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text: List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Toronto
National Historic Sites

This is a list of National Historic Sites in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. There are 37 National Historic Sites of Canada (French: Lieux historiques nationaux) in Toronto, the first of which was Fort York, designated in 1923. Numerous National Historic Events also occurred in Toronto, and are identified at places associated with them, using the same style of federal plaque which marks National Historic Sites. Several National Historic Persons are commemorated throughout the city in the same way. The markers do not indicate which designation - a Site, Event, or Person - a subject has been given. National Historic Sites located elsewhere in Ontario are listed at National Historic Sites in Ontario, with additional breakout lists for some cities. Certain sites are part of the national park system, administered by Parks Canada. Bead Hill National Historic Site, in eastern Scarborough, became the only National Historic Site in Toronto in the national park system on June 15, 2019, located within Rouge National Urban Park. It is identified below by the beaver icon . This list uses names designated by the national Historic Sites and Monuments Board, which may differ from other names for these sites.
Site Date ( s ) Designated Location Description
Annesley Hall 1903 ( completed ) 1990 Toronto 43°40′04″N 79°23′35″W / 43.66778°N 79.39306°W / 43.66778 ; -79.39306 ( Annesley Hall ) The first purpose-built women 's residence on a Canadian university campus , and a good example of the Queen Anne Revival style in institutional architecture
Balmoral Fire Hall 1911 ( completed ) 1990 Toronto 43°41′09″N 79°23′38″W / 43.685833°N 79.393870°W / 43.685833 ; -79.393870 ( Balmoral Fire Hall ) A rare example of the Queen Anne Revival style used for a fire hall
Bank of Upper Canada Building 1825 ( completed ) 1977 Toronto 43°39′06.54″N 79°22′15.5″W / 43.6518167°N 79.370972°W / 43.6518167 ; -79.370972 ( Bank of Upper Canada Building ) An early 19th-century bank building , representative of the rise of Toronto as a commercial centre and the role played by the Bank of Upper Canada in the development of Upper Canada
Bead Hill 1600s ( village established ) 1991 ( designated ) ; June 15 , 2019 ( added to national park system ) Toronto 43°48′14.77″N 79°8′24.4″W / 43.8041028°N 79.140111°W / 43.8041028 ; -79.140111 ( Bead Hill ) An archaeological site in Rouge National Urban Park with the only known intact remains of a 17th-century Seneca village in the country
Birkbeck Building 1908 ( completed ) 1986 Toronto 43°39′2.54″N 79°22′40.49″W / 43.6507056°N 79.3779139°W / 43.6507056 ; -79.3779139 ( Birkbeck Building ) A four-storey office building typical of the premises of many financial institutions prevalent in central business districts of Canadian cities before the First World War ; representative of a transitional building from that period which combined historical styles with ( then ) modern design and construction techniques
Eaton 's 7th Floor Auditorium and Round Room 1930 ( completed ) 1983 Toronto 43°39′39″N 79°23′00″W / 43.660929°N 79.383302°W / 43.660929 ; -79.383302 ( Eaton 's 7th Floor Auditorium and Round Room ) A foyer , restaurant and auditorium , designed by French architect Jacques Carlu and muralist Natacha Carlu , located within the former Eaton 's College Street department store ; remarkable examples of Art Deco and Streamline Moderne interior design
Chapel of St. James-the-Less Anglican Church 1861 ( completed ) 1990 Toronto 43°40′10.4″N 79°22′8.32″W / 43.669556°N 79.3689778°W / 43.669556 ; -79.3689778 ( Chapel of St. James-the-Less Anglican Church ) The Chapel is a noted example of High Victorian Gothic Revival architecture and exemplifies the small chapels built in this style in Canada
Eglinton Theatre 1936 ( completed ) 1993 Toronto 43°42′15.96″N 79°24′38.66″W / 43.7044333°N 79.4107389°W / 43.7044333 ; -79.4107389 ( Eglinton Theatre ) A cinema representing one of the best examples of the Art Deco -style in Canadian theatre design
Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres 1914 ( completed ) 1982 Toronto 43°39′11″N 79°22′45″W / 43.65306°N 79.37917°W / 43.65306 ; -79.37917 ( Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres ) A pair of stacked theatres built by renowned theatre-designer Thomas W. Lamb ; originally built for vaudeville , they are the last remaining operational double-decker theatres in the world
