Just in case you’re starting to question your resilience to Canadian winters, here’s a look back at over a century of cold weather fun ranging from skating and tobogganing to skiing and snowshoeing in Toronto.
But remember, they had to walk uphill both ways to have this kind of fun…
High Park toboggan runs between 1906 and 1910
Skaters at Christie Pits, circa 1909
Lineups for toboggan runs, High Park, between 1910 and 1920
Toboggan runs, High Park, 1910
Sledding in Bellwoods Park, 1910
Tobogganing in High Park between 1910 and 1920
Lineups for toboggan runs, High Park, circa 1912
High Park toboggan runs, 1914
Group of snowshoers on horse-drawn sleigh, 1920
See also
- 10 places to go snow tubing near Toronto
- 12 places to go snowshoeing near Toronto
- 9 places you can go dogsledding near Toronto this winter
Hockey Game – High Park, January 1927
Toronto Ski Club, group of girl skiers, January 1930
Riverdale Park — hockey rinks, February 1934
Goulding Park, 1962
Skating on Island, 1970
Skating in Nathan Phillips Square, circa 1970s
Hockey rink in unidentified park between 1971 and 1981
Tobogganning in Riverdale Park looking south between 1976 and 1992
Skating rink in Nathan Phillips Square looking east, between 1980 and 1999
Skating on Devonian Pond looking south-west, 1991
