Toronto Review 6/Many: I visited both the outskirts as well as the inside of this nice little park while on the way to and from the Royal Ontario Museum. This was done both as a change of scenery and to escape the very bright sun that day. Within the park, we saw a handful of groups doing tai chi, some students, and a handful of runners. Among other things, there was a nice statue of King Edward VII on horseback. I feel like if I went to the university right nearby here or worked in the museums or government buildings, this would be a nice place to relax in. read more

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Happened to be in the area and checked out Festive lights decor 2025. Was pretty impressed! City arranged self guided tour of legislative office & pancake with Santa, etc. Check out the event schedule for multiple dates. read more

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This is a stunning part of Toronto's scenery and also their government seat. The building houses their Legislative Assembly and we had the opportunity to sit in during an open assembly. Very informative and entertaining! There is history everywhere in this building and I definitely suggest a guided tour to make the most of it. read more

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This park is huge. It is near University of Toronto and near many museums and galleries. It is also located in front of the Ontario Legislative Building. It is an urban green area with many trees and benches. The park is beautiful. You will find here statues, water fountain, paved paths and etc. Many families will come here to enjoy the park on a nice hot sunny day. Great place to go for a stroll. It does take about 10 mins to walk from the long end to the other. The park is in a strange oval shape. read more

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Lovely green spot in front of the Ontario Legislative Assembly building. Some benches, statues and a few (not many) trees. Quite a few statues and monuments. There is also a historical marker that reads: The park was officially opened by the Price of Wales (later King Edward VII) during the Royal Tour of 1860. Queen's Park is an early example of the public park movement in Canada. Landscaped according to a picturesque design, its sweeping drives curved past maple, oak, elm and white pine, while Taddle Creek ravine and McCaul's Pond formed the park's western boundary. Located to the northwest of the city, visitors gained access to the park through two gated, tree-lined avenues, one leading west from Yonge Street (today's College Street) and the other leading north from Queen Street (today's University Avenue). The legislative building, opened in 1893, brought a new public purpose to the park and significantly altered the original landscaping of its southern grounds. By then, the city encircled the park. The marker notes that it was unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on July 6, 2010. God Save the Queen. [Review 10957 overall, 729 of 2019.] read more

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Queen's Park is an urban park. It's the site of the Ontario Legislative Building. It's also kind of in the middle of the University of Toronto campus and very close to all the major hospitals in Toronto. I have so many fond memories of Queen's Park. As a kid and teenager, I loved going to Queen's Park for the Canada Day festivities, and for the free hotdogs they gave out on that day, lol. In the spring and summer, Queen's Park is really pretty with all the colourful flowers planted there. It's a very nice place to take pictures. Apparently the actual Legislative Building is haunted, with many ghost sightings over the years. It's one of the stops in the Toronto Ghost Walk. I have never been in the actual building, so cannot comment on any paranormal activity or lack thereof. I've never sensed anything supernatural in the park surrounding the building though ;) Queen's Park is very accessible by public transit, as it's right at Queen's Park subway station. By car, it's easy to get to, but parking will be the issue. read more

Wow!- this park was beautiful! If blowing my mind status is not enough then I can say it is really pretty here. Families are hanging out and loving the park and I was as well. I loved walking through the grass and watching all the families running around and playing with the toys they brought with them. I also really liked seeing stressed out people trying to figure out the name of the park. I kept telling them because they were stressing me out! This park is wonderful and relaxing and everyone should visit! read more

Nice park in downtown Toronto with aesthetic greenery and good vibes. Good amount of seating, open fields to lounge on, and lots of shade.

Queen's Park is a nice little green spot, somewhat of an oasis of peace surrounded heavy highway traffic. The park is not only busy as short cut for government workers and U of T students but with joggers as well. It's well kept, has a statute of King Edward VII on horseback, a good number of park benches, plenty of good looking trees offering summer shade and fall colors but if you're a tourist it really has nothing or offers anything worth going out of your way see unless you're into squirrel watching. read more

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Queen's Park is a small but picturesque park that is overflowing with large trees and squirrels. The leaves change colours and decorate the "tiny island" with red, yellow and orange. Honestly I love walking through here to reach the other side of downtown Toronto; you can see tourists, dogs, joggers, SQUIRRELS and students. The trees change outfits depending on the season, so no matter when you're here, there is always something lovely to see. There is a single large statue in the middle of the park that I usually avoid, simply because the trees are much prettier to look at! It's a quick stop for photos or a lovely area to walk in. There are no special gizmos here to play on, so it's better if you just immerse yourself in the beautiful atmosphere of Queen's Park instead! read more

