Quirky and quiet playground in North York.

Small and fun playground on a quiet North York street.

Sparse but fun playground in west downtown Toronto.

Equipment by GameTime. Surface: rubberized wood chips. With the kids off school for the holidays, I thought there couldn’t be a better...

Decent playground with a view of the 401, but sadly not a wishing well in sight.

Colourful playground at north Toronto elementary school.

Leaside playground that's in a nice spot, but needs an upgrade if it's going to compete with other nearby playgrounds.

Nice playground near, but not on, a hidden trail.

One of Toronto's best-hidden playgrounds gets an upgrade.

A nice playground in a beautiful lakeside park.

Hidden gem playground with some awesome Earthscape equipment.

Just enough equipment to qualify as a playground.

A nice playground upgrade at a park with plenty to do.

Nice upgrade to the playground, but the playground was never the attraction here; this is a park for scooting and skateboarding.

A school/public park combination that has a little bit of everything...including washrooms!

New Annex park with a disappointing playground and a baffling number of benches.

Big park with a good playground in the far eastern reaches of Scarborough.

Hidden gem playground in Toronto's west Annex.

Nice little North Toronto playground on a mini ravine trail.

Hidden gem just off Avenue Road.