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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 2005 |
| Preceding agency |
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| Type | Division |
| Jurisdiction | City of Toronto |
| Motto | A city within a park |
| Employees | 4,761 (2022) |
| Annual budget | 481.9 million (2022) |
| Agency executive |
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| Website | Official website |
Toronto Parks, Forestry & Recreation (PFR) is the division of Toronto's municipal government responsible for maintaining the municipal park system and natural spaces, regulation of and provision of urban forestry services, and the delivery of recreational programming in city-operated facilities.
With a gross annual operating budget in 2022 of 481.9 million,[1] and a 10-year capital budget of $2.7 billion, the division operates 1473 named parks, 839 sports fields, 137 community centres, nearly 670 other recreational facilities, and is also responsible for the city's over 3 million trees. PF&R employs over 4,000 permanent and temporary full-time and part-time, unionized and non-unionized staff, and is one of the city's largest services.[2][3][4] The division is led by a general manager, presently Janie Romoff, and is organizationally part of the city's Community and Social Services cluster.
- ^ "2022 Budget Note Parks, Forestry & Recreation" (PDF).
- ^ ”Toward a Healthy, Active Future: Toronto Parks & Recreation Strategic Plan” City of Toronto, May 2004. Retrieved on 2009-1-17. http://dufferinpark.ca/research/pdf/strategicdraftplanspring04.pdf
- ^ ”Toronto Parks, Forestry & Recreation Annual Report” City of Toronto, 2007. Retrieved on 2009-1-17. http://www.toronto.ca/parks/pdf/PFR_Annual%20Report07.pdf
- ^ "2016 Operating Budget Notes" (PDF).