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Doors Open Ontario:

Toronto

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Saturday and Sunday, May 24 and 25, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Explore Toronto’s architectural, historical, cultural and socially significant buildings for free during the Doors Open weekend. For Doors Open 2025, we will be exploring the many sides of our playful city — for kids of all ages. From sports to music to theatre, Doors Open sites and programming will explore the joyful, irreverent and sometimes serious times of play. Get inspired by this "playground" we call home and explore Toronto's most beloved sites and buildings for free!

Sites are open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. unless otherwise indicated. Visit our website for full information about each participating site.

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143 In-person Doors Open sites

Toronto Water Operations Finch YardDoors Open Toronto

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Toronto Water Operations Finch Yard

Finch Yard is one of six Toronto Water operations yards in the city. This yard will showcase some of the equipment, tools, technology and materials that Toronto Water uses to ensure the distribution of high-quality water and the collection of waste-water — including 67,000 valves, 42,000 hydrants, 10,000 km (6,200 miles) of sewers, 155,000 maintenance holes and 170,000 catch basins.

  • Parking
  • Partial wheelchair access
  • Self-guided tours available
  • Washrooms

Contact info

1026 Finch Avenue West
Toronto, Ontario
https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/water-environment

Architecture

Building type: Government building

Dates/hours open

May 24 - May 25

Toronto's First Post OfficeDoors Open Toronto

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Toronto's First Post Office

Welcome to Toronto's First Post Office! Operated by the Town of York Historical Society, this National Historic Site is a museum and an authorized full-service dealer for Canada Post. The museum tells the story of the Town of York and the early Canadian postal system. Visitors can try their hand with a quill pen and ink, and explore the museum exhibits.

  • Kid-friendly
  • National Historic Site (Canada)
  • Partial wheelchair access
  • Self-guided tours available
  • Washrooms
  • Photography allowed

Contact info

260 Adelaide Street East
Toronto, Ontario
https://townofyork.com

Architecture

Year built: 1833
Building type: Post office

Dates/hours open

May 24 - May 25

Toronto-Dominion CentreDoors Open Toronto

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Toronto-Dominion Centre

The iconic Toronto-Dominion Centre is the vision of two Canadian corporations who collaborated to change the face of Toronto's Financial District. An outstanding model of the international style of architecture, the TD Bank tower opened in 1967 and changed the future of Canadian business, introducing the modern workplace to a business community eager to step up and compete internationally.

  • Full wheelchair access
  • Parking
  • Self-guided tours available
  • Site has blue and gold provincial plaque
  • Site is protected by the Ontario Heritage Trust
  • Washrooms
  • Photography allowed

Contact info

66 Wellington Street West
Toronto, Ontario
https://www.cadillacfairview.com/office/properties/td-bank-tower/

Architecture

Year built: 1967
Building type: Commercial
Architect: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Dates/hours open

May 24 - May 25

Trinity-St. Paul's United ChurchDoors Open Toronto

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Trinity-St. Paul's United Church

ln 1980, two long-established Annex congregations joined to form this church: St. Paul's Avenue Road United and Trinity United. For more than a century, Trinity-St. Paul's has been a Bloor Street landmark. Known for community outreach, social justice/service, and the performing arts, the church remains a vital community hub. Many orchestras and ensembles call it home, including Tafelmusik.

  • Guided tours available
  • Parking
  • Partial wheelchair access
  • Washrooms
  • Photography allowed

Contact info

427 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Ontario
https://www.trinitystpauls.ca

Architecture

Year built: 1889
Building type: Place of worship
Architect: Edmund Burke and Henry Langley

Dates/hours open

May 24 - May 25

Ubisoft TorontoDoors Open Toronto

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Ubisoft Toronto

Ubisoft Toronto is a video game development studio that has produced innovative video games — including Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell. The 1922 building features a brick-and-beam interior and a distinctive rooftop water tower. In 2019, the studio added a new, state-of-the-art Performance Capture Studio that has worked with world-renowned talent from across the globe.

  • Adaptive reuse
  • Parking
  • Self-guided tours available
  • Washrooms
  • Photography allowed

Contact info

224 Wallace Avenue, #200
Toronto, Ontario
https://toronto.ubisoft.com

Architecture

Year built: 1922
Building type: Commercial
Architect: Eustace G. Bird

Dates/hours open

May 24 - May 25

University of Toronto Department of PhysicsDoors Open Toronto

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University of Toronto Department of Physics

The Department of Physics at the University of Toronto — with its hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students — is located inside the McLennan Physical Labs. The building is named after John C. McLennan, a professor who laid the foundation for quantum optics and condensed matter, and subatomic and atmospheric physics. The building features the 14-storey Burton Tower, which houses its telescopes.

