Cherry blossom trees are located in parks and other locations throughout Toronto. Take part in the centuries-old tradition of hanami, the Japanese term for flower viewing. Called sakura in Japan, these cherry blossom trees bloom at the end of April to early May.
Follow High Park Nature Centre as they share the stages of the bloom in High Park.
Donate to the Sakura Cherry Trees Project and support planting new cherry trees and maintaining existing trees.
Use What3Words to find the cherry blossom trees within the park (see locations below). What3words is a free app that can be downloaded to your smartphone from the app store or you can visit their website from your browser.
Climbing the cherry trees, pulling on the branches and plucking off the blooms can damage the trees. Stay on existing trails to protect ecologically sensitive areas. Keep the area beautiful by putting litter in its place.
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Birkdale Ravine | 1100 Brimley Rd. The pedestrian bridge north of Pomeroy Street is closed for bridge replacement and creek bank restoration until Spring 2026. An alternative bridge is located just north, near Waterfield Drive. what3words location: grudge.avoiding.stops
Birkdale Ravine is close to Thomson Memorial Park. Accessibility
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Broadacres Park | 35 Crendon Dr. what3words location: pickles.leaned.easy
Find out what facilities are at Broadacres Park. Accessibility
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Cedar Ridge Park | 225 Confederation Dr. what3words location: highways.sobbed.outraged
Find out what facilities are at Cedar Ridge Park. Accessibility
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Cedarvale Park | 443 Arlington Ave. what3words location: pizzas.savers.dwell Find out what facilities are at Cedarvale Park. Accessibility
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Centennial Park | 151 Elmcrest Rd. what3words location: websites.treble.shed
Find out what facilities are at Centennial Park. Accessibility
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Cherry Street and Villiers Street | 309 Cherry St, There is construction in the area and access may be restricted. what3words location: arranged.baseline.factor
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Edwards Gardens | 755 Lawrence Ave. E. what3words locations: gaps.panther.song and sporting.seasonal.allow
Find out what facilities are at Edwards Gardens. Accessibility
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Exhibition Place | 100 Princes Blvd. what3words locations: hopping.limo.doing, fetch.design.adopting, locate.binders.handed, gliding.pitches.eats, and physical.link.gliders
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High Park | 142 Colborne Lodge Dr. what3words locations: budding.learning.vent, woof.biked.bicker, vowing.waffle.evenings, info.letters.flows, nails.title.general, and destiny.this.binders
Find out what facilities are at High Park. There is no vehicle or parking access to High Park during the cherry blossom peak bloom period. Only Wheel-Trans vehicles will be allowed into High Park during peak bloom. For 2024, this will begin on April 20. Check out the High Park Nature Centre Blossom Watch to find out when the trees are in bloom. Accessibility:
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Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre | 6 Garamond Crt. what3words location: rooms.pastime.rots
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John P. Robarts Research Library | 130 St George St. what3words location: before.tropic.workouts
The John P. Robarts Research Library is close to Queen’s Park. |
Toronto Island Park | Take the ferry at 9 Queens Quay W. what3words location: mixers.bands.sobbed
See what facilities are on Centre Island. Accessibility
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Trinity Bellwoods Park | 790 Queen ST. W. what3words location: spared.digits.swerves In 2021, access to the Trinity Bellwoods Park cherry blossom trees will be closed to the public. |
University of Toronto Scarborough Campus | 1265 Military Tr. what3words location: slot.boomed.markets
The U of T Scarborough Campus is close to Morningside Park. |
Woodbine Park | 1695 Queen St. E. what3words location: winners.broken.pricing
Find out what facilities are at Woodbine Park. Accessibility
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York University | 4700 Keele St. what3words locations: downturn.froth.glue and shocks.tend.lands
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1959 – The Japanese ambassador to Canada, Toru-Hagiwara, presented 2000 Japanese Somei-Yoshino Sakura trees to the citizens of Toronto on behalf of the citizens of Tokyo. The trees were planted in appreciation of Toronto accepting re-located Japanese-Canadians following the Second World War. Many were planted on the hillside overlooking Grenadier Pond.
1984 – A grove of Japanese cherry trees were planted along a pathway west of the Children’s Adventure Playground. The trees were donated by Yoriki and Midori Iwasaki as a special gift to the people of Toronto and “a joyful symbol of life”.
2001 – Through the Consulate General of Japan in Toronto’s “Sakura Project”, 34 Yoshino ‘Akebono’ and Kwanzan ‘Fugenzo’ Sakura trees were donated and planted on the east shore of Grenadier Pond near the Maple Leaf garden.
2006 – Sixteen additional Yoshino Sakura trees were planted near the original 1959 planting site.
2019 – New trees planted in a special ceremony to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Sakura trees donated to High Park in 1959 by the citizens of Tokyo