The Archives hosts exhibits and events throughout the year. Find out what’s on.
Honouring and celebrating Black History Month in song and verse, presented in partnership with the Canada Black Music Archives and the City of Toronto Poets Laureate. All events are free and held at the City of Toronto Archives, 255 Spadina Road.
From 5 to 6 pm celebrity chef, author, artist Roger Mooking in conversation with CBMA Executive Director and Co-Founder, Phil Vassell. From 6 to 10 pm, R&B and soul performance showcase featuring veteran Black Canadian musicians Jully Black, Tanika Charles, Dru, formerly of In Essence, Liberty Silver, and DJ Carl Allen. Event is free but space is limited. Reserve your spot.
Join Toronto Poet Laureate Lillian Allen and Toronto Youth Poet Laureate Shahaddah Jack at the Toronto Archives to celebrate Black History with the help of a dozen guest poets who come together to read, recite and rejoice.
Have you ever wondered who lived in your home before you, or when it was built? Join our House History Workshops and learn how to research an address using the wealth of archival resources available at the City of Toronto Archives. Our archivists will reveal the story of a building using maps, photographs and city directories.
This workshop is free, but space is limited.
Email archivesoutreach@toronto.ca to reserve your spot today.
The workshop will be held at the City of Toronto Archives at 255 Spadina Road.
Toronto’s post-war era was marked by a long period of optimism and prosperity, which among other things, resulted in massive architectural projects emblematic of the city’s wealth and modernist ambitions. The years between 1960 and 1989 witnessed the city’s downtown core transformed through large-scale land redevelopments. These projects were made possible by the sudden availability of railway lands, changes in architecture and engineering, and the growth of Toronto’s banking and financial sector. This exhibit explores the impact of these visionary decades, and the demolitions of older city blocks that resulted. The structures that arose in their place forever changed the Toronto streetscape.
For further information or to explore the history of Toronto communities, please visit our archival collection.