St Andrew's G.P Ridout; Alex Macdonald Toronto has a diverse array of public spaces from city squares to public parks overlooking ravines Nathan Phillips Square is the city's main square in downtown and forms the entrance to City Hall Yonge-Dundas Square near City Hall has also gained attention in recent years as one of the busiest gathering spots in the city Other squares include Harbourfront Square on the Toronto waterfront and the civic squares at the former city halls of the defunct Metropolitan Toronto most notably Mel Lastman Square in North York the Toronto Public Space Committee is an advocacy group concerned with the city's public spaces in recent years Nathan Phillips Square has been refurbished with new facilities and the central waterfront along Queen's Quay West has been updated recently with a new street architecture and a new square next to Harbourfront Centre In the winter Nathan Phillips Square Harbourfront Centre and Mel Lastman Square feature popular rinks for public ice-skating Etobicoke's Colonel Sam Smith Trail opened in 2011 and is Toronto's first skating trail Centennial Park and Earl Bales Park offer outdoor skiing and snowboarding slopes with a chairlift rental facilities and lessons Several parks have marked cross-country skiing trails There are many large downtown parks which include Allan Gardens Christie Pits Grange Park Little Norway Park Moss Park Queen's Park Riverdale Park and Trinity Bellwoods Park An almost hidden park is the compact Cloud Gardens, which has both open areas and a glassed-in greenhouse near Queen and Yonge South of downtown are two large parks on the waterfront: Tommy Thompson Park on the Leslie Street Spit which has a nature preserve is open on weekends; and the Toronto Islands accessible from downtown by ferry Rouge National Urban Park is a national park in the eastern portion of the city Large parks in the outer areas managed by the city include High Park Humber Bay Park Centennial Park Downsview Park Guild Park and Gardens and Morningside Park Toronto also operates several public golf courses Most ravine lands and river bank floodplains in Toronto are public parklands After Hurricane Hazel in 1954 construction of buildings on floodplains was outlawed and private lands were bought for conservation in 1999 Downsview Park a former military base in North York initiated an international design competition to realize its vision of creating Canada's first urban park the winner "Tree City" was announced in May 2000 Approximately 8,000 hectares (20,000 acres) or 12.5 percent of Toronto's land base is maintained parkland. Morningside Park is the largest park managed by the city which is 241.46 hectares (596.7 acres) in size In addition to public parks managed by the municipal government parts of Rouge National Urban Park the largest urban park in North America is in the eastern portion of Toronto Managed by Parks Canada the national park is centred around the Rouge River and encompasses several municipalities in the Greater Toronto Area Culture, 3 Battle 3.5 Minor league affiliates Post-secondary education Main article: Corporations (Upper Canada). The Queen Elizabeth Way is a major controlled-access highway that connects Greater Toronto with the Niagara Peninsula The Golden Horseshoe is served by an extensive network of expressways the backbone of which is the Queen Elizabeth Way and Highway 401 one of the widest and busiest expressways in the world Public transit in the region is coordinated by Metrolinx. Regional transit is provided by GO Transit trains and buses and by private bus operators Greyhound and Coach Canada Local transit is provided by municipal agencies the largest of which is the Toronto Transit Commission which operates three subway lines and one light metro line and an extensive bus and streetcar network Toronto is currently the only city in the area with a rail-based local transit network though its subway system extends to Vaughan as well at Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station since December 2017 However several cities in the region have light rail lines in the works. These include the approved Hurontario LRT in Peel Region and B-Line in Hamilton The primary airport of the region is Toronto Pearson International Airport (officially Lester B Pearson International Airport) located in Mississauga which is the busiest in Canada and the 31st busiest in the world handling over 49.5 million passengers in 2018 and offering non-stop flights worldwide Other regional airports of significance include John C Munro Hamilton International Airport located in southern Hamilton which is a major regional freight and courier location; Buttonville Airport and Billy Bishop airport in the Greater Toronto Area both of which mostly serve regional business travellers but the latter being the third largest in the region for passenger volume Within driving distance is Buffalo Niagara International Airport in Cheektowaga New York in the United States Buffalo Niagara carries the second largest passenger volume in the region serving over 5 million passengers in 2018. 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. . . . Toronto Marlies Toronto AHL Ice Hockey 1828 186,488 +5.3% As of 2017 Toronto FC games are exclusively broadcast by TSN with certain games (typically against other Canadian MLS franchises) also shown on CTV Prior to 2017 Toronto FC games were broadcast exclusively by TSN and Sportsnet Games that were not covered under national broadcast contracts with MLS or other competition organizers were divided evenly between the two broadcasters pursuant to agreements between their parent companies (Bell Canada and Rogers Communications respectively) in connection to their joint 2011 purchase of MLSE. Radio broadcasts are divided between TSN 1050 and Sportsnet 590 Honours, Metrolinx Humber College (Toronto) Energy Capacity by source in NB; Community involvement Several municipally funded programs affect health in the city They are listed below and where possible their annual budgets are provided Provincial and federal programs also affect health in Toronto such as the provincial Smoke-Free Ontario Act which bans cigarette smoking in enclosed spaces in the province Student life. .
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