With so many fine restaurants, great shops, and wonderful parks, I thought it would make sense to create a site listing something to do every day in the great city of Etobicoke.
If you have a suggestion as to what to include in the list I want to hear it. Please leave comments on what you think of the site or what should be included as one of the 365 things to do in Etobicoke.
Also, be sure to join our fan site on Facebook for even more information and discussions on the latest and greatest events, stores, and restaurants in Etobicoke.
Hi Richard,
Great job on the website.
I am the Marketing Coordinator at the Albion Centre and just happened to stumble upon your website through a link on facebook. I was just wondering if we could possibility get us listed on your website as one of the 365 things to do in Etobicoke.
Located on Albion Road, between Kipling and Finch, the Albion Centre offers over 100 stores with products and services, a large parking lot and a great mix of food court tenants. A RioCan property, the Albion Centre houses national achors like NoFrills, Canadian Tire and Shoppers Drug Mart and other tenants like Payless Shoes, McDonalds and many more. A community shopping centre, the mall works closely with the chairities and organization in the area to provide to the people of the community.
Please let me know if we could get a chance to get listed on the webite.
Thank you for your time.
Regards,
Henna Qazi
Please
Hi Henna,
The Albion Centre is on our list and will be posted in the coming months. Stay tuned!
Richard
Hi Richard.
The Terry Fox Run is celebrating its’ 30th. anniversary on September 19, 2010. The Etobicoke site is at West Deane Park, on Martin Grove Road, between Eglinton Avenue and Rathurn Road. Come and join us between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. You can run, walk, bike, or roller blade, take your dog for a walk – please join us as 2010 will be the year that the donations collected at West Deane Park will surpass $1,000,000. After the event, enjoy a hamburger while you visit the silent auction, go for a hot air balloon ride, watch your kids in the children’s play area.
See you on Sunday, September 19, 2010.
Hi Ken… not sure how I missed that one so thanks for letting me know. I will definitely be putting this very important event on the list.
We have been part of the Etobicoke community for just over 3 years (just celebrated our anniversary on August 8th!) as Body Buster Fitness Bootcamp. We are proud to be known for getting Etobians healthy! We started in Etobicoke and have since branched into High Park, East Toronto and Mississauga. Members have built strong friendships and some have become (or are on their way to becoming!) life-long members, and we all strive to give back to the community by participating in charity events like the Breast Cancer Run, CN Tower Climb for World Wildlife Fund Canada, putting together baskets for women’s shelters.
We think this blog is a fantastic idea! We have three locations in Etobicoke (South at Franklin Horner Community Centre, Central at West Deane Park, and West at Richview United Church) – http://www.bodybusterfitness.com/locations – We would love to be considered one of the 365 Things to Do in Etobicoke!
Our next program starts on September 13th, still outdoors, then we move indoors later into the Fall.
If you have questions, or require any info you can call us at 416-619-4456 or visit http://www.bodybusterfitness.com
Thanks very much!
Here are some web sites to check out for things to do in Etobicoke.
http://www.theatre-etobicoke.com/ticketinfo.html
http://e-m-p.net/ (Etobicoke Musical Productions at Burnhamthorpe Collegiate)
http://www.insidetoronto.com/news/local/article/861748–spend-a-day-the-ukrainian-way (Flavors of Ukraine held at Centennial Park in August)
Paint the street festival which takes place in June
The Waterfront Trail Artists (WTA) are a 100% volunteer not-for-profit artist-run community art centre located at 2979 Lake Shore Blvd. (south side between 8th & 9th sts.)
The group offers art and craft classes, taught by professionals, a gallery exhibition space, art production space and long term studio rentals, and art parties.
On Saturday, October 30th, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., they host their popular 14th annual Great Pumpkin Art Festival, an all-ages celebration of Hallowe’en. For a $7.00 admission fee, folks can carve a pumpkin, make a mask or apple doll sculpture, and sample our pumpkin cooking. Scary henna temporary tattoos are also available.
For more information call Wendy at 416-834-3107 or visit the website at http://www.trailart.org.
I have five suggestions at the moment.
1. Lakeshore Santa Claus Parade. Coming up on Saturday, December 4, 2010 – not sure which # it is but it is a Lakeshore institution. It is actually the third largest in Ontario, and is televised by Rogers.
