Doors Open &amp; Obsession

11:40 AM12:40 PM3:30 PM6:15 PM9:00 PM

Pairs with 15+ Doors Open sites in a 25-min walk radius: Old City Hall 🔴, Osgoode Hall 🟠, City Hall 🟡, TIFF Lightbox 🟡, Steam Whistle 🟡, St. James, St. Lawrence Hall, Campbell House, Second City, TD Centre.

▶ Now Playing · Downtown anchor Downtown

Cineplex Yonge-Dundas & VIP

10 Dundas St E · Downtown

VIP

12:30 PM4:00 PM7:15 PM10:00 PM

1:20 PM4:20 PM7:20 PM10:15 PM

Same Downtown Core cluster as Scotiabank. Also close: TMU Architectural Science 🟡, Toronto Humane Society 🟡.

Old City Hall

Vacant since 2025 court relocation; ornate interiors + secret courtyard, normally completely inaccessible

60 Queen St W, Toronto

Toronto Star

Working newsroom, rarely opened to public

1 Yonge St, Toronto

TVO Studio Tour & Experience

2180 Yonge St area, Toronto

Newly renovated public broadcaster studio; first time open

Masjid Toronto

Behind-the-scenes of active downtown mosque

168 Dundas St W, Toronto

RCLUB Motoring Club

Private members club, almost no public profile

Foy-Smith House

Private historic residence

Osgoode Hall

Iconic Law Society building; interiors and library rarely open outside formal events

130 Queen St W, Toronto

St. George's Hall — Arts & Letters Club

Private arts club founded 1908, limited public access

14 Elm St, Toronto

Regis College

100 Wellesley St W, Toronto

Jesuit theological college; campus rarely open

The Thornton-Smith Building

Heritage commercial building not regularly public

Guido Costantino Projects

Raw Signal Group Headquarters

Private art space

Giaimo / DIALOG / Gow Hastings / DTAH / Q4 / Taylor Hazell / Turner Fleischer

Private office

Working architecture studios — all private normally

Various downtown studios

El Mocambo

Legendary music venue; backstage / building areas normally restricted

464 Spadina Ave, Toronto

Stella's Place Assessment and Treatment Centre

Mental health facility, not normally toured

Nursing Simulation Centre

Medical training facility

Toronto City Hall

Council Chamber, Mayor's Office, 27th floor observation deck — restricted floors normally

100 Queen St W, Toronto

Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Queen's Park)

111 Wellesley St W, Toronto

Behind-the-scenes access during Doors Open specifically

Ontario Heritage Centre

10 Adelaide St E, Toronto

Government heritage building

TIFF Lightbox

Free admission (normally charges)

350 King St W, Toronto

The Second City

Comedy venue; behind-the-scenes access

51 Mercer St, Toronto

The 519

LGBTQ+ community centre, open but special programming

519 Church St, Toronto

TMU Department of Architectural Science

Toronto Metropolitan University

Special programming

Toronto School of Art

180 Shaw St, Toronto

Studio access

Toronto Humane Society

11 River St, Toronto

Special tours

Toronto-Dominion Centre

66 Wellington St W, Toronto

Mies van der Rohe architecture, behind-scenes banking hall access

Steam Whistle Brewing

255 Bremner Blvd, Toronto

Normally charges for tours

Campbell House Museum

Free (normally charges); oldest surviving building from Town of York

160 Queen St W, Toronto

Church of the Holy Trinity

19 Trinity Square, Toronto

Metropolitan United Church

Open, special access to architectural details

56 Queen St E, Toronto

St. James Cathedral

65 Church St, Toronto

Open, guided tours

St. Lawrence Hall

Open, special guided access

157 King St E, Toronto

St. Lawrence Market North Building

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

92 Front St E, Toronto

Open, heritage access

73 Simcoe St, Toronto

St. George's Greek Orthodox Church

115 Bond St, Toronto

Jarvis Street Baptist Church

130 Gerrard St E, Toronto

Open, tours

Toronto Camera Club

587 Mt Pleasant Rd, Toronto

Open house

OLD TOWN

Old Town / Port Lands / East Downtown

Heritage industrial + new Indigenous & Port Lands sites · nearest Cineplex: Yonge-Dundas (Downtown)

25 Ookwemin Street

Former Toronto Hydro Station; rare behind-scenes of Port Lands transformation, Ontario Heritage Trust protected

