CN Tower
For 32 years, a railway company's broadcast antenna was the tallest free-standing structure on Earth.
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Canadian National built this 553-metre tower in 1976 to send TV and radio signals across Toronto — a piece of communications infrastructure that became a landmark by accident. It still holds the record as the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere and was named one of the modern Seven Wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1995.
What to look for
- The revolving restaurant at 350 metres (1,150 ft) — turning slowly above the city while you eat.
- Several observation decks stacked at different heights up the tower shaft.
- The footprint below: the tower stands on what was once a busy railway switching yard, the former Railway Lands.
Downtown Toronto, on the former Railway Lands south of Front Street — draws over two million visitors a year, so arrive early or expect queues.
CN Tower is one of 19 sights worth the detour in Toronto, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the Toronto pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in Toronto
- BMO FieldThe 2007 soccer-specific stadium that grew into Toronto's outdoor dual-sport arena — and now holds 45,736 for the 2026 FIFA World Cup under the temporary name Toronto Stadium.
- Scotiabank ArenaA 1941 postal sorting depot on Bay Street that became Canada's busiest arena — and the most photographed spot in the country on Instagram.
- Royal Ontario MuseumCanada's largest museum packs 18 million objects — Cambrian sea creatures, East Asian art, and Art Deco clothing and design objects — into 40 galleries on Bloor Street.
- Rogers CentreThe world's first fully retractable motorized roof opened here in 1989 — and 70 hotel rooms still peer straight down onto the field.
- First Canadian PlaceFor 50 years it was Canada's tallest building — until a fellow Toronto skyscraper finally beat it in June 2025.
- Art Gallery of OntarioFrank Gehry expanded the museum between 2004 and 2008; more than 120,000 works across six collecting areas fill the 45,000-square-metre result.