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Exhibition Place is a publicly owned mixed-use district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located by the shoreline of Lake Ontario, just west of downtown.The 197-acre (80 ha) site includes exhibit, trade, and banquet centres, theatre and music buildings, monuments, parkland, sports facilities, and a number of civic, provincial, and national historic sites.
The fair has been held annually from 1879 on the same Exhibition Place site on Lake Ontario, except during World War II, when the fairgrounds were given up to the Canadian military, and a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fair provides entertainment, a midway, shopping, two parades, an air show, agricultural displays and ...
The Automotive Building is a heritage building at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, containing event and conference space. In the 1920s, as a result of burgeoning interest in automobiles, additional exhibition space for automotive exhibits during the annual Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) was needed.
In 1944, the 1,000th Canadian-built vessel since the start of World War II was launched in Toronto. During the war, most of the city's industries were converted for war-time production. During World War II, Toronto became a major centre for Canada's military. The Exhibition Place was taken over for
The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), also known as The Exhibition or The Ex, is an annual fair that takes place at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on the third Friday of August leading up to and including Labour Day, the first Monday in September. With approximately 1.6 million visitors each year, the CNE is Canada's largest ...
It is the one of two Bailey bridges in the current city and only remaining Bailey bridge within the Old Toronto. [1] It was erected in 1952 (some say 1947 [2]) but dates back to World War II when it was manufactured for the British Army. [3] It is used as a pedestrian bridge to connect Exhibition Place to the waterfront south of Lake Shore ...
Enercare Centre, formerly known as the Direct Energy Centre and originally the National Trade Centre, [1] is an exhibition complex located at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [2] It is used by the Canadian National Exhibition and the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, as well as by various trade shows.
During World War II, the building was used as barracks for soldiers waiting to be posted overseas. Since 1931, the Horse Palace hosted a Mounted Unit of the Toronto Police during the CNE and the Winter Fair, while during the rest of the year the Unit used stables around the City. In J