Mowat Block

The Mowat Block is an office building in Toronto, Ontario, home to the provincial Ministry of Education, Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development, and Infrastructure.

Type: Office building
Description: Ontario Government building, Canada
Address: 900 Bay Street, Toronto
Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Yonge-Dundas and Women’s College Hospital.

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 St meet here, and the resulting intersection may be the city's busiest.

Women’s College Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Nephron, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Women's College Hospital is a teaching hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in downtown Toronto at the north end of Hospital Row, a section of University Avenue where several major hospitals are located. Women’s College Hospital is situated 160 metres south of Mowat Block.

Royal Ontario Museum

Museum

Photo: Staka, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Royal Ontario Museum is a museum of art, world culture and natural history in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the largest museums in North America and the largest museum in Canada. Royal Ontario Museum is situated 780 metres northwest of Mowat Block.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Church and Wellesley and Discovery District.

Church and Wellesley

Neighborhood

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Church and Wellesley is an LGBT-oriented enclave in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is roughly bounded by Gerrard Street to the south, Yonge Street to the west, Charles Street to the north, and Jarvis Street to the east, with the core commercial strip located along Church Street from Wellesley south to Alexander.

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 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.

Mowat Block

Categories: building and office
Location: Old Toronto, Toronto, Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude

43.66319° or 43° 39′ 48″ north

Longitude

-79.38734° or 79° 23′ 14″ west

Levels

Height

106 metres (348 feet)

Operator

Government of Ontario

Open location code

87M2MJ77+73

OpenStreetMap ID

way 13405217

OpenStreetMap feature

building=office

OpenStreetMap attribute

wheelchair=yes

Wikidata ID

Q6927220

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