Musicians Guide To Toronto

I've tried to assemble a broad list of useful services and interesting places in Toronto. Included are a variety of 24 hour and late night services, as well as services you may need during the day, such as health care, libraries, post offices, and fun things to do and see. Most of these are in the downtown area, near one of the NXNE clubs.

Toronto is a big city and I may miss some useful stuff, please send suggestions to: The Travel Guide

SOME IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT TORONTO FOR WESTERN DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS
Most of the cities in the East were built much earlier than the cities in the West. The numbering of city blocks is quite different here.

1) Do not expect the blocks here to change the hundred number at every corner. The cities in the West were planned. Toronto just grew.

2) Do not expect the numbers on one side of the street to correspond to the numbers on the other side of the street. They generally do, but often don’t. If you are looking for an odd number, look on that side of the street, in some places the number on the other side of the street is in a completely different hundred number. Also, don’t expect the 300 block College Street for example, to be East of Spadina, which is where the 300 block on Queen Street is. It doesn’t work like that here.

NXNE OFFICE 189 Church Street (416) 863-6963

City Hall of Toronto 100 Queen Street West

The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto www.city.toronto.on.ca/

Harbourfront Centre 410 Queens Quay West 973-4600

Metro Toronto Parks www.city.toronto.on.ca/parks/

Just a few minutes from the downtown core are the Toronto Islands, which are accessible by ferry (416) at the Bay and Front docks. The latest ferry from the islands leaves at 11:45 from the Centre Island docks

After 11:45 PM, call the Toronto Island Water Taxi at 203-8294.
(The water taxi is not cheap, but it is a good deal if you need it.)

Glen Rouge Campground This publicly owned campsite is less than an hour from downtown Toronto.

Co-op Cab Co. 504 2667 *It is usually faster to wave one down!

Foreign Currency Exchange: 211 Yonge Street 599 8994

• Musician's Tour Guide • A guide to touring across Canada by road for musicians, was used by NXNE in 1997 and 1998. All files are pdfs.