The T.O. You Don’t Know

The Toronto Rebellion may sound distant from the city we know today, but one of its most important moments unfolded near present-day Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue.

Toronto’s last fatal duel took place near the present-day intersection of Bay and Grosvenor Streets — an area that was farmland at the time.

In 1855, a visiting American circus troupe found themselves at the centre of one of Toronto’s strangest public riots.

Toronto’s political history has never been free of scandal.

Before Liberty Village became known for condos, cafés, and Lamport Stadium, the site at 1155 King Street West housed the Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women — an institution created in 1880 to confine women considered “undesirable” by Victorian society.

In 1947, Christie Pits became the centre of one of Toronto’s most unusual protests: a citywide movement led almost entirely by children.

Operation Soap may sound almost absurd by name, but it marked one of the most significant turning points in Toronto’s LGBTQ2S+ history.

In 1977, Toronto briefly found itself at the centre of international rock-and-roll headlines when Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards was arrested at the Harbour Castle Westin Hotel.