This is how many people were actually charged for drinking in Toronto parks last year Stay in the loop Sign up for our free email newsletter. Unsubscribe anytime or contact us for details. Toronto residents were understandably bummed to find out that there will be no legal drinking in parks this summer, but Mayor John Tory is here to assure you that you likely won't actually get a ticket for doing so. Speaking in response to a question about whether he thinks not legalizing alcoholic consumption in parks unfairly disadvantages lower-income residents who don't have back yards in which to sit and drink, Tory said Wednesday that he supports the idea of looking into how this law can eventually be changed.