2. San Remo Bakery on Royal York Road, either for the capuccino’s or the hot meatball or veal sandwiches.
3. The monthly lunch provided by the Ukrainian community at St. Demetrius (think that is the correct spelling) Ukrainian Orthodox Church on Lakeshore Boulevard. Come for the homemade periogies and the borscht. And you can purchase containers of all this food to take home.
4. Rockscool camp (March Break and in the summer) at the Sherway Academy of Music. This group of youngsters is so good, belting out rock classics from before any of them were born (goes up to 14 years old I believe) that they perform every year at the Taste of the Kingsway. There is footage on the Sherway Academy of Music website and on YouTube.
5. The Lakeshore Out of the Cold Program. Part of the Out of the Cold Program run throughout Toronto during the cold months, providing shelter and hot meals for the homeless. St. Margaret’s Anglican Church on Sixth Street is part of this program, providing shelter on Monday nights for homeless men. This includes a hot meal, shower facilities, movie and socialization, overnight accommodation, laundry, and then in the morning a hot breakfast, a TTC token to get to work or to travel to the next night’s location, and a bagged lunch. All this is provided by volunteers in the community who come together to help. (I can provide photos of the cooking crews, if interested.) There is general information available on the Out of the Cold website, which I believe is http://www.ootc.ca.
Enjoying this site, thank you!!
T
Hi Tanya,
Those are all fantastic suggestions. The funny thing is that I go to San Remo all the time and it’s not on my list. I’ll be adding it shortly!
Thanks!!!
Hi Richard,
I have looked through many of the restaurants you have listed on your sight and must say this site is excellent.
I am having a hard time making a decision, could you suggest a couple of the best choices in your opinion for a restaurant near Cololel Sam Smith Park?
I am planning on taking my girlfriend to the skate park for Valentines Day (as she loves to skate and has mentioned this lovely park before) but can not decide on where to make reservations before our romantic skate.
Any suggestions?
Thank you!
That sound like a great idea Peter. What’s her favourite type(s) of food?
I’d like to suggest the Kaleidoscope arts showcase which takes place at Father John Redmond on Thursday evening, April 14th from 6pm to 9pm. This is the largest showcase of the Regional Arts Program (RAP) and will include art displays and perfoamnces from the talented RAP students. There will also be a silent auction of donated items and student art work, draw prizes of gift baskets and the Kaleidoscope Kafé, where guests can enjoy baked goods and refreshments while checking out the auction items and enjoying the artistic contributions of the students. Funds
raised at the event are used to support the RAP program for the benefit of the students. If you want to see what Etobicokes young artists can do, or if you have a elementary aged child interested in the arts, it’s a great event.
Liz McCullough
Lakeshore Arts is a local community arts organization located in Mimico at 2422 Lake Shore Blvd. W. (charitable not for profit) and run by a volunteer board of 12 local people from all sectors. We run a small gallery which showcases local artists’ work and run small workshops.
Our goal is to engage, entertain, educate and inspire the community using art as the catalyst. We have a number of strong youth programs (YAM stands for youth art movement – which is free every second Tuesday during the school year to 12 – 18 year olds) and partner with the libraries and schools to make art accessible. We hire emerging and established artists to deliver our programs, create mentorship opportunities for artists and youth.
Our next TWO big events are our juried art show, Through the Eyes of the Artist, – entry forms are available on our website or call the office 416-201-7093 to have one mailed out – we have $1400 worth of cash prizes and house the event at the Assembly Hall (Kipling and Lakeshore). Deadline for submission is May 5th – the show opens on May 19th.
Also at the Assembly Hall is the inaugural, LakeShorts, an international short film festival produced by Fifth Ground Entertainment and presented by Lakeshore Arts. Renowned film critic, Richard Crouse, will emcee this exciting new event, one we hope will continue for years to come. We received over 120 films from around the world and the jury selected 120 minutes of film, sure to please many film buffs. Tickets are $40 and available,on-line, please visit the Lakeshore Arts home page to find out more.
Hi Richard, It was nice speaking to you yeasterday. Could you please post my “moving” garage sale on Sat. April 7 8:30am to 2:00pm at 15 Cowley Ave. its off of Martin Grove between Rathburn and Burnhamthorp.
Thank you
Hi Betty,
We have posted your sale on our Garage Sale page which can be found here:
http://365etobicoke.com/etobicoke-garage-sales/
Thanks!