Toronto has 6 riveting experiences for you to explore the streets.
Will you take a walk rooted in kindness? Learn about the public art?
Only one thing is for certain, it’s your adventure.
Find out more about the experiences by clicking on the images below, or see the map below for locations to adventure. You can download the free Story City app here:
CASA LOMA & SOUTH HILL WALKING TOUR (South Hill): PG RATING
Created by: Ashley McDonough, In partnership with: Jane’s Walk
We’ll be walking in the Casa Loma/South Hill area, where you’ll find some of the oldest streets (think: Ice Ages) and flashiest homes (think: medieval castles and private hospitals) this region has ever seen! Also, learn how to get your way with the city, and how not to keep your castle. Hint: it’s fraud.
From the creator of the Walking in Place is a podcast series of audio walking tours – a progressive take on Toronto history. Whether you use it as a self-guided tour in person or you’re doing your dishes, learn about Toronto’s past and present while listening to the sounds of the city.
This adventure starts at Davenport and Bathurst. Preview the story here.
HOW PUBLIC IS PUBLIC ART?(Canary District): G RATING
Created by: Adam Cohoon, In partnership with: Jane’s Walk, Accessart.ca, Provocation Ideas Festival, ArtworxTO, ArtsPond, and Canada Council for the Arts.
A rolling talk around the canary district to discuss research on sensorial and physical access to creative public spaces.
How public is public art? Join us to co-learn new ways of understanding creative public spaces in Toronto.
This story starts at 434 Front Street East. Preview the story here.
HIDDEN GEMS: ART AT EXHIBITION PLACE (Exhibition Place): PG RATING
Created by: Steve Collie, In partnership with: Exhibition Place, Jane’s Walk.
This walking tour of the Exhibition Place grounds will take you on a journey to discover the “hidden” works of public art that often go unnoticed during events.
Fish at the Food Building? Hockey at a soccer stadium?
From the 1920s to the present, from sculptures to mosaics, join us and discover the history and art on this unique site in this walking tour of the public art at Exhibition Place in Toronto!
This story starts at Princes’ Gates (11 Princes’ Blvd). Preview the story here.
EXHIBITION PLACE HERITAGE WALK – EAST (Exhibition Place): G RATING
Created by: Steve Collie, In partnership with: Exhibition Place, Jane’s Walk.
Explore the history of the east end of Exhibition Place, from ceremonial gates to one of the largest exhibition buildings in North America!
Anchored by the Enercare Centre, the east end of Exhibition Place is all about large exhibits and massive buildings, but it also holds centuries of history!
This guided walking tour of Exhibition Place in Toronto will take you on a journey from 1841 to the present, taking a look at our many historic buildings as well as the newer buildings here on the east side of the grounds.
This story starts at Princes’ Gates (11 Princes’ Blvd). Preview the tour here.
EXHIBITION PLACE HERITAGE WALK – WEST (Exhibition Place): G RATING
Created by: Steve Collie, In partnership with: Exhibition Place, Jane’s Walk.
From Toronto’s oldest existing home to stone gods and monsters, explore what the west of Exhibition Place has to offer!
With the Bandshell Park at its centre, the west end of Exhibition Place is full of hidden gems, historic buildings, and beautiful nature.
This guided walking tour of Exhibition Place will take you past mid-century modern architecture, early exhibition buildings, and even back in time to the 18th century, when Toronto was simply the Town of York.
This story starts at Dufferin Gate (15 Dufferin St). Preview the tour here.
KINDNESS WALK (3 Locations: Christie Pits Park, Queen’s Park, & Inukshuk Park): G RATING
Created by: Story City, In Partnership with: Global Dignity Canada
Celebrate Canadian kindness with a walk that helps you bring kindness to your community.
Join Canadians from coast to coast to celebrate kindness by bringing it to your community. On this short, five stop walk through the park, you’ll find 5 chances to show kindness to your community, to yourself, and to your friends.
This walk was created as part of the second annual Canadian National Kindness Week. Did you know Canada is the first country in the world to pass official Kindness Week legislation?
Collect together a group of family and friends to join you on your walk, after all kindness grows stronger when we unite in kindness together!
Please note that all the Kindness Walks in Toronto are the same, they just leave the kindness in different parks is all!