Windfields Estate was the residence of Edward Plunkett "E.P." Taylor (1901-1989), prominent Canadian businessman and breeder of champion racehorses. Taylor founded Argus Corporation, once Canada's...
West Toronto Junction was named in the late 19th century for its location at the intersection of four railway lines: Grand Trunk Railway, Toronto Grey & Bruce, Credit Valley Railway and...
Designed by the architectural firm of Darling And Curry and built of red sandstone, the Victoria Hospital For Sick Children opened in May 1892. It was the first hospital in Canada...
This point of land was the most famous arrival and departure point for Vicki Keith's Lake Ontario Swims.This plaque has been erected on the 10th anniversary of Vicki Keith's historic swims...
The coat of arms above is from the Yorkville Town Hall, built on Yonge Street in 1859. It contains symbols representing the occupations of the first councillors: John Severn, Brewer; Thomas...
Vincent Massey, diplomat, philanthropist and patron of the arts, was born in Toronto and educated at the University of Toronto and Oxford. He served as Canada's first Minister to...
Early YearsPart of the Fort York National Historic Site, this park shelters the city's earliest known cemetery to be established by British authorities. In 1794, shortly after the founding of the...
Village of YorkvilleOnce crossed by an ancient aboriginal trail (Davenport Road), the area known today as Yorkville was first permanently settled by those of European descent in the early...
Believing in the need for a preparatory school to serve the projected and much-debated provincial university, John Colborne, the newly-appointed lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada, secured...
This five-storey building was constructed for the United Drug Company. From 1920 until 1943, L.K. Liggett Druggists ran a pharmacy and soda fountain on the ground floor. A condominium...
The building of University College in 1856-59 largely assured the future of the University of Toronto and drew it, in time, into a federal pattern which was widely followed in Canada and the...
This station was built between 1915 and 1920 to the designs of Ross and Macdonald, H.G. Jones and J.M. Lyle. Subsequent to the relocation of the tracks, it was opened in 1927. It is the...
On this site stood the University Avenue Armouries, the home of famous Toronto Regiments of the Canadian Army and the centre of Militia activities in Toronto from 1891 until it was demolished in...
Thousands of Ukrainians and other Europeans were needlessly imprisoned as "enemy aliens" during Canada's national internment operations of 1914-1920. The Stanley Barracks Receiving Station was...
Founded in 1906 as a private dining club for those with a university degree, the University Club of Toronto moved to this location on Toronto's ceremonial avenue in 1929. A design competition for...
This is the last remaining building of Upper Canada College, located here 1831-1891. Built in the Georgian style in 1833, the student residence was altered and enlarged first in 1856 by Cumberland...
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The University of Trinity College was located on this site 1852-1925, occupying a large Gothic- Revival building designed by Kivas Tully with later additions by Frank Darling. Trinity was founded...
In 1794-5 Isaiah and Aaron Skinner built a sawmill and grist-mill near this site. A third share in the mill property was held, 1799-1805, by their brother-in-law, Parshall Terry, a member of...
This view shows the current 4 ha Harbourfront Centre site as it appeared in April, 1929. At the top of the photo is what was then the largest single unit warehouse in North America, the Toronto...