Downsview, Toronto

Name: Downsview
Address: Toronto, Canada

#759 among attractions in Toronto

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Downsview is a neighbourhood in the north end of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located in the district of North York. The area takes its name from the Downs View farm established around 1842 near the present-day intersection of Keele Street and Wilson Avenue. It now extends beyond the intersection of Sheppard Avenue and Dufferin Street, though it is popularly seen as including the areas to the north right up to the Toronto city limit at Steeles Avenue. The area includes several large post-World War II subdivisions. Within the area is Downsview Airport, the former site of Canadian Forces Base Downsview, which has since been largely converted following the end of the Cold War into an urban park known as Downsview Park. The airport is still used as a manufacturing and testing facility for Bombardier Aerospace. ()

Coordinates: 43°43'56"N, 79°29'36"W

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North York (Downsview)Toronto Canada

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Downsview – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Yorkdale Shopping Centre, Lawrence Allen Centre, Aviva Centre, Central United Church.

2.1 miE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Yorkdale Shopping Centre, Toronto
55 min walk • The Yorkdale Shopping Centre is a premier retail destination nestled in the bustling city of Toronto, Canada. This expansive shopping haven, opened in 1964, spans over 2 million square feet, making it one of the largest malls in the country.
2.5 miSE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Lawrence Allen Centre, Toronto
65 min walk • The Lawrence Allen Centre, formerly Lawrence Square Shopping Centre, is a retail shopping centre located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the city's twenty largest malls.
2.9 miN
Sport venue, Sport, Sport complex
Aviva Centre, Toronto
74 min walk • Aviva Centre, formerly Rexall Centre, is a tennis stadium in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The 12,500-capacity Stadium Court is the largest stadium at the tennis complex.
2.5 miSW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
Central United Church, Toronto
64 min walk • Central United Church is a historic congregation of the United Church of Canada located in the community of Weston, now a neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1.5 miSW
Mosque
Toronto and Region Islamic Congregation, Toronto
39 min walk • Toronto and Region Islamic Congregation, commonly referred to by its acronym as TARIC Islamic Center is one of the largest Islamic Centers in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, formerly in the city of North York.
2.8 miNE
Synagogue
Tiferet Israel Congregation, Toronto
71 min walk • Tiferet Israel Congregation is a Sephardic synagogue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Sheppard Avenue West in the former city of North York. Tiferet Israel Congregation follows Moroccan Jewish tradition and is an Orthodox synagogue. Regular services are held during the week, on Shabbat, and on Jewish holidays.
0.9 miNE
Park
Downsview Park, Toronto
23 min walk • Downsview Park is a large urban park located in the Downsview neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The park's name is officially bilingual due to it being federally owned and managed, and was first home to de Havilland Canada, an aircraft manufacturer, and later was a Canadian Forces base. The park still contains Downsview Airport.
2.7 miS
Street, Park, Baseball field
Raymore Park, Toronto
69 min walk • Raymore Drive is a mostly residential street in the Weston neighbourhood of Toronto in the Canadian province of Ontario. It runs next to the Humber River. On October 15, 1954, the area was severely affected by Hurricane Hazel.
1.9 miE
Monuments and statues
Universal Man, Toronto
50 min walk • Universal Man is a sculpture by Gerald Gladstone located outside the Yorkdale Shopping Centre in North York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, since 1994. The 6.5-metre bronze figure was originally located in a prominent location at the foot of the CN Tower, there located to "emphasize the human aspects of the project".
2.5 miSE
Tower, Modernist architecture
CIBC 750 Lawrence, Toronto
63 min walk • CIBC 750 Lawrence is a two-tower office complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, built in the early 1980s. It is part of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's head office operations outside of Commerce Court and the main headquarters of CIBC Credit Card Services, including Visa call centres and Visa operations.
2.2 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Yorkgate Mall, Toronto
57 min walk • Toronto has several shopping malls across the city, including five major luxury malls that are among the largest and profitable in Canada. The first enclosed shopping mall in Toronto was the Toronto Arcade in the downtown core.