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Canoe Landing Park

Canoe Landing Park, Urban park in CityPlace neighborhood, Toronto, Canada

Canoe Landing Park is an 8-acre (3.2-hectare) park in Toronto's CityPlace neighbourhood, next to the Gardiner Expressway. Its centrepiece is a large red canoe sculpture by Douglas Coupland, big enough for people to stand in and see over the highway to Lake Ontario. The park also has a sculptural beaver dam, colourful fishing bobbers, iceberg benches, and a heart-shaped stone cast from a stone retrieved by Terry Fox's brother.

The park's ribbon-cutting took place on September 9, 2009, on land formerly called CityPlace Park; the final name came from a city-run contest announced in the t.o.night commuter paper. Vancouver landscape architects Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg worked with Toronto's Planning Partnership, public art consultant Karen Mills and Douglas Coupland. The canoe promontory was built from on-site excavated fill and geosynthetic reinforcements, diverting 20,000–25,000 dumptruck loads from landfills.

The name was chosen in a city-run contest and announced in the free commuter paper t.o.night, replacing the tentative name CityPlace Park. Douglas Coupland's artworks give the park its landmarks: a red canoe big enough to stand in, a display of large fishing bobbers, a sculptural beaver dam and bronze "iceberg benches". The canoe was burned in an arson fire on April 2, 2025.

The park is freely accessible and offers ample space for walking, exercising, and relaxing with family or pets. It is advisable to visit during quieter times if you prefer a calmer experience, as it can get busy during peak hours with players and runners.

The heart-shaped bronze stone near the canoe was cast from a stone Terry Fox's brother retrieved at the end of his cross-Canada run; the park's one-mile loop is named the Terry Fox Miracle Mile.

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