An aircraft manufacturing facility and a former military base are located in the Downsview neighbourhood.
With the end of the Cold War, much of the land was transformed into a large park now called Downsview Park.
Located within the park is the Downsview Park Sports Centre, a 45,000 m² (484,000 sq ft) multi-purpose facility built by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE), owners of Toronto FC, of Major League Soccer.
MLSE invested $26 million to build the Kia Training Ground, the state-of-the-art practice facility for Toronto FC.
Volleyball Canada made Downsview Park its headquarters and training facility.

There are a multitude of sports clubs based in North York including the North York Storm, a girls' hockey league, Gwendolen Tennis Club, and the North York Aquatic Club, which was founded in 1958 as the North York Lions Swim Club.
The Granite Club, located at Bayview and Lawrence, is an invitation-only athletic club.
In 2012, the club made a major expansion in North York for their members.

The North York Ski Centre at Earl Bales Park is one of the only urban ski centres of its kind in Canada.
After several incidents involving failures of the club's two-person chairlift incited talks of closing the ski centre, the city revitalized the facilities with a new four-person chairlift.
Sports clubs based in North York include:
York9 FC - member of Canadian Premier League
Toronto FC II - member of USL League One
North York Astros – member of Canadian Soccer League
North York Rockets – (defunct) Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992)
North York Rangers – member of the Central Division of the Ontario Junior Hockey League
North York Storm
North York Aquatic Club
North York Fire Basketball
North York Hockey League
North York Hearts Azzurri Soccer Club
North York Baseball Association
Hayabusakan Judo Club
An aircraft manufacturing facility and a former military base are located in the Downsview neighbourhood. With the end of the Cold War, much of the land was transformed into a large park now called Downsview Park. Located within the park is the Downsview Park Sports Centre, a 45,000 m² (484,000 sq ft) multi-purpose facility built by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE), owners of Toronto FC, of Major League Soccer. MLSE invested $26 million to build the Kia Training Ground, the state-of-the-art practice facility for Toronto FC. Volleyball Canada made Downsview Park its headquarters and training facility.
There are a multitude of sports clubs based in North York including the North York Storm, a girls' hockey league, Gwendolen Tennis Club, and the North York Aquatic Club, which was founded in 1958 as the North York Lions Swim Club. The Granite Club, located at Bayview and Lawrence, is an invitation-only athletic club. In 2012, the club made a major expansion in North York for their members.
The North York Ski Centre at Earl Bales Park is one of the only urban ski centres of its kind in Canada. After several incidents involving failures of the club's two-person chairlift incited talks of closing the ski centre, the city revitalized the facilities with a new four-person chairlift. Sports clubs based in North York include:
York9 FC - member of Canadian Premier League
Toronto FC II - member of USL League One
North York Astros – member of Canadian Soccer League
North York Rockets – (defunct) Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992)
North York Rangers – member of the Central Division of the Ontario Junior Hockey League
North York Storm
North York Aquatic Club
North York Fire Basketball
North York Hockey League
North York Hearts Azzurri Soccer Club
North York Baseball Association
Hayabusakan Judo Club
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