Cooling centres will be open across Toronto today from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the East York Civic Centre, the North York Civic Centre, the Driftwood Community Centre, the Etobicoke Civic Centre, the McGregor Community Centre and the Centennial Park Community Centre. However, Metro Hall will be open to the public 24 hours.

The following eight community pools have also had their hours extended until 11:45 p.m. to give residents another way to beat the heat:

Alex Duff Memorial Pool, 779 Crawford Ave.

Alexandra Park Pool, 275 Bathurst St.

Cummer Park Community Centre Pool, 6000 Leslie St.

Giovanni Caboto Outdoor Pool, 1369 St. Clair Ave. W.

McGregor Park Outdoor Pool, 2231 Lawrence Ave. E.

Monarch Park Pool, 115 Felstead Ave.

Sunnyside-Gus Ryder Outdoor Pool, 1755 Lake Shore Blvd. W.

Smithfield Outdoor Pool, 175 Mount Olive Dr.