Chinatown (Spadina Avenue)
Chinatown
One of North America's largest Chinatowns, at the intersection of Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street. Cantonese tea houses, Hong Kong-style roast meats and Vietnamese noodle shops are everywhere.
Toronto's Chinatown is centered on the intersection of Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street West, and it is one of the largest Chinatowns in North America. It moved here from the area around the old City Hall in the 1950s. Along the streets are grocery stores with Chinese signs, herbal medicine shops, bakeries, Hong Kong-style cafés, roast meat shops and Vietnamese noodle houses, along with many trendy bubble tea shops. Street corners feature Chinese-style gateways and bilingual street signs. You can have dim sum for breakfast, buy Chinese ingredients, and enjoy prices lower than downtown's. Toronto also has an East Chinatown, and newer Chinese commercial districts in the suburbs of Markham and Richmond Hill. Admission is free. Take the 505 or 510 streetcar to the intersection of Spadina and Dundas. It's right next to Kensington Market and the Art Gallery of Ontario, so you can explore all three together.
Opening hours
Open all day; shops about 9:00–22:00
Nearby sights
- Kensington Market
- Graffiti Alley
- Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)
- University of Toronto (St. George Campus)
- Nathan Phillips Square & Toronto City Hall
- Bata Shoe Museum
- CN Tower
- Royal Ontario Museum