281 Cherry St, Toronto

Anishnawbe Health Toronto

New purpose-built Indigenous health facility, not normally toured

425 Cherry St, Toronto

Toronto Carpet Factory

Industrial heritage building not normally open

67 Mowat Ave, Toronto

433 Eastern Yard

Consumers Gas 1912; City Transportation Division yard, rare access to service vehicles + salt storage

433 Eastern Ave, Toronto

401 Richmond Ltd.

🟠Sat only

401 Richmond St W, Toronto

Arts hub, special access to artists' studios (Sat only)

City of Toronto Archives

Free admission (normally charges / appointment)

255 Spadina Rd, Toronto

Mackenzie House

Normally charges; free during Doors Open

82 Bond St, Toronto

The Market Gallery

95 Front St E, Toronto

Normally charges; free

Scadding Cabin

Exhibition Place, Toronto

Open, pioneer cabin programming

St. James' Cemetery & Chapel of St. James-the-Less NHS

635 Parliament St, Toronto

Cemetery open but special heritage tours

WATERFRONT

Waterfront / Harbourfront / Toronto Islands

Lake-facing heritage and infrastructure · nearest Cineplex: Scotiabank (Downtown)

Redpath Sugar

95 Queens Quay E, Toronto

Industrial sugar refinery, working factory access

Fort Rouillé

Exhibition Place, Toronto

Archaeological site, rarely accessible

Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts

443 Lakeshore Ave, Toronto Island

Limited public access; requires ferry

Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport

🟡Sat only

2 Eireann Quay, Toronto

Underwater pedestrian tunnel, electric ferry, safety vehicles (Sat only)

TRCA Head Office

101 Exchange Ave, Vaughan

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

Waterworks Food Hall

505 Richmond St W, Toronto

Normally open, special programming

DISTILLERY

Distillery District

Nearest Cineplex: Yonge-Dundas (Downtown)

Daniels Spectrum

Community arts hub, special programming

585 Dundas St E, Toronto

WEST

West Toronto

Parkdale / Junction / Bloordale / Brockton · Bloor & Ossington home turf · nearest Cineplex: Varsity (Midtown)

Netflix Toronto Office

486 Front St W (The Well), Toronto

First-ever public opening — Canada's first Netflix office

Polish Combatants' Association Branch 20

Private veterans / cultural organization

Private record label office

Fool's Paradise

Private creative space

The Corleck

Private heritage building

Junction Craft Brewery (Symes Road Destructor)

Rare access to historic destructor / incinerator building

150 Symes Rd, Toronto

All Ours Studios

Converted warehouse + shipping containers artist studios

62 Geary Ave, Toronto

Charles Street Video

Non-profit media arts org; equipment demos

76 Geary Ave, Toronto

The Bakery at 2 Fraser Ave

Creative / events space not normally public

2 Fraser Ave, Toronto

UrbanArts

Arts org, limited public profile

West Toronto Lawn Bowling Club

Parkdale Arts and Culture Centre

Private club

1585 Dundas St W, Toronto

Music venue, behind-scenes

Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto (MOCA)

Free admission (normally charges)

158 Sterling Rd, Toronto

Theatre Passe Muraille

Theatre behind-the-scenes

16 Ryerson Ave, Toronto

STACKT market

Normally open, special programming

28 Bathurst St, Toronto

Youngplace

180 Shaw St, Toronto

Community arts centre

Assembly Hall

1 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Dr, Toronto

1898 Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital building

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

1001 Queen St W, Toronto

Campus tours

Wychwood Barns

Normally accessible, special programming

601 Christie St, Toronto

Young Centre for the Performing Arts

50 Tank House Ln, Toronto

Normally accessible, behind-scenes

MIDTOWN

Midtown / Yorkville / Annex / U of T

Compact walkable cluster · 1 Cineplex theatre in this stack

▶ Now Playing · Best timing Midtown

Cineplex Varsity & VIP

55 Bloor St W · Yorkville / Annex

11:30 AM5:10 PM7:45 PM10:20 PM

Yorkville/Annex cluster within 15-min walk: Heliconian Hall 🔴, Women's Art Association 🔴, Bata 🟡, KPMB 🟠, Goethe / Alliance 🟠, U of T Physics deck 🟡, Hot Docs 🟡. Note: no afternoon showings between 11:30 AM and 5:10 PM.

