Financial District
Financial District
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The hub of Toronto banking, this area is filled with beautiful, architecturally-significant buildings.
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Neighbourhood: Financial District
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- St. Andrew • 2 min walk
- Union • 4 min walk
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minimize940314
Los Angeles, CA3,547 contributions
Dec 2022
One of the fanciest part of Toronto. Tall buildings are everywhere, and the atmosphere is relatively safe compared to other sectors of the city. You will see major financial companies, such as banks, accounting firms, etc.
Written 20 August 2023
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Jeffry b
Essendon, Australia13,538 contributions
Feb 2023 • Couples
Toronto is the commercial capital of Canada. The office towers are tall and impressive. Major banks, mining companies and insurance companies are headquartered here. Toronto has no competition since Montreal committed financial suicide. What's more, in Toronto the language of commerce is English. If you're an Anglophone, getting around Toronto is no problem.
Written 24 March 2023
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KodoDrummer
Buenos Aires, Argentina70,626 contributions
July 2018 • Solo
For sightseers interested in looking at the downtown business towers, Toronto has on-average, high-quality buildings, some fairly unique and others architecturally interesting. That said, for your average sightseer, I would rank the buildings as at best, of “average sightseeing value.” Toronto has grown rapidly over the past 40 years, and so have the number and size of the office buildings. Thus, its buildings tend to be newer than in many other cities. One unique feature is the pedestrian walkways, known as The Path, connecting the buildings. The Path is home to many eateries and shops.
Written 13 August 2018
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Milton Kanno
Sao Paulo, SP9,892 contributions
Aug 2018 • Couples
This área reminds you Manhatan New York City Walk Street. Buidings and buildings mostly with Bank logos on the top showing all that this is the money sea. Probably the most esteriotyped urban blocks in Toronto but a Nice place to visit.
Written 23 August 2018
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Maurene_K
Dover, NH12,283 contributions
Oct 2018 • Friends
While visiting Canadian friends with some friends from home, we went on daytrips to Toronto twice, using the GO Train from Aldershot Train Station in Burlington. The train goes into Union Station in a section of the Financial District in Downtown Toronto on Front Street.
On the second daytrip to Toronto, we did some sightseeing, dining, and shopping.
We started in the Financial District. The Canadian friend who led this daytrip worked in the Financial District for many years, so he was the ideal tour guide for our group. From him we learned that the Financial District is the most built-up area of Toronto.
The Financial District is where most banks, insurance companies, stockbrokers, financial advisors, and corporate accounting firms are located. It is bounded by Queen Street West to the north, Yonge Street to the east, Front Street to the south, and University Avenue to the west,
It also has its own underground world called the PATH, a series of underground tunnels that connect office buildings and Union Station.
For our tour of the Financial District, we started on Front Street. The first building he showed us and talked about was the stately Fairmont Royal York Hotel at 100 Front Street West right near Union Station. It serves business and leisure travelers alike. It is located above the PATH, a enormous underground complex for shopping and dining with access to adjacent Union Station. Large Canadian, American, British, Canadian Colonial, and Fairmont flags were flying over the entrance overhang. We learned that it was not as expensive as one might think to stay there. Rooms were in the $125.00 CAD range in the fall and winter.
Nearby were Man Financial Canada -at 123 Front Street West, Alphanorth Asset Management at 144 Front St West, and Watson Parojcic Financial at 151 Front Street West.
The Toronto Stock Exchange was on King Street.
We also went to the Toronto Dominion Bank’s Gallery of Intuit Art on Wellington Street and Brookfield Place on Bay Street before lunch.
We had lunch in the heart of the Financial District at Sud Forno on Temperance on Yonge Street.
After venturing into the Yorkville section, we returned for more sightseeing in the Financial District before having free time to explore the PATH also in the Financial District before meeting up for dinner at The Duke of Devon in the PATH in the section under the TD Tower at 66 Wellington Street.
I thought the Toronto Finacial District rivaled any other financial district I've seen, and that includes New York City's FiDi, Zurich, and London. The PATH underneath really sets it apart.
We rate the Toronto Finacial District at 4.50 There's plenty to see and do there, especially in the underground PATH. The shopping and dining options are worth a visit.
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On the second daytrip to Toronto, we did some sightseeing, dining, and shopping.
We started in the Financial District. The Canadian friend who led this daytrip worked in the Financial District for many years, so he was the ideal tour guide for our group. From him we learned that the Financial District is the most built-up area of Toronto.
The Financial District is where most banks, insurance companies, stockbrokers, financial advisors, and corporate accounting firms are located. It is bounded by Queen Street West to the north, Yonge Street to the east, Front Street to the south, and University Avenue to the west,
It also has its own underground world called the PATH, a series of underground tunnels that connect office buildings and Union Station.
For our tour of the Financial District, we started on Front Street. The first building he showed us and talked about was the stately Fairmont Royal York Hotel at 100 Front Street West right near Union Station. It serves business and leisure travelers alike. It is located above the PATH, a enormous underground complex for shopping and dining with access to adjacent Union Station. Large Canadian, American, British, Canadian Colonial, and Fairmont flags were flying over the entrance overhang. We learned that it was not as expensive as one might think to stay there. Rooms were in the $125.00 CAD range in the fall and winter.
