Toronto Zoo
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The Toronto Zoo is a zoo located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Encompassing 287 hectares, the Toronto Zoo is the largest zoo in Canada averaging around 1.2 million visitors a year. The zoo is divided i
The main entrance to the Toronto Zoo in 2006
Stereo card of a goat at the Riverdale Zoo. Opened in 1888, the Riverdale Zoo was the predecessor to the modern Toronto Zoo. Riverdale Zoo later became a livestock zoo called Riverdale Farm.
The Toronto Zoo Domain Ride a year after it opened in 1977. Operating from 1976 to 1994, the "monorail" transported guests to various sections in the zoo.
In 2001, the Toronto Zoo opened an educational water play area known as Splash Island.
Riverdale Farm
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Riverdale Farm is a 3-hectare municipally operated farm in the heart of Cabbagetown, an urban neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is maintained by Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Divi
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…to the eastern end of the Exhibition Grounds in 1885. Piper was also Alderman for St. John's Ward from 1877 to 1880 and 1883 to 1888. In 1888, the Riverdale Zoo opened in Toronto, as a typical example of a zoo during this time, with animals displayed as curiosities in dark cages and cramped enclosures. Animals…
Riverdale Farm in June 2025