Central Toronto Daily Updates
A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Central Toronto neighbourhoods.
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Neighbourhood: Yorkville
Perhaps Toronto’s highest-profile neighbourhood, Yorkville is certainly its most luxurious. Yorkville is centered on Bloor Street between Avenue Road and Yonge Street and is flanked by pretty, narrow lanes reminiscent of a European urban district. The streets here are dotted with retail shops offering major international luxury brands such as Prada, Gucci and Chanel, boutique and luxury hotels as well as some of Toronto’s most famous restaurants, including Sassafrazz. Fortune Magazine named Yorkville the seventh most expensive shopping area in the world.
Aug. 22: Heritage Toronto walk through Yorkville
Join Heritage Toronto on a walk through Yorkville and explore the transformation of one of Toronto’s most noteworthy neighbourhoods.
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Murder rate down from last year’s record — so far
After a record-breaking year for homicides, the murder rate in 2019 is shaping up to be much lower — coming closer to the levels of earlier years.
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July 19: Barbecue and festivities at Hazelton Place
Hazelton Place, 111 Avenue Rd., is celebrating its 19th birthday with barbecue on July 19 from 12 to 2 p.m., rain or shine.
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May 18–July 28: Retro Futures exhibit at Reference Library
Retro Futures invites you on a nostalgic journey to futures-that-might-have- been to mark the 50th anniversary of NASA’s first successful lunar landing.
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July 13: Heritage Toronto walk through Yorkville
Join Heritage Toronto on a walk through Yorkville and explore the transformation of one of Toronto’s most noteworthy neighbourhoods.
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Downchild shuts down Bloor for block party
Toronto musical institution Downchild Blues Band, joined by big-name friends, gave 10,000 fans filling Bloor Street just what they wanted Saturday night.
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June 18: Delve into golden age of Dutch painting
European art expert Jacquelyn N. Coutré of Queen’s University delves into the world of Dutch painting at ROM Speaks on June 18.
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June 16: Exotic cars take over Bloor Street
The ninth annual Yorkville Exotic Car Show is returning to the Bloor-Yorkville area on Father’s Day, June 16 from noon to 5 p.m.
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Central Toronto Daily Updates: May 2019
A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Central Toronto neighbourhoods.
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June 6: Senior drivers and licence renewal
Ontario’s ministry of transportation presents “Senior Drivers and the Licence Renewal Process” at the Toronto Reference Library on June 6.
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ROM has the last remaining mounts of extinct birds
The ROM has many extinct species in its collection, including the passenger pigeon, the ivory-billed woodpecker, the Labrador duck, and the great auk.
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May 16: Heritage Toronto walk through Yorkville
Join Heritage Toronto on a walk through Yorkville and explore the transformation of one of Toronto’s most noteworthy neighbourhoods.
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April 3: Digital archeology in Greece
Cutting-edge archaeology by the Canadian Institute in Greece is featured in a coming ROM Connects lecture at the Royal Ontario Museum.
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How to recognize your child’s eating disorder
Recognizing how symbiotic our child’s relationship to food and their body is will help to reduce the development of eating disorders.
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