Nearby were Man Financial Canada -at 123 Front Street West, Alphanorth Asset Management at 144 Front St West, and Watson Parojcic Financial at 151 Front Street West.
The Toronto Stock Exchange was on King Street.
We also went to the Toronto Dominion Bank’s Gallery of Intuit Art on Wellington Street and Brookfield Place on Bay Street before lunch.
We had lunch in the heart of the Financial District at Sud Forno on Temperance on Yonge Street.
After venturing into the Yorkville section, we returned for more sightseeing in the Financial District before having free time to explore the PATH also in the Financial District before meeting up for dinner at The Duke of Devon in the PATH in the section under the TD Tower at 66 Wellington Street.
I thought the Toronto Finacial District rivaled any other financial district I've seen, and that includes New York City's FiDi, Zurich, and London. The PATH underneath really sets it apart.
We rate the Toronto Finacial District at 4.50 There's plenty to see and do there, especially in the underground PATH. The shopping and dining options are worth a visit.
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Written 15 February 2019
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coalharborvan
Vancouver, Canada279 contributions
May 2012 • Solo
Dozens of tall rectangular steel, concrete, and glass office towers with thousands of self-important
people in business suits scurrying around them. This is the type of place you travel to get away from. Not an attraction.
people in business suits scurrying around them. This is the type of place you travel to get away from. Not an attraction.
Written 23 May 2012
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jerseydenyse
Jersey, UK247 contributions
July 2019
This is worth a visit to see the sheer height of the buildings.
I walking through the district by day and night and both looked impressive and giving different perspectives.
Grand building both modern and old.
I walking through the district by day and night and both looked impressive and giving different perspectives.
Grand building both modern and old.
Written 15 July 2019
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Carlo9999
Toronto, Canada195 contributions
Apr 2013 • Friends
No visit to Toronto is complete without visiting the Financial District. The center of this district is King and Bay. However, all these buildings are connected by a massive underground network known as "the path", which is ideal for getting around in bad weather. Visitors will likely require a map, http://www.toronto.ca/path/. You should visit this area during business hours, but try to avoid the peak lunch time as it gets very busy.
For some of those gems: go back in time to the Commerce Building, at King and Bay, now part of Commerce Court--sneak into this building for a quick peek at the coffered ceiling, but be respectful--they don't get much traffic. Across the street is the is the first Bank of Nova Scotia building, now part of Scotia Plaza. The original branch shows a an interesting mural where you will note the bank's early interest in the Caribbean.
For something contemporary, in BCE Place there is a steel arch covered walkway that looks and feels like a tree line pathway. In the south tower of the TD Centre, on the mezzanine level, there is an amazing Inuit art collection which is virtually unvisited.
For a snack, you can try the food court at the path level of the First Canadian Place. For better treats check out Prairie Girl, Brick Street Bakery, David's Tea, Vegetarian options, a small grocery--you're sure to find something. If you really want to treat yourself, put on your duds and make a reservation at Canoe, on the 54th floor of the TD Centre. There are plenty of shops all along the path.
For some of those gems: go back in time to the Commerce Building, at King and Bay, now part of Commerce Court--sneak into this building for a quick peek at the coffered ceiling, but be respectful--they don't get much traffic. Across the street is the is the first Bank of Nova Scotia building, now part of Scotia Plaza. The original branch shows a an interesting mural where you will note the bank's early interest in the Caribbean.
For something contemporary, in BCE Place there is a steel arch covered walkway that looks and feels like a tree line pathway. In the south tower of the TD Centre, on the mezzanine level, there is an amazing Inuit art collection which is virtually unvisited.
For a snack, you can try the food court at the path level of the First Canadian Place. For better treats check out Prairie Girl, Brick Street Bakery, David's Tea, Vegetarian options, a small grocery--you're sure to find something. If you really want to treat yourself, put on your duds and make a reservation at Canoe, on the 54th floor of the TD Centre. There are plenty of shops all along the path.
Written 25 April 2013
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Michelle P
Inkster, MI4 contributions
Nov 2011 • Couples
We always shop and take care of business in the financial district as we are from the States and need to take of banking.
There are many banks within reach to handle our needs.
Also the shopping is great in the financial district.
There are many banks within reach to handle our needs.
Also the shopping is great in the financial district.
Written 16 December 2011
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George S
Miami Beach, FL1,620 contributions
June 2017 • Business
Generally not thought to be a tourist destination, Toronto's compact Financial District might be appealing for someone visiting Toronto for the first time. It has some many fine examples of superb modernistic architecture -- RBC Plaza, Brookfield Place, TD Towers, First Canada Place, just to name a few. These are truly magnificent structures. Then there are the old standards, such as the Hockey Hall of Fame, Union Station, and the Royal York. It is easy to navigate in foul weather with the various underground passage walkways (PATH) connecting the major buildings -- once you get the hang of it.
Written 2 July 2017
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