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When I need to run in circles (i.e. do speedwork laps), Queen's Park is the place for me as I prefer the park rather than an outdoor track. The terrain is compacted dirt path which makes running easier with a few bumps along the way to make it a little interesting. It's great for all levels of runners because everyone simply runs at their own pace and I can run either clockwise or counter clockwise without anyone telling me I'm going the wrong way. Each lap around the park is not quite a kilometre, but measures 800 metres which sometimes messes me up when I need to keep track of distances in kilometres, so thankfully I wear a GPS watch that helps track my distance as well as speed. Running around the park, I would always encounter many other runners/walkers going in circles as well which makes for a friendly competition of racing at times (without their knowledge) or simply company while running (especially on dreadful days when I question why I'm even running). I also love running here because of the abundance of trees which aids in providing some shade during the hot and sunny days. Plus seeing so many people around makes me feel safe in the park because sometimes running alone can be scary in certain areas even in the daytime. The park has plenty of interesting people who uses the park as a shortcut to get to the other side and they are mostly students getting to the U of T or individuals going to work at the Parliament building or government offices located on The Macdonald Block. The ROM is also a short distance away as well as the shops on Bloor and Yorkville. Always plenty of people in the park walking their dogs or playing with their kids or having picnics or playing frisbee and even groups doing their crossfit workouts. Never a boring sight as there are always people around which makes for an interesting run at times when I see what I can spy with my little eyes. The park is beautiful all year long and maintained quite well except for the running track in the winter when it's completely iced over. I'm very happy this park is within the city for my running purposes when I need to do speedwork. It works for me! read more

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Sits in the middle of a sort of a highway, this is a good place to jog. There is enough greenery to pretend that you're not in downtown Toronto but at the same, 5 minutes walk away from the closest coffee shop. This is a refuge for those who want to escape. For UofT students that failed their exams, Bay Street workers yelled at by their boss or frat boys too drunk to walk. In short, this is a good place. A happy place. There are activities during the summer like a book festival and during pride day. This is not a big park unlike high park. This is a small park for people who are already downtown. Parking is terrible. Jog and exercise here... do picnic somewhere else! Oy! read more

The Northern part of Queen's park is an excellent place to jog, walk, or run. I've tried to research the distance of this loop, and I've uncovered conflicting information. Some people think that the running loop is 1 full mile, or 3/4 of a mile, or approximately 1 kilometer. Lately I've been running the loop and I would say its just shy of a 1 Km. (probably closer to 900m). Nonetheless, its a great little loop for shorter runs, or for those who need to measure the distance of their workouts. I did 15 laps of Queens park today...but I won't be able to walk tomorrow. I hope it works out better for you. Go Run. read more

A remarkable place for a brief jogging in the heart of downtown. It's beautiful during fall!

A great park to walk through. Sometimes they put events on in the park such as Word on the Street. The park is not really big but it is convenient because you can cut through here when you are walking downtown to head towards the annex. It saves a lot of time. Also, it is a nice park to go for a light jog. read more

Queen's park is home to many uses. stroll along during the weekdays and catch students trying to jump ship from the university of toronto grounds which are adjacent to it across a small ramp to wellesley that bears no yield signs. if you partake of a union that needs to take to the streets, needs to stick it to the governing leaders, you might find yourself cheering, jeering, perhaps even singing around the parliament building in queens park that takes command of the space so monolithically. or perhaps you are a festival goer. perhaps you love to read and you feel like perusing through a few billion books on a hot summer day and you might find yourself in the midst of Word on the Street. OR should you have little kiddies that dont read or dont like to but prefer, as is natural enough, to bang on drums and dance around with wild abandon you might have to stop your kid from jumping on stage with an african drummer moving at lightening speed and stirring up the spirits inside your little timmy. and yet, if you are just a flaneur in search of a good spot to delve into a little tolstoy, then again, youve come to the right place as there is much grass and many benches and picnic tables to use, where you can sit and bounce your ideas off of those bronze guys affixed on those horses sporadically dressed in bird poop. read more

