• Known as "The Friends of Fort York", you can join our mission of preserving, promoting and improving the fort by becoming a "Friend" yourself via our Donation...
  • Fort York (French: Fort-York) is an early 19th-century military fortification in the Fort York neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • The parking lot is in front of our Visitor Centre, under the Gardiner Expressway, located at 250 Fort York Boulevard. Metered parking; $1.00 per half hour.
  • Lines & Liquid Landscape The delicate forms of Fort York as a defensive site produce an architecture that is mostly about subtle lines.
  • Toronto started out as Fort York in the early 1800's and today its remains can be explored in a site between an expressway and the railyards.
  • It was a little confusing finding the entrance to the visitor center. It was the 4th door down along Fort York Blvd.
  • Fort York is a historical area with military fortified and associated buildings. The Fort was built in the year 1793 by the British Army and Canadian military in order to...
  • The Historic Fort York offers guided tours through soldiers and officers quarters and showcases muskets and other equipment.
  • The settlement of modern Toronto began in 1793 when Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe built a garrison on the present site of Fort York.
  • Despite the improvements, the Fort York was not prepared for the bombardments it would weather in 1813.