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Canary District in Motion

Explore a neighbourhood shaped by movement: of people, industry, rivers, railways, roads, and big city dreams; and the area’s transformation from its early days as “The Park” to a waterfront community that housed thousands of athletes for the 2015 Pan Am Games.

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Heritage Toronto builds a better city by bringing people together to explore Toronto’s shared past and peoples’ lived experiences.

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Making Change at Honest Ed’s

Trace the evolution of the Bathurst and Bloor area, from Honest Ed’s bustling bargain store to a thriving centre of Black culture, activism, and entrepreneurship.

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Big Stories in Little India

Discover how a single Bollywood theatre in the 1970s transformed the rural farmland and area’s industrial brickyards into a thriving South Asian community hub.

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League of Her Own

Trace a century of women’s athletic milestones at Exhibition Place, from the trailblazing “Matchless Six” who stunned the world at the 1928 Olympics to Marilyn Bell’s record-breaking swim across Lake Ontario.