Having attended the University of Toronto Queen's Park has always been more of a walkway between university buildings, a sketchy place at night were dodgy characters run amok rather than an actual park and a fantastic location for a group shot of hundreds of frosh during orientation week. It's not that great a location for a quiet afternoon since it is surrounded on all sides by a main street and almost every spot there is visible to anyone in the vicinity so you can wave privacy goodbye. It has no large wide spaces for any sport that involves throwing a ball around, but it is a fantastic park for a jog since you can just do the loop or cut across on one of it's many walkways, and yes it's a great people watching location too. It's got a few things that always remind me that oh Queen's Park is actually a decent place to visit. For one thing it houses our provincial government, so of course if you're visiting the city it's worth a look here even if it's just to look down University Avenue from atop those steps. At the other end of the park (the North end) there is a soldier's memorial along with statues littered across the park of various important people. You add in it's fantastically central location, bordered by 2 subway stops, close proximity to food, cinemas, libraries, coffee shops, museums and you're left with a park that can keep you occpied for well over half a day. read more

It's awesome!!! Very pretty and always has people around. Sometimes I see police riding horses around the park! It's a little scary walking around at night after class hahahah read more

Queen's Park is small, but you can't beat the central location. When I used to work in the area, my co-workers and I would regularly eat lunch here. They have a few picnic tables and it's always easy to find a nice, shady spot. Compared to other parks in the city, this one seems pretty well-tended. Maybe because of it's proximity to the Legislative Building, U of T, museums, etc. it does have a more 'civilized' feel. This is more of a sit-on-a-bench than lie-on-a-blanket kinda place, y'know? Queen's Park is also home to lots of cool events, like Afrofest (summer), Word on the Street (September), Nuit Blanche, etc. read more

I love Queens Park! I take my pooch here now that he has cancer and can't play with other dogs. Technically it's not a dog park, but no one (including city employees) bug you assuming your dog is not harassing people or causing issues. Also, ALWAYS make sure you pick after your pet, other wise, you'll ruin it for the rest of us. The city has been kind of neglecting the grass, and part of the park in under construction. Watch out for cyclists, as they use the park as a cut through to get up to Bloor. I've heard that at night the park becomes a bit sketchy, but there is a lot of light and you're surrounded by major roads. QP is a great place for a Saturday walk, coffee break or cloud watching. read more

Nice park right in the city. There's a mix of shaded and sunny spots, and there are benches to rest at as well as trails (both paved and unpaved) to walk. Not to mention, there's a few statues to see. Not a must see, but if you're nearby (like the Royal Ontario Museum) then it's worth a visit. read more

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Went there on a Saturday morning and it was pretty dirty. I reckon kids hang out there on Friday night and leave behind the party garbage. Ranging from beer cups to used condoms. The city should clean it up more often. There's a big statue in the middle of the park that's in a slow state of construction. The statue's horse also has been vandalized for the longest time (pink balls). The wood chips are nice, they manage to outnumber the cigarette butts. Also the fountain is nice, but looks a bit rough. It's a good place to run through as you'd miss most of the above. read more

so much history in this park, and just the layout is fascinating. this has to be one of the best parks in Toronto to visit in the fall. a lot of great old buildings, and monuments to visit, even just a great park to visit just to relax at. to the point where you don't even feel like you are in Toronto when you are relaxing here. love this place :) read more

A slew of 5 star ratings? 4.5 star average? Please. I frequent a number of parks throughout the city for work in addition to leasure, and let me tell you, apart from having a big statue of a guy on horse with historical significance in it, this park is nothing special. When I first noticed there were Yelp ratings for parks, I checked a handful of some I'm familiar with; and I was unhappily surprised by how harsh the reviews were. But I thought, 'well I guess there are some high park standards out there,' pun intended. High Park. High five. But now that I see this Queen's Park review, it is clear: these Yelp folk really don't know what they're talking about. Speaking of High Park: how on Ghod's Green Earth does this park get the same rating as High Park. Anyone? High Park is objectively better. Every single person should agree. If you give this park the same rating as High Park you are flatly wrong and should abstain from park reviewing. Okay so star system reviews are all about relativity right? The best park ever is 5 stars, the worst is 0. Can it even be argued this park get above four stars? Queen's Park doesn't even play in the same league as a High Park, a Withrow Park, a Trinity Bellwoods Park, a Riverdale Park, a Greenwood Park, an Ashbridges Bay Park, a Colonel Samuel Smith Park, a Cedarvale Park. There is no pool, no tennis courts, no skating rink, no off leash dog area, no playgrounds, no ping pong tables, no fire pits, no fantastic views, no densely wooded areas, no flower garden, no stage, no bodies of water, no hills, no baseball diamond, no soccer field. Although it is big enough to get a comfortable distance away from the road traffic that cloisters its squirrely haven, there is not a nook in the square in which you can't see and hear the cars passing by on either side. There is a drinking fountain in the park but, at the time of this writing, it is broken. As far as a square of flat land with sparsely placed trees and a liberal peppering of foot paths go, this park is great. I don't even mean that facetiously, I really do like it, even the mulch patch design appears to have been given a fair amount of thought by a talented landscaper. But Queen's Park doesn't have the stuff to go 4.5 stars. I'm sorry Yelp. Hate me. My hypothesis is there are a number of office dwellers who come here on their lunch break with their $9.89 Loblaws salmon rolls; they sit down, and think wow it's so nice to be on my break outside- wow a squirrel; the huge high they get from just being outside on lunch break is then reflected in review form. If the park was simply a patch of dirt of the same size, suitable for eating ones lunch in, the same people would probably give it a respectable three stars if they saw the same squirrel. If you're a tourist or new to TO, please do not think this park is anything worth going out of your way to visit, you will waste your time and I will be sad. read more

