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Location: Oldtown

  • About 25 men and women stand in a large indoor market, around tables piled with fresh produce. Signs read, “Eastern Ontario McIntosh Red” and “Refreshment booth.” Large potted plants line one walkway.
    August 24 at 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

    Creating Toronto Community Event

    Meet us at St. Lawrence Market and discover how today’s megacity started from 1793 plans for a ten-block townsite in the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood that…

  • 30-40 young girls of different ages are wearing white aprons and hats seated for a group photo outdoors.

    City Kids to Farm Hands: The Home Children

    Between 1869 and 1948, over 100,000 children were brought to Canada from Britain through a juvenile emigration program. Dr. Barnardo arranged for many children to…

  • About 25 men and women stand in a large indoor market, around tables piled with fresh produce. Signs read, “Eastern Ontario McIntosh Red” and “Refreshment booth.” Large potted plants line one walkway.
    July 28 at 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

    Creating Toronto Community Event

    Meet us at St. Lawrence Market and discover how today’s megacity started from 1793 plans for a ten-block townsite in the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood that…

  • Black and white image of Yonge St from the vantage point of looking north from Granby St. Buildings of various architectural styles and electrical poles line the streets. Several of the buildings have electric signs hanging from the storefronts. Several streetcars are on the road, along with a horse-drawn carriage.
    July 25 at 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

    Yonge Street Architecture Walking Tour

    Explore the architecture of the neighbourhood that surrounds Toronto’s iconic road, Yonge Street.

  • Three people stand in front of a colourful painted brick wall. They all are wearing typical nineteenth-century clothing. The woman on the right holds a microphone and papers in her hands.
    July 14 at 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

    Walking with Anna Jameson Tour

    Take an interactive walk to 1830s Toronto in the footsteps of nineteenth-century author Anna Jameson.

  • A large monument made of stone and metal located in a green space beside a large street. The monument is made of two large metal railway supports on a stone base. Between them is a track and a metal person pulling on a wire.
    July 6 at 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

    Rail Lands Walking Tour

    On this walking tour, learn how the railways transformed Toronto from a small British settlement to a cosmopolitan city.

  • A gentleman is standing at the forefront of the photo, gesturing outward with both hands, a black watch on his left wrist. His back is to the camera and the heads and backs of a large number of the seated audience are also visible.
    May 25 at 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

    Doors Open Talk: Discover Your Hidden History

    Learn resources, records and techniques to help you on a journey to discover your own hidden history!

  • Three people stand in front of a colourful painted brick wall. They all are wearing typical nineteenth-century clothing. The woman on the right holds a microphone and papers in her hands.
    June 1 at 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

    Walking with Anna Jameson Tour

    Take an interactive walk to 1830s Toronto in the footsteps of nineteenth-century author Anna Jameson.

  • June 15 at 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

    Creating Toronto Walking Tour

    Walk through the history of Toronto as we explore the hidden gems of the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood, once the old Town of York.