Toronto

The city's only true dog beach, open all year on the Outer Harbour. Fenced on the land side and open to the water, with a small-dog section and a double-gated entrance.

An 8.5-acre off-leash area plus designated trails, between the Grenadier Restaurant and the zoo. Unfenced, so keep it for dogs with a reliable recall.

Forty Victorian industrial buildings around cobbled, entirely pedestrian lanes. Dogs welcome outdoors on a leash, not allowed inside food and drink venues.

Car-free islands fifteen minutes across the harbour from the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal. Pets allowed on a leash on board and on the islands, island beaches closed to dogs.

A former Don Valley brickworks turned environmental centre, with a farmers market and quarry ponds. Leashed dogs outdoors, except in the Children's Garden.

The west-side dog bowl, the hollow of a filled-in reservoir south of Dundas Street West. Off-leash and unfenced, very busy on a summer evening.