I love Queen's Park! After a long day of city life, its awesome to bring a beach mat under a tree and lie flat on your back, while listening to your favourite tunes. Typical day here, I see kids running around, UofT student jogging, families having a picnic, elderly reading books and time to time cops bike patrolling the area. The greenery helps me unwind and relax...I'll be honest.. I've caught myself falling asleep here a couple of times. I'm sure people walking by probably thought I was homeless haha. This is a really nice place and it will always be my jammin spot ;) read more

A pedestrian park located in the centre of the city with loads of history and boy if this park could talk the stories it could tell. I have an official TTC pocket map from the 80's that had the park labeled "Queers Park" instead of "Queens Park". I don't remember the story behind it but it was intentional. I assume it is because this park was once well known for its late night activities. I personally haven't spent a lot of time in this park simply because access and parking is impossible. But it is a great piece of history and nicely situated. Unfortunately and thanks to our city counselors, like most things in the city this park shows neglect and doesn't get the attention it should. We can thank our city Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam for that I guess. We really need to hold these people more accountable. read more

What a nice park! Came here dog walking w my friend and it is definitely one of the most lovely well maintained parks in the dT core. There is a lot of benches and areas to sit and gab w close friends (came w my besty) and great to have nice intimate convos or even people watch and meet people and dogs etc. read more

I was there with some classmates today. Its a great park, small but nice. The only thing we didn't like was the lack of benches, the used condoms and cigaret parks on the ground. Other than that its good to hang out and talk on a hot summer day. read more

The beautiful Queen's Park is located in downtown Toronto and at the same time it's somehow an enclave of the University of Toronto! Many curious cute Squirrels came very near and watched us while sometimes even lying on their bellies! That was very funny and relaxing:) It's a nice resting place for sport activities, lunch time, reading a book and so on. The very British park type is seen in very large trees structure which is fantastic! The Ontario Legislative Building is housing the government of Ontario. It's a nice building with an interesting Richardsonian Romanesque architecture style (Spanish and French Romanesque features). The park has many statues of famous historical personalities such as William Lyon Mackenzie. If you still have time another nice thing to do is to visit the Royal Ontario Museum which is in the same area. read more

It's a lovely place for running during the summer time and a beautiful place for photography during the fall!

A breather in the midst of the city. A great spot to unwind.

Named in honour of Queen Victoria and opened in 1860, this park is the site of the Ontario Legislative Building but is actually owned by the University of Toronto. Now-famous as one of the spots of a lot of action during the G20, the park is still a lovely stroll rich in local history. read more

I get chills just thinking about Queen's Park, and my ears turn red in sympathy. Yes, I was here on a frozen Sunday morning at like 8 AM in sub-zero temps one January, thinking that it would be the ideal time to tour the quiet, silent city. It was windy. It was cold. It was also sublime. The park was basically empty, save for a few brave souls power-jogging or hurriedly walking somewhere warmer, hot mist trailing behind them in their wake. I stopped long enough to read the historic plaques, gaze up at the statues, and wonder what the trees would look like in spring when green would return to their brown branches. Just then, winter reality intruded, my core body temperature began to drop, and I wisely found someplace else (i.e. somewhere indoors) to explore the city's many hidden charms. Green space, white space: it's nice when you have a park like this where the cars cannot roam free, and where pedestrians, cyclists, and bench-sitters rule. read more