This is Stop 1 on the Creating Toronto: Story of a City audio tour. For over 200 years, people have traded and sold their goods at this Toronto market, which National Geographic named "the world's best food market" in 2011.

Stop Location: 93 Front Street East

Learn more about this stop on the Creating Toronto digital map companion. 

Image: William Davies Stall, St. Lawrence Market, 1911.

Music: "Highride" by Blue Dot Sessions via freemusicarchive.org.

For a full list of credits, please visit the Creating Toronto digital map companion.

This digital tour, and the walking tour it is based on, were developed as part of Heritage Toronto's Emerging Historian program in partnership with the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association. The expansion of our tours program to a digital platform was made possible by the generous support of our Tours Program Presenting Sponsor, TD Bank and The Ready Commitment.