Doors Open Toronto
Doors Open Toronto is an annual event held in the City of Toronto, Ontario, that showcases many of the city's unique and historically significant buildings to the public. Among the buildings included are offices, places of worship, and historical landmarks (such as the house of William Lyon Mackenzie, first mayor of Toronto).
Admission is free of charge and the list of buildings included in the itenerary is expansive; 143 buildings participated in the May 27 and 28, 2006 exhibition, which was the seventh year of its activity. Most buildings open at 10 a.m. and stay open until 4 p.m.; however, some buildings have limited hours, and some are only open on Saturday, or only on Sunday.
The event is organized by the City of Toronto Culture Department and is chiefly sponsored by the Toronto Star newspaper. Hundreds of dedicated volunteers also help to make the event a grand success, as line-ups for some buildings (such as the Toronto-Dominion Centre and 1 King West) reach dozens.
Dates
The first Doors Open Toronto was held in May 2000. Since then, Doors Open Toronto is held annually on the last weekend of May.
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| 2009 | May 23, 24 | |||||||
| 2008 | May 24, 25 | |||||||
| 2007 | May 26, 27 | |||||||
| 2006 | May 27, 28 | |||||||
| 2005 | May 28, 29 | |||||||
List of participating buildings
2008
- 401 Richmond St. West
- Allan Gardens
- Alumnae Theatre (originally Fire Hall No. 4)
- Anshei Minsk Synagogue
- Applewood - The Shaver Homestead
- Archaeological Services Inc.
- The Arts and Letters Club
- BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
- Beach Walking Tours
- Black Creek Pioneer Village
- Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf - Evangelical Church of the Deaf and The Manor
- Campbell House
- Canada Life
- Canada Permanent Building
- Canadian Blood Services
- Casa Loma Stables and Pellatt Hunting Lodge
- CBC - Canadian Broadcasting Centre
- Cedar Ridge Creative Centre and Studio Gallery
- Chapel of St. James-The-Less/St. James Cemetery & Crematorium
- Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto
- Church of the Holy Trinity
- Church of the Redeemer
- Toronto City Hall
- City of Toronto Archives
- Coach House Press
- Colborne Lodge Museum
- Commerce Court North
- Congregation Darchei Noam
- Congregation Knesseth Israel
- Courtyard House
- Design Exchange (former Toronto Stock Exchange Building)
- Distillery District: Malt Kilns, Rack House D and Yeast Loft buildings
- Don Valley Brick Works
- The Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres Centre
- Exhibition Place Horse Palace: Toronto Animal Services
- Exhibition Place Horse Palace: Riding Academy
- Exhibition Place Horse Palace: Toronto Police Mounted Unit
- Exhibition Place Horse Palace: Green Roof
- First Baptist Church
- First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Toronto
- Fort York - National Historic Site
- Fort York Armoury
- Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
- Friends House (Quaker Meeting House)
- Gardiner Museum
- George Brown House
- George Brown College Chef School
- Gibson House Museum
- Gladstone Hotel
- Gooderham (Flatiron) Building
- Grace Church on-the-hill
- Hare Krishna Temple
- Ireland Park
- Islamic Foundation of Toronto
- Jami Mosque
- Japan Foundation
- Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre
- John McKenzie House (Ontario Historical Society)
- John Street Roundhouse and Steam Whistle Brewing
- Kiever Synagogue
- King James Place
- Lakeshore Grounds: Assembly Hall
- Lakeshore Grounds: Cumberland House: The Jean Tweed Centre
- Lakeshore Grounds: Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary
- Lakeshore Grounds: Humber ITAL, Lakeshore Campus
- Lakeshore Grounds: Power House Recreation Centre
- Lakeshore Grounds: The Gatehouse
- Lambton House
- Leslie Spit Allotment Garden
- LCBO Summerhill (North Toronto Station)
- Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex
- Little Trinity Anglican Church
- Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People
- Lower Bay Station
- Mackenzie House
- The Market Gallery
- MaRS Centre
- Masonic Temple - MTV
- Metropolitan United Church
- Montgomery's Inn
- Mountain Equipment Co-op
- Old City Hall
- Ontario Association of Architects
- Ontario College of Art and Design
- Ontario Heritage Centre
- Ontario Legislature
- Ontario Place (Grounds only)
- Osgoode Hall
- Palais Royale
- Parc Downsview Park Corporate Office
- Parc Downsview Park Movie Studio Building
- Power Plant Contemporary Art Centre at Harbourfront Centre
- Press Building
- Queen's Wharf Lighthouse
- Redpath Building Toronto
- Riwoche Tibetan Buddhist Temple
- Rosar Morrison Funeral Home & Chapel
- Royal Canadian Military Institute
- Scadding Cabin
- Scarborough Historical Museum
- Spadina Museum: Historic House and Gardens
- St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Scarborough
- St. Anne's Anglican Church
- St. Francis of Assisi Church
- St. George's Greek Orthodox Church
- St. James' Cathedral Parish House Archives & Museum
- St. John's Anglican Church, West Toronto
- St. John the Baptist Anglican Church
- St. Lawrence Hall
- St. Michael's Cathedral
- St. Patrick's Church
- St. Paul's Basilica
- St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church
- Stanley Barracks (Officers' Quarters)
- Steam Whistle Brewing, The Roundhouse
- Stone Distillery Building 5 & Rackhouse - The Distillery District
- TDSB - Sesquicentennial Museum and Archives
- Textile Museum of Canada
- Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre
- Toronto Necropolis Chapel and Cemetery
- Toronto Police Service Marine Unit
- Toronto-Dominion Centre
- Toronto Zen Centre
- Toronto's First Post Office
- Union Station
- The University Club of Toronto
- University of Toronto - Art Centre
- University of Toronto - Birge-Carnegie Library
