Did you know? In 1979, then Ontario Premier Bill Davis, in attendance at St. Lawrence Hall, pushed the plunger that triggered the groundbreaking of Canada's Wonderland amusement park... 25km to the north.
Toronto residents get to admire its elegant Renaissance Revival facade as they stroll on King St but does anyone really know what's behind the walls of 1850 St. Lawrence Hall?...
Did you know? The structure is actually two bridges built side-by-side 30 years apart.
Nowadays, if you were asked to name the country's largest employer, you might intuitively select a company with a large brick-and-mortar presence; a company on every street corner and deep in rural Canada. Perhaps a retailer or a bank? But surely not Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) or Canadian National (CN), right?...
Did you know? The parcel's shoreline was further advanced into Lake Ontario to create the southern portion of the park via landfill.
Samuel Smith? Rings any bells? Most likely not and yet one of Toronto’s largest waterfront park bears his name. In a nutshell, this individual was a British Loyalist...
The Consumers' Gas Building, as it can be seen today, is in fact not one but a pair of buildings at 17 and 19 Toronto Street. 17 Toronto Street was the original site of...
Did you know? The first 'Government House' was built in 1800 inside the fort. Ontario is one of only three Canadian provinces without an official residence for its Lieutenant Governor since the closure of Chorley Park in 1937.
Fort York was commissioned by the British Army and built immediately south of Upper Canada's capital, York (since renamed Toronto) in 1793, to defend the settlement from potential raids from the United States, independent since 1776. The provincial...
