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Private Tour Booking Request
Interested in booking a private tour or presentation? Heritage Toronto offers a selection of its tours to groups. We can also organize private presentations on…
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Powerhouses in Disguise
Explore the substations that power the city from downtown to the outer suburbs and discover the history of these Toronto Hydro buildings that often go…
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Emerging Historian Project Researcher Opportunity
Join our team! We are looking for three Emerging Historians to support an upcoming project on the Yonge/St. Clair neighbourhood.
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North York Recipes for Healing: Leftover Ingredients
Join us to celebrate the Lunar New Year with a collage workshop focusing on the theme of leftover food using discarded materials from everyday life.
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2025 Public Tours Proposal
Interested in leading a tour of your neighbourhood or community? Submit a proposal using the form below to join our roster of volunteer tour leaders…
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Facades and Facelifts at Exhibition Place
In the mid-twentieth century, ageing buildings at Exhibition Place received modern false facades to make them look new again. Discover why its most historic buildings…
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Treasure Island
For 67 years, the Leslie Spit — officially the Outer Harbour East Headland — has been branching into Lake Ontario. Originally envisioned as part of…
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The 80-Year Tunnel at Billy Bishop Airport
One hundred feet under the channel of water that separates Toronto’s mainland and Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport lies a pedestrian tunnel. While it is…
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Settling In: Women, Immigration, and Domestic Work in Early 20th Century Toronto
Domestic service was the most popular occupation for female newcomers to Toronto in the early 20th century. Many of these women, particularly from Britain and…
