Family Life
Leslieville is home to many parks, including Jonathan Ashbridge Park, which features a playground, a wading pool, and two tennis courts, and which hosts the Leslieville Farmers Market; Greenwood Park, with an off-leash dog area, a splash pad, two ball diamonds, a community garden, a picnic site with firepit, a playground, a pool, and a multipurpose sports field, as well as an artificial ice rink used for ice hockey in the winter and ball hockey in the summer; John Chang Neighbourhood Park, with a playground, greenspace, treed areas, walking paths, and benches; the Matty Eckler Playground, featuring a playground, a basketball court, a ball diamond, two outdoor chess tables, and a wading pool; and Hideaway Park, which has a ball hockey pad, an off-leash dog area, a playground, and a wading pool.
The Matty Eckler Recreation Centre has a computer/training room, a dance studio, a fitness/weight room, two games rooms, a gymnasium, an indoor pool, three multipurpose rooms, kitchen facilities, and a lounge area. Drop-in programs offered at the centre include basketball, table tennis, badminton, ball hockey, soccer, and volleyball, and there are public swim times scheduled. The centre also offers registered programs for arts and crafts, dance, music, fitness, computers, hockey, basketball, gymnastics, martial arts, soccer, and swimming. Other recreation centres in the neighbourhood include the Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre, the S. H. Armstrong Community Centre, and Applegrove Community Centre. Community programming can also be found at the Gerrard/Ashdale Library.