25 Amazing Then-and-Now Photos Show How Toronto Has Changed From 1959 to 2014

Toronto, the capital of the province of Ontario, is a major Canadian city along Lake Ontario's northwestern shore. It's a dynamic metropolis with a core of soaring skyscrapers, all dwarfed by the iconic, free-standing CN Tower.

Toronto also has many green spaces, from the orderly oval of Queen's Park to 400-acre High Park and its trails, sports facilities and zoo.


To be as this day, Toronto has experienced a long period of strong development and change. Mr T.O. took pictures of this city in 2014 and put them together with the 1959 ones to see how it has changed over the past 55 years.

Take a look...

 
194 Randall Street

 

 
856 Eglinton east

 

 
1749 Victoria Park Avenue being built & entrance to St. Jude's Church

 

 
1759 Victoria Park Avenue looking south east

 

Africa Inland Mission at 1641 Victoria Park


 
East side of Victoria Park Avenue Just south of Janet

 

East side of Victoria Park looking north east to Innismore Crescent

 

LOBLAWS, northeast Kennedy and Eglinton

 

Looking east between 1617 & 1631 Victoria Park Avenue

 

Looking north east towards McLean Animal Hospital at 1659 Victoria Park Avenue

 

Looking north on Victoria Park Avenue south of Janet

 

Looking north west across Victoria Park Avenue towards Biggin Court

 

Looking north west Laird and Eglinton

 

 
McLean Animal Hospital at 1659 Victoria Park Avenue

 

Sutherland and eglinton looking east

 

 
Victoria Park Avenue & Deanvar Avenue looking north

 

Victoria Park Avenue & Elvaston Drive looking south west

 

Victoria Park Avenue & Surrey Avenue looking north east.

 

Victoria Park Avenue & Surrey Avenue looking north east

 

 
Victoria Park Avenue & Surrey Avenue looking south east

 

Victoria Park Avenue , west side south of Lawrence , approx. where 1840 Victoria Park would be today

 

 
Victoria Park Avenue looking north east to Biscayne Blvd.

 

Victoria Park Avenue looking north west towards Lawrence Avenue

 

Victoria Park Avenue looking south west approx. where Sloane Avenue would be built

 

 
West side of Victoria Park looking north between Elvaston Drive & Draycott Drive , Seager Motors on the left