, but marked not to show on the map (map data), so the City’s list doesn’t show it. Our Cedarvale Park page follows the list.

Fenced areas with a small dog area

The City’s small dog areas are for dogs of at most 20 lb and 12 inches at the shoulder (Dogs Off-Leash Areas); the parks’ own pages say “less than 9 kg”. These fenced areas have one:

• Toronto and East York: Allan Gardens (160 Gerrard St E), Kew Gardens (2075 Queen St E, being improved), Ramsden Park (1020 Yonge St)
• North York: Bayview Arena Park (3240 Bayview Ave), Parkway Forest Park (80 Parkway Forest Dr), Sunnybrook Park (1132 Leslie St)
• Scarborough: Bob Hunter Park (1025 Meadowvale Rd), Colonel Danforth Park (240 Old Kingston Rd), Confederation Park (250 Dolly Varden Blvd), L’Amoreaux North Park (1900 McNicoll Ave), McCowan Park (475 McCowan Rd), Thomson Memorial Park (1005 Brimley Rd)
• Etobicoke York: Raymore Park (95 Raymore Dr)

Every fully fenced off-leash area

Grouped by the City’s district for each park, from its park page. How to read the lists:

• Park hours: City parks are closed from 12:01 am to 5:30 am (Parks bylaw, § 608-9), so the area is open the rest of the time.
• Size is in square metres. Wood fibre is the City’s “engineered wood fibre”, and dog turf its “synthetic K-9 turf”.
• Water: “dog fountain”, “drinking fountain” or “bottle filler” is what the map data lists nearby. Where the list says nothing about water, bring your own.
• No commercial walkers means commercial dog walkers may not use the area.
• “Not listed” means the City’s list leaves it blank.

Toronto and East York (43)