Ismaili Centre, Toronto

Fumihiko Maki-designed prayer hall — rarely open to non-community members

49 Wynford Dr, Toronto

Heliconian Hall

Private women's arts club, 1875 building

35 Hazelton Ave, Toronto

Women's Art Association of Canada

23 Prince Arthur Ave, Toronto

Private heritage club

InterAccess Media Art Centre

950 Dupont St, Toronto

Private media arts org

Old Fire Hall 30

Decommissioned heritage fire hall

Xpace Cultural Centre

2-303 Lansdowne Ave, Toronto

Artist-run centre, limited public hours

The Joan and Martin Goldfarb Gallery

351 King St E, Toronto

Working architecture studio

Alliance Française Toronto

🟠Sat only

24 Spadina Rd, Toronto

Heritage building, language school (Sat only)

First Narayever Congregation

187 Brunswick Ave, Toronto

Heritage synagogue (1923), limited public access normally

Goethe-Institut Toronto

100 University Ave, Toronto

German cultural institute

Manor Road United Church

240 Manor Rd E, Toronto

Rosedale United Church

159 Roxborough Dr, Toronto

Heritage church, normally limited access

St. Thomas's Anglican Church

Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

383 Huron St, Toronto

Heritage church tours

Free programming (normally charges)

506 Bloor St W, Toronto

Bata Shoe Museum

Free admission (normally charges)

327 Bloor St W, Toronto

Akin Davisville

🟡Sat only

224 Merton St, Toronto

Artists' studios (Sat only)

Spadina Museum

Free (normally charges); historic house museum

285 Spadina Rd, Toronto

Textile Museum of Canada

University of Toronto Bookstore

55 Centre Ave, Toronto

Free (normally charges)

Special behind-scenes access

214 College St, Toronto

U of T Department of Physics

15th floor observation deck access

60 St George St, Toronto

St. Paul's Bloor Street

227 Bloor St E, Toronto

Trinity-St. Paul's United Church

427 Bloor St W, Toronto

Estonian Museum Canada

958 Broadview Ave, Toronto

Open, special exhibits

Daniels Building (U of T)

Open, new eco-timber building

1 Spadina Cres, Toronto

Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church

🟢★ NEW

24 Cheritan Ave, Toronto

100th anniversary programming

NORTH YORK

North York / Uptown / North Toronto

Driving / transit cluster · 3 Cineplex theatres in this stack

▶ Now Playing · Sringeri 2 blocks North Toronto

Cineplex Yonge-Eglinton & VIP

2300 Yonge St · Midtown / North Toronto

1:00 PM3:40 PM6:30 PM9:40 PM

Sringeri Vidya Bharati Foundation ★🔴 is 2 blocks south at 2180 Yonge — 9th-century Chola-style Hindu temple, normally inaccessible. Also Akin Davisville 🟡, Blessed Sacrament ★🟢, Manor Road United 🟠.

▶ Now Playing · UltraAVX only North York

Cineplex Yorkdale

Yorkdale Shopping Centre, 3401 Dufferin St · North York

UltraAVX Laser

1:40 PM4:30 PM7:20 PM10:15 PM

Sparse cluster — Archives of Ontario at York campus ★🔴 (Sat only), Kadampa Buddhist Temple 🔴, Village at Black Creek 🟡, Historic Zion Schoolhouse 🟠 all require driving / transit.

▶ Now Playing · Aga Khan / Ismaili cluster Don Mills

Cineplex VIP Don Mills (19+)

12 Marie Labatte Rd, Shops at Don Mills

VIP (19+)

11:45 AM3:00 PM6:30 PM10:00 PM

Pairs with the most architecturally singular cluster in Toronto: Aga Khan Museum 🟡 + Ismaili Centre ★🔴 (Fumihiko Maki prayer hall) + Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre 🟠 — all within 1 km of each other and the cinema.

