Equipment by Little Tikes, Miracle.
Surface: wood chips.
Earlscourt Park isn’t one of Toronto’s “Big Name” parks, but it is a hub of activity and likely a go-to for many families in the Corso Italia neighbourhood.
A quick list of the amenities here:
· Rec centre with indoor and outdoor pool
· Two soccer fields; one natural grass, one turf
· Hockey rink
· Basketball court
· Dog off-leash area
· Baseball diamond
· Calisthenics station
· Bathrooms (!) with a change station (!!) that were closed for repairs when we went (!!!)
· Running track
· Beach volleyball court
· Splash Pad
· Playground
Earlscourt has so much going for it that the playground gets a bit overshadowed. There are plenty of swings, two modest but fun climbing structures, some fun wooden bits to hop around on, and a DNA climber, which is a rare find. The splash pad is a very nice one, with a good variety of water play elements for different ages.
Redone shortly pre-covid, the equipment in the playground is already aging. It looks fine, but there’s a spinning element missing, and the water feature in the sandbox doesn’t look like it’s worked in a while. This probably isn’t a quality issue as much as it is an indicator of how much this place gets used. When we arrived around 10am, the place was so saturated with kids from day camps that we could barely find a spot to play. We walked around and checked out the rest of the park, and then at 11:30 the camps all left for lunch and we had the place pretty much to ourselves.
After a bit more play on the suddenly-vacant equipment, we walked over to the outdoor pool which was opening at noon. It was warm, not super busy, and very refreshing.
This is a great park (and good-but-not-great playground) to visit if you’re in the Corso area. It felt a lot like this neighbourhood’s version of Withrow, but with even more amenities.
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