• 50 Queens Quay East Park, 50 Queens Quay East: hours not listed, wood fibre. Lit, water.
• Aitken Place Park, 90 Merchants’ Wharf: park hours, 177 m², dog turf, pea gravel. Lit.
• Allan Gardens, 160 Gerrard St E: 5:30 am to midnight, 2,650 m², choker sand. Small dog area, dog fountain, wading pool for dogs.
• Baird Park, 275 Keele St: 7 am to 9 pm, 902 m², wood fibre. Closed for improvements from mid-September to late 2026, drinking fountain, no commercial walkers.
• Barbara Hall Park, 519 Church St: 7 am to 10 pm, 968 m², pea gravel. Lit, dog fountain, no commercial walkers.
• Bickford Park, 400 Grace St: 6 am to midnight, 2,258 m², pea gravel. Lit, bottle filler.
• Biidaasige Park (east area), 51 Commissioners St: hours not listed, dog turf. Lit, water.
• Biidaasige Park (west area), 51 Commissioners St: hours not listed, dog turf. Lit, water.
• Bill Johnston Park, 65 Western Battery Rd: park hours, 774 m², choker sand. Dog fountain.
• Breadalbane Park, 30 Breadalbane St: 7 am to 10 pm, 960 m², dog turf. Lit, no water, no commercial walkers.
• Canoe Landing, 95 Fort York Blvd: park hours, 532 m², wood fibre.
• Cedarvale Park, 443 Arlington Ave: 6 am to 11 pm, 4,838 m², wood fibre. Lit, dog fountain.
• Cherry Beach (Clarke Beach Park), 1 Cherry St: 6 am to midnight, 38,807 m², sand, pea gravel.
• Clarence Square Park, 25 Clarence Sq: 6 am to midnight, 1,970 m², pea gravel. Lit, dog fountain.
• Coronation Park, 711 Lake Shore Blvd W: 7 am to 11 pm, 6,020 m², wood fibre. Lit, dog fountain, commercial walkers only weekdays 10 am to 2 pm.
• Coxwell Ravine Park, 260 Dawes Rd: 6 am to 10 pm, 1,038 m², pea gravel. Lit.
• Don Valley Brick Works Park, 550 Bayview Ave: park hours, 4,186 m², grass, dirt.
• Earlscourt Park, 1200 Lansdowne Ave: 7 am to 10 pm, 1,785 m², wood fibre. Lit, dog fountain, commercial walkers only 9 am to 3 pm.
• Gerrard-Carlaw Traffic Island, 913 Gerrard St E: 7 am to 11 pm, 1,881 m², wood fibre. Moved to the south-east corner of Gerrard and Carlaw during Ontario Line work, lit, dog fountain.
• Grange Park, 26 Grange Rd: park hours, 591 m², wood fibre. Lit, bottle filler, no commercial walkers.
• Greenwood Park, 150 Greenwood Ave: park hours, 2,648 m², dog turf, grass. Lit, dog fountain.
• Hideaway Park, 23 Audley Ave: 7 am to 11 pm, 480 m², pea gravel. Lit, dog fountain, no commercial walkers.
• High Park, 1873 Bloor St W: park hours, 32,246 m², sand. Dog fountain.
• Huron Street Playground, 495 Huron St: park hours, 317 m², artificial turf. Lit, dog fountain, no commercial walkers.
• Kew Gardens, 2075 Queen St E: park hours, 20,733 m², sand. Small dog area, park “undergoing improvements”.
• Louis March Park, 485 Shuter St: 7 am to 10 pm, dog turf. Lit, no water.
• Love Park, 96 Queens Quay W: park hours, 215 m², dog turf. No water.
• Norwood Park, 16 Norwood Rd: park hours, 1,654 m², sand.
• Oakcrest Parkette, 30 Oakcrest Ave: 7 to 8 am, 6 to 7 pm and 9:30 to 10 pm, 1,330 m², grass. Drinking fountain, no commercial walkers.
• Orphan’s Green, 51 Power St: 7 am to 10 pm, 1,695 m², wood fibre. Lit.
• Osler Playground, 123 Argyle St: park hours, wood fibre. Drinking fountain, no commercial walkers.
• Ramsden Park, 1020 Yonge St: 7 am to 11 pm, 2,372 m², wood fibre. Small dog area, lit, dog fountain, no commercial walkers.
• Regent Park, 600 Dundas St E: 7 am to 10 pm, 836 m², pea gravel. Lit, dog fountain, no commercial walkers.
• Sir Casimir Czowski Park, 2001 Lake Shore Blvd W: 6 am to 10 pm, 1,678 m², pea gravel.
• Sir Winston Churchill Park, 301 St Clair Ave W: 6 am to 11 pm, 1,812 m², choker sand. Dog fountain.
• Sorauren Avenue Park, 289 Sorauren Ave: 6 am to midnight, 1,623 m², crushed granite. Lit, dog fountain.
• St. Andrew’s Playground, 450 Adelaide St W: 6 am to midnight, 859 m², dog turf. Lit, bottle filler, no commercial walkers.
• Stan Wadlow Park, 888 Cosburn Ave: 6 am to 10 pm, 2,178 m², wood fibre. Lit.
• Stanley Park South, 700 Wellington St W: 6 am to 11 pm, 2,165 m², crushed granite. Lit, dog fountain.
• Thompson Street Parkette, 120 Broadview Ave: 7 am to 10 pm, 917 m², pea gravel. Lit, dog fountain, no commercial walkers.
• Wildwood Crescent Playground, 110 Wildwood Cres: park hours, 1,486 m², wood fibre. Dog fountain, no commercial walkers.
• Withrow Park, 725 Logan Ave: park hours, 4,415 m², wood fibre. Dog fountain.
• Wychwood Barns Park, 76 Wychwood Ave: Tue to Sat 7:30 am to noon and 3 to 9 pm; Sun and Mon 10 am to noon and 3 to 9 pm, 1,231 m², crushed granite. Lit, dog fountain, no commercial walkers.

North York (11)

• Bayview Arena Park, 3240 Bayview Ave: 7 am to 10 pm, 2,629 m², pea gravel. Small dog area.
• Earl Bales Park, 4169 Bathurst St: 6 am to 10 pm, 4,969 m², grass. Lit, bottle filler.
• Eglinton Park, 200 Eglinton Ave W: 5:30 am to midnight, 1,972 m², wood fibre. Lit, water.
• G. Ross Lord Park, 4801 Dufferin St: park hours, 2,890 m², grass. Lit.
• Linkwood Lane Park, 10 Linkwood Lane: 6 am to 11 pm, 2,226 m², grass.
• Parkway Forest Park, 80 Parkway Forest Dr: park hours, 3,318 m², grass. Small dog area, bottle filler.
• Sandy Bruce Park, 426 Moore Ave: 7 am to 10 pm, 2,392 m², wood fibre. No commercial walkers.
• Sherwood Park, 190 Sherwood Ave: 6 am to midnight, 4,475 m², boardwalk, natural trail. Dog fountain.
• Sunnybrook Park, 1132 Leslie St: 6 am to 11 pm, 11,168 m², grass. Small dog area, lit, dog fountain.
• Woburn Park, 575 Cranbrooke Ave: 7 am to 11 pm, 532 m², pea gravel. No commercial walkers.
• Yonge and York Mills, 4200 Yonge St: 6 am to 11 pm, 1,910 m², grass, wood fibre.

