Attractions in Toronto
CN Tower
CN TowerDubbed “Canada’s Wonder of the World”, the CN (Canadian National) Tower has long been a source of pride for Canadians in and around Toronto and has been a favorite tourist attraction for those visiting this enticing Canadian city.
Toronto Islands
A chain of 15 tiny islands that provide a natural harbor for the thriving city of Toronto, the Toronto Islands are a favorite destination for locals and guests looking for a respite from city life.
Royal Ontario Museum
Called “ROM” by the locals, the wonderful Royal Ontario Museum is the largest in Canada, with a permanent collection of more than six million objects.
Royal Ontario Museum recently modernized and expanded, the original Royal Ontario Museum was established by an Act of Ontario Legislature in 1912. It opened to the public two years later.
Casa Loma
Toronto’s very own castle is a joy to tour and gives visitors a look at the opulence of early Toronto. Sir Henry Pellatt was a visionary. Casa LomaFounder of the Toronto Electric Light Company in 1883 and chairman of 21 companies by the turn of the 20th century, Pellatt built the first hydro-generating plant at Niagara Falls. By 1911, he had amassed about $17 million.
Distillery Historic District
A National Historic Site and the only historic district in the city of Toronto, the Distillery District has long been a place for locals and visitors to enjoy arts, entertainment, good food, and fine shopping.
Toronto’s popular Distillery District had its beginnings with the opening of the Gooderham and Worts Distillery in 1832. Founded by two brothers-in-law, this distillery eventually became the largest in the British Empire. Amazingly, this huge plant – covering about 13 acres (52ha) – continued producing whisky and other spirits until its closure in 1990, surviving even through the Prohibition era. The Distillery area remains the largest and best preserved collection of Victorian Industrial architecture in North America.
BCE Place
A wonderful combination of old and new architecture, Toronto’s BCE Place is a mixture of shops, services, restaurants, and office space.
Situated on a 5 ½ Canada Trust & Bay Wellington Toweracre (2.2ha) parcel that was once considered “the most valuable business block in the city,” BCE Place is a massive complex that consists of two contemporary office towers and 12 unique older properties that survived the Great Fire of 1904, which destroyed much of downtown Toronto. The property includes about 2.6 million square feet of office and retail space.
Cabbagetown
Now one of Toronto’s most desired neighborhoods boasting beautiful Victorian houses, Cabbagetown boasts an interesting past and a vibrant present. The area of Toronto that was comprised of Gerrard Street to the north, Queen Street to the south, Parliament Street to the west and the Don River to the east, was once one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods, inhabited mostly by Irish and Macedonian immigrants who brought little with them when they came to Canada.
Attracting Chinese immigrants from many Asian countries, Toronto’s Chinatown is among the largest in North America.
Toronto’s Chinatown had its beginnings with just one man – Sam Ching – who came to the city and opened a hand-wash laundry. Mr. Ching was the impetus for hundreds more Chinese immigrants who began arriving in Toronto around the turn-of-the-20th-century.
Eaton Centre
The dreams of an Irish immigrant who came to Canada more than 150 years ago have resulted in one of the most-visited retail establishments in the country, Toronto’s Eaton Centre.
Timothy Eaton arrived in Eaton Centre Canada from Northern Ireland in 1854, and by 1869, he had already built his first store. Less than 15 years later, his business had grown so much that Eaton decided to build his four-story flagship store at the intersection of Queen and Yonge Streets in the downtown area.
Flatiron
Once the head office of the Goodenham and Worts Distillery, Toronto’s Flatiron building is one of the most photographed in the city. In 1891, the Goodenham family wanted local residents to recognize their success and the success of their distillery business, so they commissioned the family architect, David Roberts, to build them a grander office space. At a cost of $18,000, an unusual Gothic Romanesque structure was built at the intersection of Front, Wellington, and Church Streets on a triangular piece of land.
Ontario Legislative Building
The fifth home of Ontario’s provincial parliament; the Ontario Legislative Building is an architectural delight for the eyes. In 1792, the province of Upper Canada was created. In existence until 1841, it was a British Territory that was located approximately where the lower portion of Ontario now sits. In the early days of Upper Canada, the provincial parliament occupied a number of different buildings. The most recent, built in 1893 after the province was renamed, still stands today.
Rogers Centre
Home to the Toronto Blue Jays major league baseball team and the Toronto Argonauts football team, the Rogers Centre is the city’s premiere sports facility. Cnada's often harsh weather can make watching or playing a sports game in an outdoor stadium a pretty miserable experience.
Hence the largest cities started building covered stadiums large enough to hold major sports events. Montréal had its Olympic Stadium since 1976 and in 1983 Vancouver built the large air- supported BC Place Stadium.
City of Toronto
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