Toronto's Free Archery Range

Toronto has a free public archery range and very few people know about it. It is "hidden" (so to speak) inside E. T. Seton Park, east of the East York neighbourhood of Leaside and directly south of the Ontario Science Centre.

The closest intersection is Don Mills Road and Gateway Boulevard.

The people who know about the archery range are people mostly from Toronto's vibrant archery community, but they don't exactly advertise its existence.

Nor does the city, which maintains the park and the archery range. Instead they are rather quiet about its existence.

Behold, a beautiful archery range on a foggy morning with dew on the ground and the sun rising in the sky.

Using the archery range is FREE*.

* You need to bring your own archery equipment or hire an archery instructor who provides equipment.

Fortunately archerytoronto.ca/Archery-Lessons-in-Toronto.html has a list of local of archery instructors in the GTA.

The Toronto Archery Range is open 365 days per year, 24 hours per day.

The biggest rule? FOLLOW THE SAFETY RULES/BYLAWS that are posted near the entrances. They are for your safety and for the safety of others, and they are enforced by law. Anyone committing Reckless Endangerment with a Firearm is subject to a $4,000 fine and possible prison time.

You can meet lots of different archers at the Toronto Archery Range. Everyone from beginners to bowhunters to people who compete in both the Olympics and Paralympics.

The range officially opened in 1968. Now that it is 2020 it marks 52 years that the Toronto Archery Range has been open to the public.

Want to learn more? Visit archerytoronto.ca/Toronto-Archery-Range.html