Jane's Walk

122 Ways to Walk Toronto

Toronto is where Jane's Walk started in 2007 and once again, the local tour guides have outdone themselves. 122 walks were offered, giving Torontonians an exceptional opportunity to get out and meet their neighbours, explore your city and deepen your connection to the city. “For Jane Jacobs, the best way to get to know the city and the neighbours was on foot,” says Jane Farrow, executive director of Jane’s Walk. “Jacobs encouraged everyone to just get out and look around, to walk the sidewalks and talk about what they thought needed to happen to make their neighbourhood better.”

From Cabbagetown and the Core to the far reaches of Scarborough and Rexdale, Jane’s Walk Toronto featured dozens of brilliant new walks as well as the return of old favourites:
• Get the inside scoop on the vibrant and fascinating communities of the inner suburbs like Malvern, Scarborough Village, Jane/Finch, Dorset Park, Lotherton, Peanut Plaza, Flemingdon, Thorncliffe Park, Rougeville, Victoria Village and Rexdale.
• Wander through history to the present on Dundas West and discover everything from Loyalist land claims to Portugese tarts with Chris Hardwicke and Carina Cojeen DuWest and Brockton Village tour
• Forage for food on Queen West locavores and authors Lorraine Johnson and Sarah Elton
• Author Shawn Micaleff takes you on a stroll of Super-Modernism and Super-Ravines around Yonge and St Clair
• Go on a Transit ride with Matt Blackett, publisher of Spacing Magazine, on the first ever Jane’s Transit Tour – an insider’s guide to riding the red rocket
• Delve into the details of the city that affect our walking, for better and for worse with Spacing writer Dylan Reid
• Minister of Transportation Kathleen Wynne returns to co-host the very popular tours of Flemingdon Park and Thorncliffe Park which have in the past featured delicious snacks and samosas;
• Examine the historical development of Willowdale, Ontario with the Leona Drive Project curators
• Get the inside scoop on how the neighbourhood helps program and support their local park, Dufferin Grove
• Explore the beauty and complexity of the east end (and learn some socio-political theories of neighbourhoods) with Diane Dyson on Neighbourhoods 101
• And over a hundred more walks in neighbourhoods across the GTA

Visit the Toronto Area city page for more details and to see the interactive map.
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