Sringeri Vidya Bharati Foundation Canada

9th-century Chola-style Hindu temple, 25 marble murals; guided tours + Bharatanatyam performances

2180 Yonge St, Toronto

Archives of Ontario

🔴★ NEWSat only

134 Ian Macdonald Blvd, York University, Toronto

Largest provincial archives in Canada; conservation labs, digitization studios (normally appointment-only, Sat only)

HOK Toronto Design Studio

Global architecture firm, private office

Centre for Justice Leadership, Humber Polytechnic

🔴★ NEWSat only

3120 Lake Shore Blvd W, Toronto

Mock courtroom, forensics lab, crime-scene lab (Sat only)

Kadampa Buddhist Temple

Normally limited public access

Toronto Water Operations Finch Yard

Infrastructure facility, not normally open

Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre

Special heritage access; adjacent to Aga Khan cluster

6 Garamond Ct, Toronto

Franklin Carmichael Art Centre

Group of Seven connection, limited public hours

Historic Zion Schoolhouse

1091 Finch Ave E, Toronto

19th century schoolhouse

Aga Khan Museum

Free admission (normally charges); Fumihiko Maki; adjacent park + performances

77 Wynford Dr, Toronto

Gibson House Museum

The Village at Black Creek

5172 Yonge St, Toronto

Free (normally charges)

1000 Murray Ross Pkwy, Toronto

Free (normally charges); living history museum

EAST

East Toronto

Danforth / Beaches / Leslieville / East York · nearest Cineplex: Yonge-Dundas (Downtown)

Historic Don Jail at Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital

550 Gerrard St E, Toronto

Site of Canada's last legal execution; gallows + medical history access

R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant

Art Deco masterpiece; interior almost never open

2701 Queen St E, Toronto

First Russian Congregation of Rodfesolium Ansekiev

Private heritage congregation

Legion Experience Museum

Street Haven at the Crossroads

Private veterans museum

Women's shelter, not normally toured

Street Health

Community health org, not normally toured

Danforth Mennonite Church

2174 Danforth Ave, Toronto

Church of the Messiah

Heritage church, Anglican

240 Avenue Rd, Toronto

St. Barnabas on the Danforth Anglican Church

361 Danforth Ave, Toronto

St. Peter's Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church

817 Mount Pleasant Rd, Toronto

Cultural heritage church

Kew Beach Lawn Bowling Club

Private club

Evergreen Brick Works

Free (normally charges for some programs)

550 Bayview Ave, Toronto

Todmorden Mills

67 Pottery Rd, Toronto

Heritage museum, free

Riverdale Hub

1326 Gerrard St E, Toronto

Community centre, special programming

Argonaut Rowing Club

🟢Sun only

1225 Lake Shore Blvd W, Toronto

Normally members-only; structured tours (Sun only)

SCARBOROUGH

Scarborough

Nearest in-range Cineplex: Don Mills (15+ km) · consider out-of-range Morningside (22 km)

ZooShare Biogas Plant

Biogas facility using zoo waste; genuinely rare industrial access

Toronto Zoo, Scarborough

Muslims in Canada Archives

Private archival institution

Scarborough

Hillside Outdoor Education School

School facility not normally open

Scarborough

Scarborough Archives & Research Centre

Knox United Church, Agincourt

Scarborough

Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre

875 Morningside Ave, Scarborough

Free (normally charges for recreation use)

Clark Centre for the Arts

191 Guildwood Pkwy, Scarborough

Arts centre, free programming

Cedar Ridge Creative Centre

225 Confederation Dr, Scarborough

Historic estate / gallery, special access

John McKenzie House

34 Parkview Ave, Scarborough

Historic house museum

Scarborough Museum

1007 Brimley Rd, Scarborough

Free (normally charges)

ETOBICOKE

Etobicoke / Weston / Humber

Western suburbs · nearest in-range Cineplex: Varsity (Midtown)

YZD Experience Centre

Etobicoke (Pearson-adjacent)

Pearson-adjacent; limited source detail

Weston Masonic Temple

Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Holy Protection

Weston, Toronto

Masonic lodge, private

Heritage church, limited public access

Mabelle Park

Community-built park, special programming

Etobicoke, Toronto

Lambton House

4066 Old Dundas St, Toronto

1847 heritage inn, limited hours normally

Humber Valley United Church

4709 Dundas St W, Toronto

Free (normally charges); 1830s heritage inn

Humber Lakeshore Arts and Media Studios

450 The West Mall, Toronto

College studios

Applewood Shaver House

🟡Sun only

Birthplace of J.S. Woodsworth; 1851 house moved to preserve it (Sun only)

St. George's Church On The Hill

4600 Dundas St W, Toronto