  • Parking
  • Partial wheelchair access
  • Self-guided tours available
  • Washrooms

Contact info

60 St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario
https://www.physics.utoronto.ca

Architecture

Year built: 1967
Building type: Educational facility
Architect: Shore & Moffat

Dates/hours open

May 24 - May 24

University of Toronto ScarboroughDoors Open Toronto

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University of Toronto Scarborough

Founded in 1964 and situated in one of Toronto's most diverse and multicultural neighbourhoods, the University of Toronto Scarborough brings together people from all walks of life. Thanks to its partnerships, it’s able to offer students real-world experience. Over the past six decades, the campus has grown in the Highland Creek Valley and has connected the community with nearby parks.

  • Full wheelchair access
  • Guided tours available
  • Kid-friendly
  • Parking
  • Self-guided tours available
  • Washrooms
  • Photography allowed

Contact info

1265 Military Trail
Toronto, Ontario
https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca

Architecture

Year built: 2024
Building type: Educational facility
Architect: CEBRA Architecture, ZAS Architects + Interiors

Dates/hours open

May 24 - May 25

Village at Black Creek, TheDoors Open Toronto

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Village at Black Creek, The

For more than 60 years, The Village at Black Creek has enabled Torontonians to explore the past and reflect on the present. With 40 historical buildings, 60 rare- and heritage-breed animals, six gardens growing flowers and plants from heirloom seeds, and one-of-a-kind programs that engage people of all ages, there’s something for everyone. Costumed historians will help explain it all.

  • Parking
  • Partial wheelchair access
  • Self-guided tours available
  • Washrooms
  • Photography allowed

Contact info

1000 Murray Ross Parkway
Toronto, Ontario
https://blackcreek.ca

Architecture

Year built: 1816
Building type: Historical house Museum

Dates/hours open

May 24 - May 25

West Toronto Lawn Bowling ClubDoors Open Toronto

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West Toronto Lawn Bowling Club

The West Toronto Lawn Bowling Club is a Junction original, having occupied a corner of Baird Park since 1912. On its two lush greens, people have been enjoying the fun, easy-to-learn game of lawn bowls for 110 years. The clubhouse is architecturally unique, with six Tuscan pillars on its porch. It is the only clubhouse of this design in Canada.

  • Guided tours available
  • Partial wheelchair access
  • Photography allowed

Contact info

275 Keele Street
Toronto, Ontario
https://www.torontolawnbowling.ca

Architecture

Year built: 1912
Building type: Sports facility

Dates/hours open

May 24 - May 25

Weston Historical Society Headquarters and ArchiveDoors Open Toronto

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Weston Historical Society Headquarters and Archive

With artifacts dating back to the 1800s, you will see, feel and experience how Weston has evolved. Weston was founded in 1790 and became a major commerce and manufacturing hub. The headquarters of the Weston Historical Society is home to artifacts that detail both everyday life and the major events that took place in Weston over the past 200-plus years.

  • Full wheelchair access
  • Guided tours available
  • Kid-friendly
  • Parking
  • Self-guided tours available
  • Washrooms
  • Photography allowed

Contact info

F-1901 Weston Road
Toronto, Ontario
https://www.westonhistoricalsociety.ca

Architecture

Building type: Archives

Dates/hours open

May 24 - May 25

Weston Masonic TempleDoors Open Toronto

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Weston Masonic Temple

This building, one of the few remaining Masonic sites in operation in Toronto, is home to the Humber Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons (instituted in 1874). The main lodge room and banquet hall are steeped in the history of the area with furnishings, photos and other items that date back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

  • Full wheelchair access
  • Guided tours available
  • Parking
  • Washrooms
  • Photography allowed

Contact info

2040 Weston Road
Toronto, Ontario
http://www.torontomasons.ca

Architecture

Year built: 1924
Building type: Masonic lodge

Dates/hours open

May 24 - May 25

Women's Art Association of CanadaDoors Open Toronto

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Women's Art Association of Canada

This charming 19th-century opens into the Ruth Upjohn Gallery and the Dignam Art Gallery, named after the founder and first president, Mary Ella Dignam, who was a pioneer in Canada’s arts and crafts movement. The gallery spaces and formal sunken garden are great for exhibits and receptions, parties and weddings. There is also a formal library and many studios.

