Sights & Attractions in Toronto

Worth Noting

Name	Category	Location

Black Creek Pioneer Village Less than a half-hour drive from downtown is a rural, mid-19th-century...	Museum Village	Greater Toronto

Cabbagetown Mockingly named by outsiders for the cabbages that grew on tiny...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Dundas Square Area

Campbell House The Georgian mansion of Sir William Campbell, the sixth chief...	Museums / Galleries	Chinatown, Kensington Market, Queen West, and The Beach

Flatiron Building One of several wedge-shape buildings scattered all over North...	Architectural Sites	Harbourfront, the Financial District, and Old Town

Fort York The most historic site in Toronto is a must for anyone interested...	Military Sites	Harbourfront, the Financial District, and Old Town


George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art This collection of rare ceramics includes 17th-century English...	Museums / Galleries	Queen's Park, The Annex, Yorkville, and Little Italy

Harbourfront Centre Stretching from just west of York Street to Spadina Avenue, this...	Stores / Malls	Harbourfront, the Financial District, and Old Town

High Park One of North America's loveliest parks, High Park (at one time...	Parks	Greater Toronto

Kortright Centre for Conservation Only 15 minutes north of the city, this delightful conservation...	Nature Preserves	Greater Toronto

Lillian H. Smith Branch of the Toronto Public Library Honoring the memory of the city's first children's librarian...	Libraries	Queen's Park, The Annex, Yorkville, and Little Italy

Museum for Textiles Ten galleries showcase over 12,000 cultural artifacts—men's...	Museums / Galleries	Dundas Square Area

Old City Hall Opened in 1899, and used until 1965 when "new" City Hall was...	Government Buildings	Chinatown, Kensington Market, Queen West, and The Beach

Ontario Legislative Building Like City Hall, this home to the provincial parliament was the...	Government Buildings	Queen's Park, The Annex, Yorkville, and Little Italy

Ontario Place The waterfront entertainment complex stretches along three man-made...	Amusement Parks	Harbourfront, the Financial District, and Old Town

PATH This subterranean universe emerged in the mid-1960s partly to...	Pedestrian Malls	Harbourfront, the Financial District, and Old Town

Queen's Park Many visitors consider this the intellectual hub of Toronto...	Squares	Queen's Park, The Annex, Yorkville, and Little Italy

Rogers Centre One of Toronto's most famous landmarks, the Rogers Centre is...	Sports Venues	Harbourfront, the Financial District, and Old Town

Spadina Avenue Spadina (pronounced "Spa-dye-nah"), running from the lakeshore...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Chinatown, Kensington Market, Queen West, and The Beach

St. James Cathedral Even if bank towers dwarf it now, this Anglican church with noble...	Religious Sites	Harbourfront, the Financial District, and Old Town

St. Lawrence Hall Erected on the site of the area's first public meeting space...	Arts / Performance Venues	Harbourfront, the Financial District, and Old Town

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library Early writing artifacts such as a Babylonian cuneiform tablet...	Libraries	Queen's Park, The Annex, Yorkville, and Little Italy

Tommy Thompson Park This park comprises a peninsula that juts 5 km (3 mi) into Lake...	Parks	Greater Toronto

Toronto Botanical Garden and Edwards Gardens The beautiful 17 contemporary botanical garden areas and adjacent...	Gardens / Arboretums	Greater Toronto

Toronto Police Museum and Discovery Centre A replica of a 19th-century police station, a collection of firearms...	Museums / Galleries	Dundas Square Area

Toronto Reference Library Designed by one of Canada's most admired architects, Raymond...	Libraries	Queen's Park, The Annex, Yorkville, and Little Italy

Toronto's First Post Office Dating from 1833, this small working post office continues to...	Government Buildings	Harbourfront, the Financial District, and Old Town

Union Station Historian Pierre Berton wrote that the planning of Union Station...	Transportation Sites	Harbourfront, the Financial District, and Old Town

Wild Water Kingdom The largest park of its kind in Canada, Wild Water Kingdom has...	Amusement Parks	Greater Toronto
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