Toronto, Canada 1920s in color [60fps, Remastered] w/sound design added

Would You like to live back in the 1930s??

1:08 City Hall and Clock Tower 1:24 Bay Street looking north towards City Hall Clock Tower 1:32 Yonge Street looking north at King Street (Hennessy’s Drug Store, Yonge Street) 1:50 King Street looking east at Yonge Street 2:25 Canadian Pacific Railway building, 69 Yonge Street 3:10 The Royal York Hotel 3:48 Union Station train terminal 4:09 Casa Loma 4:16 Birth home of actress Mary Pickford (211 University Avenue, now demolished) 4:30 Ontario Legislative Building at Queen’s Park 4:51 University College building at University of Toronto campus 5:11 Hart House building at University of Toronto campus 5:21 Sunnyside Amusement Park 5:58 Sunnyside Beach 6:32 Princes’ Gates entry to Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) 6:50 Arts, Crafts and Hobbies Building at CNE grounds (now Medieval Times Dinner Theatre) 7:07 Horticulture Building at CNE grounds (now Toronto Event Centre) 7:15 The Midway Strip of the CNE

Whoa I didn’t realize it was already such a big city in the 1920s!

Amazing to look back at this to get the full perspective. My dad was born in 1920 in Dauphin. Came to Toronto in 1922 becoming his true hometown. He sold newspapers at 13 during the Depression on downtown streets and Maple Leaf Gardens to make a buck for the family. Was at the Toronto Maple Leaf overtime game where Ken Doraty scored the eventual winner. Back then, overtime ran a full 10 minutes with unlimited scoring. My dad, arguably the greatest newsy in Canada, sold a record 4,110 newspapers (incl. Telly fun cheques, for car draw) by the CNE ferris wheel on a single Labor Day in the 1960s. He was steeped in Toronto history and one of the Three Stooges was his friend, Curly Joe DeRita, who would send us a Christmas card every year. I got autographed pictures of the Stooges at the Royal York Hotel after a performance at the CNE's Exhibition Grandstand. Many fond memories. Thought you might find this interesting. I was very lucky to have such a great father.

My father came to Toronto in 1926, when he was 18. He saw signs that read "No Catholics or Irish need apply." Nevertheless he made his way and really enjoyed Toronto, living in beautiful Parkdale, and joining what would become The Boulevard Club, playing Tennis. He told us of all the great music in the 30s and 40s, when he would go dancing,imlooked for him at Sunnyside.

The shots of Bay Street towards Old City Hall, casaloma, and the University of Toronto feels like not much has changed. It's kind of eerie to look at all these people even the children and realize they are long gone

This is absolutely wonderful to see. I’m from Toronto and this means a lot that you did a video on the city where I live. So fascinating to see this. Thank you and a wonderful job you did on this restoration with an accompanying soundscape. Cheers! 👍🏻😀

So wild seeing my home town like this. Thank you for everything that you do. ♥️

Very nice but you went a little overboard with the car horns.

Amazing to see this. As a Torontonian of 55+ years, I certainly recognize most of the locations. This footage reminds me of my folks and grandparents.

That little boy really knew how to charm those two young ladies sitting on the steps didn't he? ;-) Outstanding restoration, thank you!

At 1:25. Many of those buildings in this shot of Bay Street still stand today. And on Yonge Street the same. There are office towers there from the 1890s. Part of the current Hudson's Bay department store has the original building from the 1800s.

There's something creepy errie to seeing old videos of people motioning about way back when they were alive, and knowing they are dead now as if ghosts frozen in time.

So nice to see my city as it was in the 1920s. So many of the buildings are still around today. The city has changed in so many ways while remaining somewhat familiar. Toronto has truly evolved over the last 100 years. Today's metropolitan population is roughly 8 times what it was in the late 20s. Crazy to see the CNE as packed back then, as it is today. Thanks for this wonderful time capsule. Hope there are more videos like this one out there.

This is wonderful footage of Toronto and dutifully remastered. Thank you.

Would love to see a video like this around Christmas time and see how everything was decorated back then.

It's amazing how the Canadian and American cities looked so dang similar. Great post, thanks. My only bone to pick is that the horn honks from the cars sound too modern. Didn't they have more of a bull horn sound. Just watch the old Laurel and Hardy or Three Stooges episodes and you will see.

I was at the CNE celebrating its 100th birthday and now it's coming up to its 150th.

Nass, thanks for another fabulous upload. I truly enjoy your work. At 1:30 Love scenes like this with people, streetcars, horses and cars all sharing the street. I thought at first it may be early 1920's but may be later with statue sign at 6:41. At 7:45 Canadiens had their own amusement park., They did not have to go Next door to enjoy Coney Island, New York! Haha!

great work....my mom was born in 1914 in Toronto...I wonder where she was then these shots were taken...for that matter I wonder where she is now...thanks again....