Taking a Walk in Toronto? The City has a developed a website that will help you pick out a great place to explore our city on foot.
The City of Toronto has created a website where residents and visitors to the city can see 26 self-guided walking tours of some of the city’s most beautiful and interesting areas. A self-guided walking tour is a tour without a guide,
In addition to the walking tours currently posted, the City is offering organizations and individuals the opportunity to create a self-guided walking tour. There are even a limited number of grants up to $500 that are available per year to cover the costs of producing such a tour.
Here's a list of organizations and individuals that are eligible to participate:
Preference will be given to self-guided walking tours that meet one of the following objectives:
For more details about the program, click on www.toronto.ca/walking.
The City has many existing guidelines, programs and projects that focus on improving pedestrian environments and fostering a culture of walking such as; the pedestrian priority intersections (scramble intersections), Discovery Walks, WalkIntoHealth program, pedestrian countdown signals and the Live Green Initiative.
Go get out and start walking!
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