At issue is a local bylaw that bans camping or living in parks after midnight. Enforcement provisions require 72 hours notice before an eviction, but the city has threatened to kick them out with less than 24 hours.

"His story, both here and in the United States, helped to propel the abolitionist movement."

More than 850 BMX facilities, skateboard parks, disc golf locations, soccer and multi-use outdoor fields, baseball diamonds, basketball courts, picnic shelters and parking lots at parks are set to reopen in the coming days.

City of Toronto bylaw officers can be seen in the photos posing in front of fenced off cherry trees in Trinity Bellwoods Park. While seemingly innocuous, the behaviour flies in the face of City-mandated public health measures in Toronto parks.

Screenshots of the man climbing one of the trees were taken of the City of Toronto's livestream and were posted online.

Mayor John Tory said the closure dates are weather dependent and the exact dates will be announced in the near future.

Municipal Licensing & Standards officers issued 48 tickets and spoke with 286 people on Saturday of the Easter long weekend for the use of closed park amenities and not practising physical and social distancing.

The City of Toronto said 141 complaints about gatherings and unsafe behaviour at parks were reported to 311 on Saturday alone.

“We will continue to do everything we can as a municipal government to lock the city down in order to save lives."

"While we always try to persuade and educate people, as we've been trying to do from the beginning, I'm afraid the time is up for those who don't want to listen or don't care."