This multi-species, expansive indoor habitat is currently in the planning phase. It will allow warm-weather animals to roam and interact with each other and provide Zoo guests with the opportunity to connect with them year-round. In addition, the new space will have event, retail, and interactive spaces.
Your Toronto Zoo’s
Master Plan
Watch What We Zoo Next!
For nearly 50 years, your Toronto Zoo has provided everyone who walks through their doors an opportunity to see amazing wildlife, connect with nature, and experience a breath of fresh air and solace within a short commute from downtown.
Your Zoo has also played a critical role as a place of ground-breaking science and research to protect and improve the plight of species in peril during a time of accelerated decline and extinction.
Your Toronto Zoo is looking ahead—20 years into its future. Like much of the world, we look forward with alarm and urgency but also with energy, inspiration, and vision.
At the Toronto Zoo Wildlife Conservancy, we are inspired and encouraged by our community of supporters, who, like us, share our passion for seeing a future where wildlife and wild spaces thrive.
In this exciting new chapter, you can play a role in our vision for the future of your Toronto Zoo. You can play a role in creating a world-class zoo that will change the world.
Should you have any questions about getting involved, please get in touch with Alison Kenn at akenn@torontozoo.ca or 416-392-5983.
The Toronto Zoo Wildlife Conservancy’s Capital Campaign will
DELIVER WORLD-CLASS INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROGRAMMING
Create world-class city infrastructure, phenomenal community spaces and educational experiences. Help engage our community with world-class spaces that create WOW and lifelong memories.
STOP THE ACCELERATED DECLINE OF SPECIES
Support the creation of state-of-the-art facilities to protect and improve the plight of endangered species. Together, we can stop the accelerated decline of wildlife worldwide.
CREATE ENVIRONMENTS TO HELP WILDLIFE THRIVE
Create enriching and engaging habitats where guests can make connections with wildlife. Spaces to promote awareness of habitat loss and its devastating impacts worldwide.
Capital Campaign Projects Within The Next 5 Years
TORONTO ZOO COMMUNITY CONSERVATION CENTRE (TZC3)
TZC3 is currently under construction and aims to bring a new, exciting educational arrival experience to Zoo guests.
Located outside your Zoo's admission gates, TZC3 will be open to both guests and the local community. It will be a space where people can gather and connect with nature and each other. This will be a prominent and visually stunning statement of your Toronto Zoo’s commitment to wildlife conservation and its connection to the community.
INDOOR AFRICAN SAVANNA
RED PANDA HABITAT
Our Red Pandas are branching out! This new space is currently in the planning phase, but these boreal animals will be getting a new, larger multilevel indoor viewing space that can be viewed by Zoo guests. The habitat will complement their outdoor forest living area, giving them the opportunity to seek cooler options during the summer months.
AMUR TIGER HABITAT EXPANSION
Currently under construction, the expanded Amur tiger habitat will provide these majestic and endangered big cats with more opportunities to roam, climb, and engage with each other and Zoo guests, keeping their skills sharp and enriching their lives.
Capital Campaign Projects Within the Next 10 Years
CANADIAN SPECIES CONSERVATION BREEDING CENTRE
For more than 30 years, your Toronto Zoo has both led and participated in recovery plans for endangered species.
A larger and purpose-built space will enable your Toronto Zoo to breed and raise more endangered animals for release into the wild.
As one of only a few such facilities in Canada, the Canadian Species Conservation Breeding Centre will facilitate technological and scientific advancement in the critical area of wildlife conservation.
SANCTUARY & NUTRITION CENTRE
We will create a nurturing space that feeds, cares for and rehabilitates wildlife.
The space will be a sanctuary for saving exotic rescued animals that are confiscated from smuggling or illegal ownership. It will include both indoor and outdoor habitat spaces as well as a quarantine space to accommodate different species’ needs.
The current Nutrition Centre has outgrown its space. The new facility will be a production centre for animal diets but will also offer an opportunity for guests to observe your Toronto Zoo’s nutrition expertise first-hand.