Accessibility

Whether you’re planning ahead or navigating on the night, there are many ways to access and enjoy Nuit Blanche. Admission is free and open to everyone, including all projects, exhibitions, venues, performances, installations, talks and tours.

Please note, some services, including specific accommodations or assistive technologies, may require advance notice to arrange.

Access Terms & Symbols

Nuit Blanche maps use a set of symbols identifying the access features and the following definitions:

  • ASL Interpretation: on-site American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters available
  • Audio Description: this project provides audio description, offering narrated details of visual elements
  • Open Captions: this project includes visible captions for all spoken content or audio components
  • Tactile Elements Included: tactile elements designed to be touched and explored
  • Wheelchair Accessible: step-free access and barrier-free routes.

Interactive Map

Search for projects by location, accessibility features, curatorial themes and more.

How to filter by access feature:

  1. Visit the All Projects webpage
  2. Click + Filter Results, which is below the search bar
  3. Click Select Accessibility and select desired access term from the dropdown menu.

Printed Map

Printed maps are available on-site at Event Centres while supplies last. This format is designed for readability and include key access symbols.

    Whether in-person at North York Central Library, lower level, or online via livestream, enjoy the night at the Nuit Blanche Remote Access Hub, developed in collaboration with Tangled Art + Disability.

    Part of the Collective Composition exhibition, the hub offers live audio description, ASL interpretation and collective access strategies, connecting you to projects across the city. Visit in-person to gather with friends, rest, listen to music, stim or simply enjoy a quieter environment.

    Translation

    Website

    You can browse and view information on the City of Toronto website in more than 130 languages using the built-in translation tool (Google Translate). Please note, descriptions of projects, talks, tours and workshops are not available in translation.

    How to use:

    1. Scroll to the bottom of any webpage and click Translate
    2. Select your preferred language from the dropdown menu
    3. The website will reload in the selected language.

    311

    Call 311 to get information about the event in more than 180 languages.

    Multilingual Volunteers

    Throughout the night, look for volunteers wearing buttons indicating which languages they speak. They can assist with basic translation and navigation.

    American Sign Language (ASL) Interpretation

    Look for the ASL icon on the printed map and on-site signage to identify ASL interpretation.

    ASL interpretation is offered at:

    ASL interpretation is available by request at all workshops. See workshop details for request contact and deadlines.

    Projects with on-screen text included for spoken content and sound effects in video and live presentations:

    • 100% [City]
    • 5 Years at Home
    • Adhar – Space (textile experience)
    • A Lake Story
    • Dead Ringer
    • Declaration of the Understory
    • Disappearing Acts
    • La Sombra Que Te Combija / The Shadow That Shelters You
    • My Name is 張麟發 Tommy Lan Phat Truong 2.0
    • Nuit Blanche Arts Market 2025 and Echoes
    • Nuit Blanche at MAC!
    • Nuit Blanche at Youngplace
    • Nuit Blanche Rest Stop
    • Northbound
    • Signal
    • Systems of Expression: From Pixels to Bottle Caps
    • The 52: Stories of Women Who Transformed Toronto
    • The Meeting Point
    • The Nuit Blanche Remote Access Hub
    • The Shape of Loss
    • Tracey Snelling: INTERGALACTIC PLANETARY
    • Tower of Babel

    For more details about these projects and locations, filter by Open Captions on the All Projects webpage.

    Audio Description

    Projects or locations with live or recorded narrated descriptions of visual elements for blind or low-vision visitors:

    • Adhar – Space (textile experience)
    • Home Sweet Home
    • The Meeting Point
    • The Nuit Blanche Remote Access Hub

    For more details about these projects and locations, filter by Audio Description on the All Projects webpage.

    Also, volunteers can assist with reading on-site didactics or project descriptions.

    Tactile Elements Included

    Projects or locations designed to be experienced through touch, encouraging physical interaction or touch-explorable components like maquettes, material samples or textures featured:

    • 100% [City]
    • 5 Years at Home
    • Adhar – Space (textile experience)
    • Crafting Connections: Didukh as a Cultural Conversation
    • Domus Nexus
    • DOUBLE TAKE
    • FOR THE YOUTH
    • Function
    • Future Perfect
    • Knot Knowings
    • Nuit Blanche at Youngplace
    • Nuit Blanche Rest Stop
    • Place Setting
    • Signal
    • The 52: Stories of Women Who Transformed Toronto
    • The Dream Weave
    • The Places We Carry
    • The Nuit Blanche Remote Access Hub
    • the sound of lions in Chinatown
    • The Meeting Point
    • Woven Words

    For more details about these projects and locations, filter by Tactile Elements Included on the All Projects webpage.

    Volunteers can assist with guiding tactile experiences.

    Braille Signage

    Project with braille labels or signage describing key elements:

    • The Meeting Point

    Also, volunteers can assist with reading on-site didactics or project descriptions.

