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Map of Historic Places in Toronto

This map shows 54 places covered by articles on History of Toronto: forts, houses, churches, markets, parks, cemeteries, museums, bridges and districts. Choose a kind of place, select a marker, and follow the link to the article.

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Positions come from OpenStreetMap or official records and are approximate: a marker shows the place, not the exact entrance. The base map is supplied by OpenStreetMap, and loading it contacts the OpenStreetMap tile server. The list below the map repeats the places in text for readers who cannot use the map.

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Places that no longer exist, and places whose position could not be confirmed, are left out. Opening hours, admission and tours are not given; the articles point to each operator’s own page.

Last verified: October 2026

Places as plain text (54 places)
  • Fort York (Fort and military): Fort York began in 1793 as a garrison and was rebuilt between 1813 and 1815 after the Battle of York.
  • Casa Loma (Building): Casa Loma was built for Sir Henry Pellatt to a design by E. J. Lennox and passed to the City of Toronto in the 1930s over unpaid taxes.
  • Union Station (Building): Union Station opened on August 6, 1927, and replaced an older station on Front Street.
  • Old City Hall (Building): Old City Hall, designed by E. J. Lennox, opened in September 1899 as Toronto's third city hall and a courthouse.
  • Osgoode Hall (Building): Osgoode Hall has housed the Law Society and senior provincial courts since 1846 and became a National Historic Site on November 15, 1979.
  • St. Lawrence Market (Market): The market block was set aside in 1803, which makes it the oldest market site in the city.
  • Massey Hall (Building): Massey Hall opened on June 14, 1894, and was paid for by Hart Massey as a memorial to his sons.
  • Maple Leaf Gardens (Building): Maple Leaf Gardens opened on November 12, 1931, and was the home of the Toronto Maple Leafs until 1999.
  • Distillery District (District): The Gooderham and Worts distillery buildings, built between 1859 and 1927, reopened as a pedestrian district in 2003.
  • Kensington Market (District): Kensington Market grew on the Denison estate and was designated a National Historic Site in 2006.
  • Toronto Necropolis (Cemetery): The Necropolis was established in 1850 and has a Gothic Revival chapel designed by Henry Langley in 1872.
  • St. James Cemetery (Cemetery): St. James Cemetery, opened in 1844, is one of three large Victorian burial grounds in the city.
  • Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Cemetery): Mount Pleasant is the third of the large Victorian burial grounds that shaped how Toronto buried its dead.
  • Queen's Park (Park and garden): Queen's Park was dedicated on September 11, 1860, and holds the Ontario Legislative Building.
  • Ontario Legislative Building (Building): The Ontario Legislative Building opened officially on April 4, 1893.
  • CN Tower (Landmark): The CN Tower is 553.33 meters (1,815 feet) tall and opened to the public on June 26, 1976.
  • Rogers Centre (Landmark): Rogers Centre, called SkyDome until 2005, opened in June 1989.
  • Prince Edward Viaduct (Bridge and waterfront): The viaduct carries Bloor Street East across the Don valley and has a lower deck built for subway trains.
  • Toronto Islands (Park and garden): Drinking in the open on the islands is not allowed under the City parks by-law.
  • Hanlan's Point (Park and garden): Hanlan's Point Beach has a designated clothing optional area, and the island parks are not on the City's list of parks where adults may drink without a permit.
  • Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (Landmark): Billy Bishop is the only commercial airport inside the City of Toronto.
  • Toronto Pearson International Airport (Landmark): Pearson was renamed for Lester B. Pearson on January 2, 1984, and its YYZ code comes from the Malton telegraph station.
  • Little Trinity Church (Church): Regular services began in 1844 and a plaque calls it the oldest surviving church in the city.
