It is located across from Redpath Sugar Refinery in Toronto's eastern East Bayfront.

Like HTO Park to the west, the beach is not meant for wading or swimming in Lake Ontario, but rather functions as a waterfront public space for relaxation, leisure, and social activities.

[4] A Waterfront Toronto project, the park is designed by landscape architecture firm Claude Cormier + Associés Inc.[3] It features a sandy beach with ornamental lighting, umbrellas, Muskoka chairs, rocky amphitheatre and candy trim, and pedestrian areas paved with granite setts in three colours arranged in a stylized maple leaf motif.

[3] Corus Quay has large retractable doors that allow the building to host concerts and events at Sugar Beach.

Prior to construction, the entire site was a parking lot for the Jarvis Street Slip and located across from The Guvernment night club.