    Wheelchair Accessible

    Projects or locations with step-free access and barrier-free routes throughout the project and venue:

    • 100% [City]
    • 5 Years at Home
    • A Lake Story
    • Adhar – Space (textile experience)
    • Crafting Connections: Didukh as a Cultural Conversation
    • Disappearing Acts
    • Collective Composition
    • Dead Ringer
    • Declaration of the Understory
    • DOUBLE TAKE
    • Domus Nexus
    • Echoes of Identity
    • Flora, Luna‑Corona (The Awakening Waves)
    • FOR THE YOUTH
    • Function
    • Future Perfect
    • Habla Espanol?
    • Home Sweet Home
    • Knot Knowings
    • La Sombra Que Te Combija / The Shadow That Shelters You
    • Lamination 1.0
    • Letters to Your Ex
    • Lucid Flow
    • MOVES
    • My Name is 張麟發 Tommy Lan Phat Truong 2.0
    • Nuit Blanche Arts Market 2025 and Echoes
    • Nuit Blanche at MAC!
    • Nuit Blanche at Youngplace
    • Nuit Blanche Rest Stop
    • Northbound
    • People’s Dancefloor
    • Place Setting
    • PROTECT THE SACRED VOICE
    • Rejection – in the context of Sringaram
    • Sacred Tags
    • See Me From a Distance: Travesti Billboards / Me Vejam de Longe: Outdoors Travesti / Regarde-moi de loin: Panneaux travesti / Mírame de lejos: Carteleras travesti
    • Shadow (Padchayo)
    • Signal
    • S’imbriquer
    • Systems of Expression: From Pixels to Bottle Caps
    • Seeing Celsius
    • The 52: Stories of Women Who Transformed Toronto
    • The City
    • The Dream Weave
    • The Eye of Wisdom
    • The Meeting Point
    • The Places We Carry
    • The Nuit Blanche Remote Access Hub
    • The Shape of Loss
    • the sound of lions in Chinatown
    • Tracey Snelling: INTERGALACTIC PLANETARY
    • Tower of Babel
    • Under Sight
    • WISHING WELL: ALPHABET SOUP
    • We Change Each Other
    • Woven Words
    • YesterHere

    For more details about these project and locations, filter by Wheelchair Accessible on the All Projects webpage.

    Volunteers can also assist with finding accessible viewing areas.

    Wheelchair Accessible Washrooms

    Located at all Event Centres.

    Projects or locations with accessible washroom facilities available on-site or nearby:

    • 100% [City]
    • Adhar – Space (textile experience)
    • Domus Nexus
    • DOUBLE TAKE
    • Echoes of Identity
    • Flora, Luna‑Corona (The Awakening Waves)
    • Future Perfect
    • Habla Espanol?
    • Knot Knowings
    • Lamination 1.0
    • Letters to Your Ex
    • Lucid Flow
    • MOVES
    • Nuit Blanche Arts Market 2025 and Echoes
    • Nuit Blanche at MAC!
    • Nuit Blanche at Youngplace
    • Nuit Blanche Rest Stop
    • Northbound
    • Place Setting
    • Rejection – in the context of Sringaram
    • River Piece (Etobicoke)
    • S’imbriquer
    • Signal
    • The 52: Stories of Women Who Transformed Toronto
    • The City
    • The Dream Weave
    • The Meeting Point
    • The Nuit Blanche Remote Access Hub
    • The Shape of Loss
    • Tracey Snelling: INTERGALACTIC PLANETARY
    • We Change Each Other
    • WISHING WELL: ALPHABET SOUP
    • Woven Words
    • YesterHere

    Low-Sensory Experiences

    Many projects are ideal for low-sensory engagement from 4 to 7 a.m., when crowds are smaller and the pace is more relaxed.

    Projects or locations recommended for lower-stimulation visits throughout the night:

    • Nuit Blanche at MAC!
    • Nuit Blanche Rest Stop
    • The 52: Women Who Transformed Toronto
    • The Remote Access Hub

    Volunteers can also assist with guiding sensory-based experiences.

    Relaxed Experiences

    Projects or locations with reduced sound and lighting, the freedom to move, make noise or come in and out as necessary:

    • Adhar – Space (textile experience)
    • Crafting Connections: Didukh as a Cultural Conversation
    • Dark Landscapes
    • Diatomic States
    • Knot Knowings
    • Nuit Blanche Rest Stop
    • Poetry in Fragmentation
    • The 52: Stories of Women Who Transformed Toronto
    • The Remote Access Hub

    Extended Projects

    A variety of projects continue during the extended program period, October 5 to 12, offering a lower-sensory experience when crowds are smaller and the pace is more relaxed. Project times and dates may vary within this period.

    • 100% [City] by Rimini Protokoll
    • The Eye of Wisdom by Ellen Pau
    • PROTECT THE SACRED VOICE by Demian DinéYazhi’
    • See Me From a Distance: Travesti Billboards / Me Vejam de Longe: Outdoors Travesti / Regarde-moi de loin: Panneaux travesti / Mírame de lejos: Carteleras travesty by Sy Gomes
    • Place Setting by Stephanie Avery
    • Lamination 1.0 by Studio Rat
    • Future Perfect by Mia + Eric & Action Hero
    • We Change Each Other by Shilpa Gupta
    • Dark Landscapes by Moira Clark

    Accredited service animals, including guide dogs and those in training, are welcome at all event locations.

    Connect with a volunteer in a white high-visibility vest. Volunteers specially trained to support accessibility needs wear a flag on their vests.

    For help in languages other than English, ask or look for volunteers wearing buttons indicating the languages they speak.

    All volunteers can assist with:

    • Finding accessible viewing areas
    • Guiding tactile and sensory-based interactions
    • Reading on-site didactics or project descriptions
    • Offering directions and general wayfinding.

      Provide Feedback

      The City of Toronto welcomes your feedback on accessibility at Nuit Blanche. Share your thoughts, suggestions or concerns via email at nuitblanche@toronto.ca. Your input helps create more inclusive future events.