  • Guided tours available
  • Washrooms
  • Photography allowed
  • Rental opportunities

Contact info

23 Prince Arthur Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
https://womensartofcanada.ca

Architecture

Year built: 1870s
Building type: Gallery Studio

Dates/hours open

May 24 - May 25

Wychwood BarnsDoors Open Toronto

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Wychwood Barns

This creative cultural hub is a prominent neighbourhood feature, its tenants representing a dynamic mix of artistic practices, community services and cultural interests. The large courtyard space in Barn 2 plays regular host to art and craft fairs, community-focused special events and more. Many people know this place through the Stop Community Food Centre's popular farmers' market.

  • Adaptive reuse
  • Full wheelchair access
  • Guided tours available
  • Kid-friendly
  • Washrooms
  • Photography allowed
  • Rental opportunities

Contact info

601 Christie Street
Toronto, Ontario
https://wychwoodbarns.ca

Architecture

Year built: 2008
Building type: Commercial Historical landmark Studio
Architect: Joe Lobko and DTAH

Dates/hours open

May 24 - May 25

WZMH ArchitectsDoors Open Toronto

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WZMH Architects

For nearly 65 years, WZMH Architects has designed award-winning landmark buildings across Canada and around the world. In recent years, it has further developed cutting-edge innovations in smart building technology. With a commanding view of the Toronto skyline, WZMH is pleased to open its doors to showcase its work and the studio that it has occupied for nearly 40 years.

  • Full wheelchair access
  • Guided tours available
  • Parking
  • Washrooms

Contact info

95 St. Clair Avenue West, #1500
Toronto, Ontario
https://www.wzmh.com

Architecture

Year built: 1988
Building type: Commercial
Architect: WZMH Architects

Dates/hours open

May 24 - May 24

Young Centre for the Performing ArtsDoors Open Toronto

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Young Centre for the Performing Arts

Built in 1888 for industrial use by Gooderham and Worts, the Young Centre for the Performing Arts was adapted and reopened in 2006 as a performing arts facility with much of the original architecture still intact. The Young Centre was envisioned by George Brown College and Soulpepper Theatre Company as a home for Toronto's arts community and theatre lovers.

  • Adaptive reuse
  • Full wheelchair access
  • Guided tours available
  • Washrooms
  • Photography allowed

Contact info

50 Tank House Lane
Toronto, Ontario
https://www.youngcentre.ca

Architecture

Year built: 1888
Building type: Commercial Theatre

Dates/hours open

May 24 - May 25

YoungplaceDoors Open Toronto

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Youngplace

Youngplace is a community cultural hub in the West Queen West area whose spaces include artists’ studios, a public lounge, café and free public art galleries. Meet some of the tenants in their studios, participate in a material exchange, take a tour of the building and its creative spaces and see how this former schoolhouse has been restored and rejuvenated.

  • Adaptive reuse
  • Food vendors
  • Full wheelchair access
  • Guided tours available
  • Self-guided tours available
  • Washrooms
  • Photography allowed
  • Rental opportunities

Contact info

180 Shaw Street
Toronto, Ontario
https://youngplace.ca

Architecture

Year built: renovated in 2013
Building type: Commercial Schoolhouse Gallery

Dates/hours open

May 24 - May 25

YZD Experience CentreDoors Open Toronto

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YZD Experience Centre

The Experience Centre provides an immersive experience that invites the public to explore the vision for YZD — a historical $30-billion transformation of the former Downsview Airport lands. The centre also provides visitors with an overview of this generational city-building opportunity, which includes seven new neighbourhoods. It looks to welcome more than 55,000 residents and create employment for 23,000 people.

  • Adaptive reuse
  • Full wheelchair access
  • Guided tours available
  • Parking
  • Washrooms
  • Photography allowed

Contact info

34 Hanover Road
Toronto, Ontario
https://www.yzd.ca

Architecture

Building type: Commercial

Dates/hours open

May 24 - May 25

ZooShare Biogas PlantDoors Open Toronto

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ZooShare Biogas Plant

One of Toronto’s only renewable-energy sites open for public tours, the ZooShare Biogas Plant generates enough renewable energy to power 250 homes and businesses. Each year, they use 15,000 tonnes of inedible food waste and 2,000 tonnes of manure from the Toronto Zoo to create biogas, which is converted into electricity. Learn how biogas contributes to a more sustainable future.

  • Guided tours available
  • Parking
  • Photography allowed

Contact info

1749A Meadowvale Road
Toronto, Ontario
https://zooshare.ca

Architecture

Year built: 2021
Building type: Green building Factory

Dates/hours open

May 24 - May 25