New Year’s Eve celebration with fireworks returns to Toronto waterfront this year

The City of Toronto’s New Year’s Eve celebrations are set to return to the waterfront this year, offering Torontonians and visitors an opportunity to ring in 2025 with fireworks, live performances, and activities across several downtown locations. A high-altitude fireworks display, synchronized to music, will blast a beautiful scene into  Toronto’s inner harbour skies at

Toronto to get a world-class Destination Playground on the waterfront?

Waterfront Toronto is embarking on an ambitious project dubbed Destination Playground to create world-class new park spaces in the Port Lands development area that will revolutionize outdoor play and provide a million children from across the city with a unique, nature-centric playground experience. The big question, though, is who will pay for it. With an

Two new waterfront parks in Toronto set to open this year

The city of Toronto has announced that two long-anticipated new parks and a slew of other waterfront projects are on track to open on schedule this year. Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie (Scarborough-Rouge Park) was joined by Councillor Gary Crawford (Scarborough Southwest), Chair of the Budget Committee to highlight the city’s investments in Toronto’s central waterfront. Highlights

This $2.789 million waterfront home is right on Lake Simcoe

Sitting on the northern tip of Lake Simcoe is the charming cottage at 68 Heyden Ave. This two-storey home extends the main living space outdoors with both an upper and lower balcony. Down by the water, residents can enjoy the use of the private dock and gazebo area that can be taken advantage of all

Toronto gets first look at Quayside, a groundbreaking new waterfront development

Waterfront Toronto gave the city its first look at the upcoming Quayside development yesterday and jaws collectively dropped. When Sidewalk Labs pulled out of Toronto and decided not to initiate a high-tech, futuristic development, it was unclear if the city was holding back and would squander the opportunity for a world-class development. Well,  Waterfront Toronto’s

Toronto is getting an amazing new waterfront playground

Waterfront Toronto has announced an ambitious plan to develop Parliament Slip, a derelict portion of the city’s waterfront located where Parliament Street meets Lake Ontario, to create what it calls “a waterfront destination where people can enjoy new access to the water.” According to Waterfront Toronto CEO George Zegarac, the plan will include new kayak

Interactive art installations make a waterfront walk a must this season

This winter, in a bid to encourage Torontonians and tourists alike to visit the waterfront during the colder months, the Waterfront Business Improvement Area (WBIA) has teamed up with the popular Beaches art competition, Winter Stations, to showcase interactive art installations at five locations throughout the neighbourhood.

Weekend Warrior: Toronto Festival of Beer, Waterfront Night Market, Art Battle National Championship, North American Women's Parkour Jam and more

There’s no shortage of craft beer activities in Toronto any given summer weekend, but this time we have one of the big ones. There’s also festivities in Parkdale and down in the Port Lands but if you’re in the mood for more competitive displays of talent there’s an art battle and a parkour jam to take in as well.

Weekend Warrior: Waterfront Night Market, Hot & Spicy Food Festival, Brazilfest, Thrill of the Grill and more

Care to dine on deliciously authentic Asian cuisine under the stars while looking out at the lake this weekend? Okay, so maybe a street food festival isn’t the ideal atmosphere for romance, but the third annual Waterfront Night Market isn’t exactly your typical food fest. An array of authentic Asian offerings will be available well into the night, with other festivities including three-on-three basketball and nightly screenings of contemporary Asian cinema.

Best of the Waterfront: circus camp

Backstage, five kids are concentrating hard. They are on stilts, wobbling about, with only moments to correct their balance before lumbering on stage. While they hover, parents are “oo-ing” and “ahh-ing” in the main arena, going giddy over the mini-trampoline act, in which kids are dazzling the crowd with flips. There is some serious flippage going on. Meanwhile, junior wannabe-clowns spend their time practicing goofy walks and wacky voices. This is life inside Harbourfront Centre’s circus camp for kids.