Discovery District

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.

Photo: Cmglee, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Neighborhood
Description: area of downtown Toronto
Also known as: “Hospital Row”
Neighbors: Yorkville and the Annex

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yonge-Dundas and Yonge Street.

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.

Yonge Street

Photo: GTD Aquitaine, Public domain.

Yonge Street is the main street of Toronto, Canada. It divides the city into east and west streets. Numbering for east-west streets begins at Yonge Street and increases in either direction.

Mount Sinai Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Nephron, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mount Sinai Hospital is a hospital in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mount Sinai is part of Sinai Health. Sinai Health was formed through the voluntary amalgamation of Mount Sinai Hospital and Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital on January 22, 2015.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Toronto and Downtown Yonge.

Downtown Toronto

Quarter

Photo: Maksimsokolov, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Downtown Toronto is the city centre of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located entirely within the boundaries 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.

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.

Chinatown

Neighborhood

Photo: dbking, CC BY 2.0.

Chinatown, Toronto is a Chinese ethnic enclave located in the city's downtown core of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is centred at the intersection of Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street West.

Discovery District

Categories: medical district and locality
Location: Old Toronto, Toronto, Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada, North America
View on OpenStreetMap

Latitude

43.65756° or 43° 39′ 27″ north

Longitude

-79.38948° or 79° 23′ 22″ west

Elevation

118 metres (387 feet)

Open location code

87M2MJ56+26

OpenStreetMap ID

node 364870023

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

7870796

Wikidata ID

Q5281907

This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.

We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Discovery District from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Chinese to Japanese—“Discovery District” goes by many names.

Chinese: “科研區”
Dutch: “Discovery District”
Japanese: “ディスカバリー・ディストリクト”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Discovery District”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Little Tokyo and University–Rosedale.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Children’s Healing Garden and Toronto Rehabilitation Institute.

Toronto: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Yorkville and the Annex, Midtown, Downtown East, and East End.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.