The Toronto Humane Society (THS) is one of Ontario’s largest animal welfare organizations. With over 135 years of providing care for animals, the THS is an industry leader in shelter care, animal training, behavioural consultations and veterinary services. It is their mission to improve the lives of animals. Knowledgeable volunteers be on hand for tours and questions. Bring your camera! (No tripods allowed.)

The Architecture Building is home to the Department of Architectural Science at Toronto Metropolitan University. Completed in 1981, this unique building with dramatic atriums was designed by the acclaimed Canadian architect Ron Thom (1923-86). Thom also designed Massey College (1963) at the University of Toronto, the Toronto Zoo (1974), the Shaw Festival Theatre in Niagara-on-the-Lake (1973) and numerous other projects.

This world-class facility was the largest sport-related new build for the 2015 Toronto Pan Am and Parapan Am Games and the largest infrastructure investment in Canadian amateur sport history. The 29,000-square-metre (312,000-square-foot) centre includes two internationally sanctioned 10-lane, 50-metre (164-foot) pools, a world-class dive pool and dryland dive training facilities, a four-court gymnasium, an indoor running track and more!

The Toronto School of Art is housed within a historical building. Over the years, it has been everything from a garment factory to an artist commune. Purchased in 2016, it has been the school's permanent home since 2019. With preserved century-old features and six light-filled studios, the school continues to be a vital part of Toronto’s art community.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. (Photo: Ted Chai)

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.

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.

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.

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.

Adelaide Hunter was born in this farmhouse and lived here until she married John Hoodless (1881). Hunter Hoodless was known for establishing several organizations – including the Hamilton YMCA, the second branch of the Hamilton Victorian Order of Nurses, and the world's first Women's Institute. Today, the homestead is owned by the Federation of Women's Institutes and operates as a museum.

This hotel was erected by O.D. Bradford. It was, at one time, one of 17 drinking establishments in Paris. Its next owner, John Ealand, expanded the hotel, adding a yellow brick addition with Romanesque arcades. It was at this time, too, that it was renamed The Arlington. Come and explore this timeless and historical boutique hotel.

This restored home was the first Canadian home of Alexander Graham Bell. It provided the stage for the invention of the telephone in 1874. See how the Bell family lived and worked. You will also learn about how Bell invented the telephone. Explore how telephones have changed since. Pre-book your tour by email or telephone (519-756-6220). Space is limited.

Bita Amani, head instructor and creative director of Bita’s Art Centre, is featured on the Richmond Hill Studio Tour. With over 20 years of experience, Amani showcases paintings using various techniques and materials. Explore portraits, still life, landscapes and abstract artworks, and experience the creative process behind each unique piece.

The original farm on this site was divided and sold, with the east half bought by Thomas Fenby Boynton. In 1875, the Boynton family built the current brick house to replace an original log home. Today, Boynton House is a community art exhibition space. Stop by to explore the dynamic juried members’ show of the Markham Group of Artists.