Hundreds of Toronto residents defied social distancing by taking a walk on a park's boardwalk as the weather saw an upturn.

Filmed near High Park on April 5, hundreds of locals are seen taking a stroll with many not at least two metres apart.

Toronto Police have the power to issue $1,000 fines for people ignoring COVID-19 guidelines.

People NOT practicing social distancing on the Toronto beaches boardwalk today as the nice milder weather arrived amid the COVID 19 pandemic and coronavirus outbreak. Health authorities want people to keep two meters or at least six feet distance between other humans and this clearly was not happening today.

Toronto police and bylaw officers have the power under emergency legislation to lay $1000 fines for people ignoring the law and putting their safety and health and the safety and health of others at risk as the mild spring weather arrives and people want to get outside.