Centennial Park (Toronto)

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Centennial Park is a large regional park located in westend Toronto, in the former city of Etobicoke. It is maintained by the City of Toronto Parks and Recreation.

The park has a variety of features including:

  • Etobicoke Olympium, a large athletic centre that was built in 1975.
  • Centennial Park Snow Centre, a small alpine skiing hill. It features one t-bar and a conveyor lift, serving one intermediate slope, one beginner slope, and a snowboard slope. It is one of two ski hills located within the boundaries of Toronto, the other being the North York Ski Center.
  • Mount Garbage, a hill that was the site of as a municipal dump and the south end is used as a transfer station.
  • Centennial Park Stadium, a 3,500 seat capacity stadium that is primarily used for soccer and occasionally for kabbadi.
  • Centennial Park Arena
  • go-cart track
  • golf course
  • botanical gardens
  • picnic areas
  • soccer fields
  • baseball diamonds

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Coordinates: 43°39′13″N 79°35′27″W / 43.653621, -79.590797