Scarborough (11)

• Albert Campbell Square, 150 Borough Dr: park hours, 128 m², artificial turf. No commercial walkers.
• Bob Hunter Park, 1025 Meadowvale Rd: park hours, 2,600 m². Small dog area, drinking fountain.
• Botany Hill Park, 277 Orton Park Rd: Mon to Fri 7 am to 9 pm; Sat and Sun 9 am to 9 pm, 2,594 m², grass.
• Colonel Danforth Park, 240 Old Kingston Rd: 6 am to 10 pm, 3,476 m², pea gravel. Small dog area.
• Confederation Park, 250 Dolly Varden Blvd: park hours, 3,652 m², pea gravel. Small dog area, dog fountain.
• Frank Faubert Wood Lot, 185 Borough Dr: 7 am to 10 pm, 1,351 m², grass. The park’s own page mentions a small dog area; the list doesn’t.
• L’Amoreaux North Park, 1900 McNicoll Ave: 7 am to 11 pm, 2,353 m², grass. Small dog area.
• McCowan Park, 475 McCowan Rd: park hours, 4,703 m², grass. Small dog area.
• Scarborough Heights Park, 27 Fishleigh Dr: 7 am to 10 pm, 2,528 m², grass, wood fibre. Bottle filler.
• Thomson Memorial Park, 1005 Brimley Rd: 7 am to 11 pm, 20,653 m², grass. Small dog area, dog fountain.
• Warden Woods Park, 125 Pharmacy Ave: 7 am to 10 pm, 1,595 m², choker sand. Dog fountain.

Etobicoke York (7)

• Colonel Samuel Smith Park, 65 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Dr: 6 am to midnight, 4,118 m², grass, dirt. The park’s own page calls it unfenced.
• Grand Avenue Park, 1 Grand Ave: park hours, 685 m², choker sand. Water.
• Humber Bay Park West, 2225 Lake Shore Blvd W: 6 am to midnight, 6,227 m², grass, dirt.
• Marie Curtis Park, 2 Forty Second St: 6 am to midnight, 4,764 m², choker sand.
• Raymore Park, 95 Raymore Dr: 7 am to 9:30 pm, 2,806 m², pea gravel. Small dog area, commercial walkers only 1 May to 31 Oct.
• Woolner Park, 735 Jane St: 6 am to 10 pm, 3,056 m², grass. Lit, no commercial walkers.
• Zorra Park, 30 Zorra St: hours not listed, wood fibre. Drinking fountain, no commercial walkers, splash pad for dogs.

Partly fenced and unfenced areas

• Craigleigh Gardens (160 South Dr): partly fenced, lit, on grass, 6,015 square metres, open 6 to 10 am and 6 to 10 pm, no commercial walkers.
• Hillcrest Park (950 Davenport Rd): partly fenced, on grass and dirt, 1,888 square metres. Open 6 am to 11 pm from 1 November to 31 March, and only 6 to 9 am and 8 to 11 pm from 1 April to 31 October.
• No fence: 13 areas, among them Trinity Bellwoods, Riverdale Park West (at 45,246 square metres, the largest area on the list) and Balmy Beach (City’s list).

The rules

Fence or no fence, the City’s rules are the same in every off-leash area: see the City’s rules in every off-leash area in our Toronto off-leash guide.

FAQs

What’s the biggest fenced dog park in Toronto? Cherry Beach, at 38,807 square metres on the City’s list, then High Park at 32,246. Riverdale Park West is bigger than both, but it has no fence.

Is Trinity Bellwoods fenced? No. The City’s list shows its off-leash area with no fence, so your dog needs to come back when called. See Trinity Bellwoods Park.

Where can my small dog play with dogs its size? In one of the 13 fenced areas with a small dog area, listed above, if your dog is no more than 20 lb and 12 inches at the shoulder (Dogs Off-Leash Areas).

Can my puppy use a fenced off-leash area? Ask your vet first. The City says dogs in off-leash areas must be vaccinated and licensed (Dogs Off-Leash), and our guide to a puppy’s first week explains why vets’ behaviour experts say to skip dog parks until the vaccines are done. Every dog in Toronto needs a licence anyway.

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