- University of Toronto - Hart House
- University of Toronto - Soldiers' Tower
- University of Toronto - Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research
- University of Toronto - Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
- University of Toronto - University College
- York College of Industry & Technology (former Massey Mansion)
- York Museum
- Young Centre for the Performing Arts
- Zeidler Partnership Architects Building
- Zion Church Cultural Centre
- Zion Schoolhouse
2006
- 1 King West
- 401 Richmond St. West
- 51 Division Police Station
- All Saints' Church Community Centre
- Alumnae Theatre (originally Fire Hall No. 4)
- Anshei Minsk Synagogue
- Applewood - The Shaver Homestead
- Archives & Musem, St. James' Cathedral Parish House
- The Arts and Letters Club
- BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
- BLP Bronze International
- BMW Toronto
- Beach Hebrew Institute
- Beach Solar Laundromat
- Beach Walking Tours
- Beaty & Armstrong Row House
- Black Creek Pioneer Village
- Cadbury Chocolate Factory
- Campbell House Museum
- Canada Life
- Canada Permanent Building
- Canada's National Ballet School
- CBC - Canadian Broadcasting Centre
- CanStage Berkeley Street Theatre
- Carlu
- Casa Loma Stables and Pellatt Hunting Lodge
- Cedar Ridge Creative Centre and Studio Gallery
- Chapel of St. James-The-Less/St. James Cemetery & Crematorium
- Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto
- Church of the Holy Trinity
- Church of the Redeemer
- Toronto City Hall
- City of Toronto Archives
- CN Rail Police Building
- Coach House Press
- Colborne Lodge Museum
- Commerce Court North
- Congregation Knesseth Israel
- Design Exchange (former Toronto Stock Exchange Building)
- Don Valley Brick Works
- The Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres Centre
- Empire Sandy (Tall ship)
- First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Toronto
- Fort York - National Historic Site
- Fort York Armoury
- Gardiner's Cottage - Kew Gardens
- George Brown House
- Gibson House Museum
- Gladstone Hotel
- Gloucester Square Inns: Charles Rundle Mansion
- Gloucester Square Inns: Edward Gallow Esquire Mansion
- Gooderham (Flatiron) Building
- Gooderham House, The
- Great Hall, The
- Greek Town on the Danforth
- Hare Krishna Temple
- Historic Zion Schoolhouse
- Holy Blossom Temple
- Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Catholic Church
- Exhibition Place Horse Palace: Toronto Animal Services
- Exhibition Place Horse Palace: Riding Academy
- Exhibition Place Horse Palace: Toronto Police Mounted Unit
- Islamic Foundation of Toronto
- Jami Mosque
- JAZZ Residences on Church
- John McKenzie House (Ontario Historical Society)
- John Street Roundhouse and Steam Whistle Brewing
- LCBO Summerhill (North Toronto Station)
- Lakeshore Grounds: Assembly Hall
- Lakeshore Grounds: Cumberland House: The Jean Tweed Centre
- Lakeshore Grounds: Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary
- Lakeshore Grounds: Humber ITAL, Lakeshore Campus
- Lakeshore Grounds: Power House Recreation Centre
- Lakeshore Grounds: The Gatehouse
- Lambton House
- Leslie Spit Allotment Garden
- Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex
- Little Trinity Anglican Church
- Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People
- Mackenzie House
- The Market Gallery
- MaRS Centre
- Masonic Temple - MTV
- Metropolitan United Church
- Montgomery's Inn
- Mountain Equipment Co-op
- Old City Hall
- Ontario Association of Architects
- Ontario College of Art and Design
- Ontario Heritage Centre (Burbeck Building)
- Ontario Legislature
- Ontario Place (Grounds only)
- Osgoode Hall
- Palais Royale
- Parc Downsview Park Corporate Office
- Parc Downsview Park Movie Studio Building
- Power Plant Contemporary Art Centre at Harbourfront Centre
- Press Building
- Queen's Wharf Lighthouse
- Redpath Sugar Refinery
- Riwoche Tibetan Buddhist Temple
- Rosar Morrison Funeral Home & Chapel
- Royal Canadian Military Institute
- Scadding Cabin
- Scarborough Historical Museum
- Spadina Museum: Historic House and Gardens
- St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Scarborough
- St. Anne's Anglican Church
- St. Francis of Assisi Church
- St. George's Greek Orthodox Church
- St. John the Baptist Anglican Church
- St. John's Anglican Church, West Toronto
- St. Lawrence Hall
- St. Michael's Cathedral
- St. Patrick's Church
- St. Paul's Basilica
- St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church
- Stanley Barracks (Officers' Quarters)
- Steam Whistle Brewing, John St. Roundhouse
- Stone Distillery Building 5 & Rackhouse - The Distillery District
- TDSB - Sesquicentennial Museum and Archives
- Textile Museum of Canada
- Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre
- Toronto Fire Services: Station 334 (Harbourfront)
- Toronto Necropolis Chapel and Cemetery
- Toronto Police Service Marine Unit
- Toronto-Dominion Centre
- Toronto's First Post Office
- Union Station
- The University Club of Toronto
- University of Toronto - Art Centre
- University of Toronto - Birge-Carnegie Library
- University of Toronto - Hart House
- University of Toronto - Soldiers' Tower
- University of Toronto - Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research
- University of Toronto - Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
- University of Toronto - University College
- York College of Industry & Technology (former Massey Mansion)
- York Museum
- Young Centre for the Performing Arts
- Zeidler Partnership Architects Building
- Zion Church Cultural Centre
Other buildings that have participated in past years
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- All Saints' Church - Community Centre
- Beach Hebrew Institute
- Cathedral Church of St. James
- Gibraltar Point Lighthouse
- Knox Presbyterian Church
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