Fort York 1793 ( established ) , 1815 ( current fort completed ) 1923 Toronto 43°38′20.50″N 79°24′12″W / 43.6390278°N 79.40333°W / 43.6390278 ; -79.40333 ( Fort York ) The birthplace of the settlement that would become Toronto and the primary defence for ( what was then ) York , Upper Canada , the Fort now serves as a museum containing the largest collection of War of 1812 buildings in Canada and many of the oldest buildings in Toronto
Fourth York Post Office 1835 ( completed ) 1980 Toronto 43°39′06.65″N 79°22′14.34″W / 43.6518472°N 79.3706500°W / 43.6518472 ; -79.3706500 ( Fourth York Post Office ) Also known as the First Toronto Post Office ( it was the fourth post office in York , but the first one to serve the settlement when it became Toronto in 1834 ) , it is one of the earliest surviving examples in Canada of a building purpose-built as a post office ; typical of small , early 19th-century public buildings , combining public offices and a private residence
George Brown House 1877 ( completed ) 1976 Toronto 43°39′21″N 79°23′42″W / 43.655825°N 79.39502°W / 43.655825 ; -79.39502 ( George Brown House ) The residence of George Brown , founder of ( what is now ) The Globe and Mail and a Father of Confederation ; the site in Toronto most associated with the abolitionist movement and the Underground Railroad
Gooderham and Worts Distillery 1859 to 1927 ( construction of extant distillery buildings ) 1988 Toronto 43°39′2.628″N 79°21′35.17″W / 43.65073000°N 79.3597694°W / 43.65073000 ; -79.3597694 ( Gooderham and Worts Distillery ) Forty historic distillery buildings on a 13-acre site , representative of the history of the Canadian distilling industry and Toronto 's industrial past
Gouinlock Buildings / Early Exhibition Buildings 1904 to 1912 ( completed ) 1988 Toronto 43°37′58″N 79°24′58″W / 43.63278°N 79.41611°W / 43.63278 ; -79.41611 ( Gouinlock Buildings / Early Exhibition Buildings ) Five buildings ( the Fire Hall/Police Station , Government Building , Horticulture Building , Music Building and Press Building ) on the grounds of the Canadian National Exhibition ; the largest and finest group of early 20th century exhibition buildings in Canada
Heliconian Hall 1876 ( completed ) 2008 Toronto 43°40′19.03″N 79°23′36.04″W / 43.6719528°N 79.3933444°W / 43.6719528 ; -79.3933444 ( Heliconian Hall ) Originally constructed as a church in Yorkville in the Carpenter Gothic style , the building has since 1923 served as a unique multidisciplinary arts club specifically for women
John Street Roundhouse ( Canadian Pacific ) 1931 ( completed ) 1990 Toronto 43°38′27″N 79°23′09″W / 43.640862°N 79.385925°W / 43.640862 ; -79.385925 ( John Street Roundhouse ( Canadian Pacific ) ) Located in Torontos formerly vast railway lands near Union Station , it is Canada 's best surviving example of a roundhouse ; now occupied by the Toronto Railway Heritage Centre , the Steam Whistle brewery and a furniture store
Kensington Market 1815 ( first development ( Bellevue Estate ) ) 2006 Toronto 43°39′17.18″N 79°24′02.44″W / 43.6547722°N 79.4006778°W / 43.6547722 ; -79.4006778 ( Kensington Market ) A neighbourhood noted for its network of narrow streets and lanes fronted by rows of small houses and shops ; since the early 20th century , it has been home to numerous successive waves of immigrant communities , making it a microcosm of Canada 's multiculturalism
Maple Leaf Gardens 1931 ( completed ) 2007 Toronto 43°39′44″N 79°22′49″W / 43.66222°N 79.38028°W / 43.66222 ; -79.38028 ( Maple Leaf Gardens ) Built for the Toronto Maple Leafs , the arena is regarded as of the most renowned shrines in the history of ice hockey ; for 70 years , it was one of Canada 's foremost venues for large-scale sporting events , concerts and political events
Massey Hall 1894 ( completed ) 1981 Toronto 43°39′15″N 79°22′44.50″W / 43.65417°N 79.3790278°W / 43.65417 ; -79.3790278 ( Massey Hall ) A gift to the City of Toronto from wealthy industrialist Hart Massey , the concert hall has been one of the country 's most important cultural institutions and is renowned for its outstanding acoustics
Metallic Roofing Company Offices 1897 ( completed ) 1984 Toronto 43°38′21.01″N 79°25′37.76″W / 43.6391694°N 79.4271556°W / 43.6391694 ; -79.4271556 ( Metallic Roofing Company Offices ) A unique Beaux-Arts style building decorated entirely in pressed metal ; the building was dismantled in 1982 when the site was redeveloped , and it is held by the Ontario Heritage Trust for eventual reconstruction