Canada Life Building, Toronto
This building, built in 1931 by the Canadian Life Insurance Company, is one of the finest examples of Beaux-Arts architecture in Toronto.
This building, built in 1931 by the Canadian Life Insurance Company, is one of the finest examples of Beaux-Arts architecture in Toronto. The building is perhaps best known for its weather beacon, installed on August 9, 1951. The beacon shines red for rain, white for snow, and lights running up or down it indicate a change in temperature. Unfortunately, the building is not open to the public.
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Canada Life Building and Nearby Sights on Map
Osgoode Hall
This beautiful building was originally built in 1832 to house the Law Society of Upper Canada
Campbell House
This is one of the oldest remaining buildings in Toronto and is one of the few examples of Georgian architecture in Toronto
City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square
Toronto's modernist City Hall designed by Finnish architect Viljo Revell and was completed in 1965
Canada's Walk of Fame
Toronto meets Hollywood where visitors can see plaques for most of Canada's famous names (Martin Short, for example) embedded in the sidewalk
Art Gallery of Ontario
The Art Gallery of Ontario is the largest art gallery in Canada, with more than 80,000 works of art from the 1st century to present day
CBC Museum
The collection contains over 4,000 items that chronicle the history of Canadian broadcasting
Toronto Chinatown
A busy place, for good bargains and Asian food
Eaton Centre
The glass domed Eaton Centre is a shopping mall of architectural interest and features a huge Canadian geese mobile, Flight Stop, designed by artist Michael Snow
Toronto Eaton Centre
CN Tower
Once the tallest freestanding structure in the world, this tower affords generous views of the Greater Toronto Area and, on a clear day, you can see the opposite shore of Lake Ontario