Downtown Toronto
Downtown Toronto is the main city centre of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located entirely within the district of Old Toronto, it is approximately 16.6 square kilometres in area, bordered by Bloor Street to the northeast, a Canadian Pacific Railway line to the northwest, Lake Ontario to the south, the Don Valley to the east, and Bathurst Street to the west.Photo: Maksimsokolov, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Maksimsokolov, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Quarter
- Description: main central business district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “Downtown”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yonge-Dundas and The Tenor.
Yonge-Dundas
Photo: Benson Kua, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yonge-Dundas is the very heart of downtown Toronto—in more ways than one. After all, the major arterials of Yonge Street and Dundas Street meet here. The resulting intersection is probably the city's busiest, at least for pedestrians.
The Tenor
Shopping center
Photo: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tenor is a retail, office and entertainment complex development on the north-east corner of the intersection of Yonge Street and Dundas Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Empress Hotel
Food court
The Empress Hotel was a three-storey red-brick building at the corner of Yonge and Gould streets in downtown Toronto. It was destroyed by fire on January 3, 2011.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Yonge and Garden District.
Downtown Yonge
Neighborhood
Downtown Yonge is a retail and entertainment district centred on Yonge Street in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Downtown Yonge district is bounded by Richmond Street to the south; Grosvenor and Alexander Streets to the north; Bay Street to the west; and portions of Church Street, Victoria Street, and Bond Street to the east.
Garden District
Neighborhood
Photo: Luke Hollins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Garden District is a neighbourhood in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The name was selected by the Toronto East Downtown Residents Association in recognition of Allan Gardens, an indoor botanical garden located nearby at the intersection of Carlton and Jarvis Streets.
Discovery District
Neighborhood
Photo: Cmglee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Discovery District is one of the commercial districts in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It has a high concentration of hospitals and research institutions, particularly those related to biotechnology.
Downtown Toronto
- Categories: central business district and locality
- Location: Old Toronto, Toronto, Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.65752° or 43° 39′ 27″ northLongitude
-79.3812° or 79° 22′ 52″ westElevation
126 metres (413 feet)Open location code
87M2MJ59+2GOpenStreetMap ID
way 1525337529OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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Satellite Map
Discover Downtown Toronto from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tamil—“Downtown Toronto” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وسط تورونتو”
- Chinese: “多伦多下城”
- Chinese: “多倫多市中心”
- Dutch: “Downtown Toronto”
- Esperanto: “Centra Kvartalo de Toronto”
- French: “Centre-ville de Toronto”
- Greek: “Κέντρο του Τορόντο”
- Italian: “Downtown Toronto”
- Japanese: “ダウンタウン・トロント”
- Japanese: “トロントのダウンタウン”
- Persian: “مرکز شهر تورنتو”
- Persian: “هسته شهر تورنتو”
- Portuguese: “Centro (Toronto)”
- Portuguese: “Centro”
- Spanish: “Centro de Toronto”
- Spanish: “Downtown Toronto”
- Tamil: “டவுன்-டவுன் டொராண்டோ”
- Tamil: “டவுன்-ரவுன் டொராண்டோ”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Little Tokyo and Clover Hill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sheldon & Tracy Levy Student Learning Centre and Okyo.
Toronto: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Yorkville and the Annex, Midtown, Downtown East, and East End.
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