  • St. James Cathedral (Church): The present cathedral was built from 1853 to 1874 to a design by F. W. Cumberland and Thomas Ridout.
  • St. Michael's Cathedral (Church): The cornerstone was laid on May 8, 1845, and the cathedral was consecrated on September 29, 1848.
  • Metropolitan United Church (Church): Metropolitan United was built from 1870 to 1872 to a design by Henry Langley and rebuilt after the 1928 fire.
  • St. Paul's Basilica (Church): St. Paul's Basilica had its first Mass in late 1889 and became a minor basilica on August 3, 1999.
  • St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Church): St. Andrew's is a Romanesque Revival design by William G. Storm, dedicated on February 13, 1876.
  • Royal Ontario Museum (Museum): The ROM was created by an act of the Ontario legislature in 1912 and opened to the public on March 19, 1914.
  • Art Gallery of Ontario (Museum): The Art Gallery of Ontario was founded in 1900 as the Art Museum of Toronto and grew around The Grange, a house built in 1817.
  • Gardiner Museum (Museum): The Gardiner Museum opened in 1984.
  • Bata Shoe Museum (Museum): The Bata Shoe Museum opened in 1995.
  • Ontario Place (Park and garden): Ontario Place opened in 1971 on man-made islands and is known for its pods on stilts and the Cinesphere.
  • Exhibition Place (Park and garden): The grounds of the Canadian National Exhibition are known today as Exhibition Place.
  • Princes' Gates (Landmark): The Princes' Gates are the ceremonial entrance at the east end of the grounds, part of a plan prepared by Chapman and Oxley from 1924.
  • Toronto Music Garden (Park and garden): The Music Garden follows Bach's first cello suite and was officially opened on June 10, 1999.
  • Toronto Botanical Garden (Park and garden): The Toronto Botanical Garden began in 1958 as the Civic Garden Centre and sits beside Edwards Gardens.
  • Edwards Gardens (Park and garden): Edwards Gardens is the older public park beside the Toronto Botanical Garden.
  • Toronto Eaton Centre (Building): The first phase of the Eaton Centre opened in 1977 and the second in 1979 on land long owned by Eaton's.
  • Toronto Reference Library (Institution): The Reference Library at 789 Yonge Street was designed by Raymond Moriyama and opened on November 2, 1977.
  • University of Toronto (Institution): The university began as King's College, chartered on March 15, 1827.
  • University College (Building): The Canadian Encyclopedia calls University College the best known work of the architect Frederic William Cumberland.
  • Toronto General Hospital College Wing (Building): The College Street Wing of Toronto General Hospital was completed in 1913.
  • Chinatown (Spadina and Dundas) (District): A newer Chinatown emerged around Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street West in 1967 as the first one near Elizabeth Street was cleared.
  • Yorkville (District): Yorkville was incorporated as a village in 1853 and annexed by Toronto on February 1, 1883.
  • Cabbagetown (District): Irish and English workers built cottages and row houses in Cabbagetown between 1860 and 1880.
  • The Annex (District): The Annex takes its name from a subdivision laid out by Simeon Janes in 1886 and annexed by the city in 1887.
  • Little Italy (District): Little Italy is the stretch of College Street west of Bathurst Street where Italian immigrants built shops and clubs.
  • Fort Rouillé monument (Fort and military): A concrete outline and a monument mark the site of the French post Fort Rouille, built in 1750 and 1751.
  • Montgomery's Tavern site (Landmark): Rebels gathered at Montgomery's Tavern on Yonge Street in the first week of December 1837, and the marker stands in Montgomery Square Park.
  • Harbourfront Centre (Institution): Harbourfront Centre is the cultural organization next to the Toronto Music Garden and runs a summer concert series there.
  • St. Lawrence Hall (Building): St. Lawrence Hall was built by the City in 1850.
  • Don Jail (Building): The Don Jail was designed by William Thomas, and two sources give different dates for its construction.
  • Mackenzie House (Museum): William Lyon Mackenzie's last home, at 82 Bond Street, is a townhouse built in 1858.