Old Toronto

Worth seeing in and around Old Toronto

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   University of Toronto

   The University of Toronto is a public research university with three main campuses in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. Based on the grounds that surround Queen's Park in Toronto, it was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada.

   2.1 km · public research university in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
2. 02
   CN Tower

   The CN Tower is a 553.3-metre-high communications and observation tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Completed in 1976, it is located in downtown Toronto, built on the former Railway Lands.

   1 km · communications and observation tower in Toronto, Canada · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Scotiabank Arena

   Scotiabank Arena, formerly known as Air Canada Centre, is a multi-purpose arena located on Bay Street in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the home of the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association and the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League.

   700 m · indoor arena in Toronto, Canada · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Royal Ontario Museum

   The Royal Ontario Museum is a museum of art, world culture and natural history in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the largest museums in North America and the largest museum in Canada.

   2.4 km · museum of world culture and natural history in Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Rogers Centre

   Rogers Centre is a retractable roof stadium in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated at the base of the CN Tower near the northern shore of Lake Ontario. Opened in 1989 on the former Railway Lands, it is home to the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball.

   1.2 km · stadium in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; home venue of the Toronto Blue Jays · Wikipedia
6. 06
   First Canadian Place

   First Canadian Place is a commercial skyscraper in the Financial District of Toronto, Ontario, at the northwest corner of King and Bay streets, and serves as the global operational executive office of the Bank of Montreal. At 298 metres tall, it is the third-tallest building in Canada, the 35th-tallest building in North America, and the 261st-tallest in the world.

   300 m · skyscraper in Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Toronto Metropolitan University

   Toronto Metropolitan University, formerly known as Ryerson University, is a public research university located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The university's core campus is situated within the Garden District in downtown Toronto, although it also operates facilities elsewhere in the city and a satellite campus in Brampton for its medical school.

   1 km · public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Art Gallery of Ontario

   The Art Gallery of Ontario is an art museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located on Dundas Street West in the Grange Park neighbourhood of downtown Toronto, the museum complex takes up 45,000 square metres of physical space, making it one of the largest art museums in North America and the second-largest art museum in Toronto, after the Royal Ontario Museum.

   1.3 km · art museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Hockey Hall of Fame

   The Hockey Hall of Fame is a museum and hall of fame located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dedicated to the history of ice hockey, it holds exhibits about players, teams, National Hockey League records, memorabilia and NHL trophies, including the Stanley Cup.

   300 m · sports museum in downtown Toronto · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Yonge Dundas Square

    Sankofa Square, colloquially Dundas Square, is a public square and outdoor venue at the southeast corner of the intersection of Yonge Street and Dundas Street East within the Garden District in the downtown core of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The square was conceived in 1997 as part of a revitalization of the intersection and the stretch of Yonge Street.

    800 m · public square in Toronto · Wikipedia

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Getting to Old Toronto

Airports

Toronto Pearson (YYZ), 20 km · John C. Munro Hamilton (YHM), 69 km · Buffalo Niagara (BUF), 95 km

Stations

Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, 2.8 km · Union Station, 500 m · Bloor–Yonge, 2.5 km · TMU station, 900 m · Union Pearson Express, 8 km

• Hamilton → Old Toronto

  13905 km · quickest by air, 29h 4m · NZ$3,050–4,720
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• Windsor → Old Toronto

  333 km · quickest by air, 4h 35m · C$140–210
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• Ottawa → Old Toronto

  350 km · quickest by air, 4h 39m · C$150–230
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No local-transport research exists yet for Old Toronto

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Old Toronto. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

If you know how people move in Old Toronto – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.