Spadina Chinatown
With accessible transit across Toronto, citizens can travel across several downtown neighbourhoods in no time. A staple in Toronto’s downtown core is Chinatown. Although this is a photo of Chinatown from the past, an array of shops, amenities and restaurants continue to remain key features of this neighbourhood.
Did you know?
- GO Transit’s bus service started as an extension to the Lakeshore Line’s service (1970)
- Ontario’s seat belt laws came into effect (1976)
- Corporate growth in the Toronto area was spurred by the threat of Quebec-based separatism movement (1976)
- Highway 404 completed to Davis Drive in Newmarket (1989)
- Five-year fixed mortgage rates never fell below ten per cent for 18 years (1973 to 1991)
- Highway 403 completed (1997)

1975–88, photograph, City of Toronto Archives