City of Toronto opens some outdoor pools early, others open this weekend

10 pools will open to limited schedules

Toronto.com
June 22, 2023
Kyle Marshall

The City of Toronto has opened 10 outdoor pools early on a limited schedule to help residents manage the heat, with the remaining outdoor pools set to open soon.

The remaining outdoor city pools will open on June 24, all also on partial schedules. Full schedules will start at all locations on June 30. Toronto’s 90 supervised wading pools will also open on June 30.

These 10 outdoor pools will run on a partial schedule (Monday to Friday, 4 to 8 p.m. and weekends, noon to 8 p.m.):

Scarborough

Heron Park Community Centre -- 292 Manse Rd. (Manse Road at Lawrence Avenue)

McGregor Community Centre -- 2231 Lawrence Ave. E. (Lawrence Avenue between Birchmount Road and Kennedy Road)

North York

Grandravine Community Centre -- 23 Grandravine Dr. (Sheppard/Keele avenues area)

 Parkway Forest Community Centre -- 59 Forest Manor Rd. (Don Mills Road/Sheppard Avenues area)

Toronto/East York

Alex Duff Memorial Pool -- 779 Crawford St. (in Christie Pits Park)

Kiwanis Outdoor Pool -- 375 Cedarvale Ave. (Cosburn Avenue, east of Woodbine Avenue in East York)

Monarch Park Outdoor Pool -- 115 Felstead Ave. (off Coxwell Avenue, south of Danforth Avenue, in east Toronto)

Sunnyside -- Gus Ryder Outdoor Pool -- 1755 Lake Shore Blvd. W. (west of Parkside Drive)

Etobicoke

West Mall Outdoor Pool -- 370 The West Mall (south of Burnhamthorpe Road)

West Grove Park Outdoor Pool -- 15 Redgrave Dr.

Residents will be able to check the hours of operation for each location on the city’s Swim & Water Play webpage.

People visiting the city’s outdoor pools this summer are reminded that:

Supervision and/or swimming ability requirements are in place for children under 10 years of age at all outdoor pools.

Outdoor leisure swimming is free for all ages and reservations are not required.

Outdoor lane swim is free and open to swimmers seven years old and older for swimming continuous lengths or widths.

Caregivers should be supervising children at all times.

All pool visitors must listen to the on-duty lifeguards.

Pool closures and service interruptions are updated regularly on the city’s Pool Closures & Service Alerts webpage. Pool locations that are operating normally will not be on this list.

“The first 10 outdoor pools opening this weekend is a sure sign of summer in the city,” said Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie (Scarborough--Rouge Park), chair of the infrastructure and environment committee.

“I want to thank our hardworking city staff for opening these 10 pools as early as possible and I wish everyone enjoying our outdoor pools in the weeks and months ahead a happy and fun summer.”