the writing is on the wall
People love Liberty.
Love Liberty Mural - Ben Johnston
This Instagram popular piece was created by local artist Ben Johnston to capture the urban vibrancy, industrial history, entrepreneurial culture and sense of pride within this community.
liberty village
a uniquely niche neighbourhood
Reimagine, redevelop & reinvent.
Shaped by the past, reinvented for the future, here’s a quick look at the lineage of Liberty Village.
1850
The Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway and the Great Western Railway laid tracks.
1873-78
Liberty Village became home to the Toronto Central Prison and the Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women.
1881
John Inglis and Sons opened a factory to manufacture marine steam engines and waterworks pumping engines.
1904-44
John Inglis and Co. was purchased by Major J.E. Hahn, who used the site to manufacture war materials.
1945
Post war, the company manufactured consumer products: oil burner pumps, heaters, stoves and home laundry products (now Whirlpool Canada).
1980-00
The transformation of this former industrial site into the neighbourhood we all love today.
liberty village today
Where heritage is hip & gritty is good.
When you walk through the Liberty Village neighbourhood, you feel the personality embedded in the pavement. This once gritty industrial core has become a trendy, sought-after address by Toronto’s urban professionals and artists.
Where everything old is hot and new again, historic factories have been repurposed for contemporary uses, from places to live, gyms, local shops, trendy retail, cool restaurants, hip bars, and galleries. Part art playground, part technical hub – all a sense of freedom that boasts a unique vibrancy and urban street cred earning its fame as one of Toronto’s most happening scenes for art, eateries, hot spots and places to call home.
Where everything old is hot and new again, historic factories have been repurposed for contemporary uses, from places to live, gyms, local shops, trendy retail, cool restaurants, hip bars, and galleries. Part art playground, part technical hub – all a sense of freedom that boasts a unique vibrancy and urban street cred earning its fame as one of Toronto’s most happening scenes for art, eateries, hot spots and places to call home.
62,000+ residents
45% home owners
63% residents are 30-54 years of age
15,000+ employees
$129,463 average household income
31% residents are 20-29 years of age
250+employers
55% renters
44% of employees in the tech/startup industries
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where do you want to go?
Where do you want to go? Blink and you’re already there. Living at Liberty Market Tower gives a new meaning to “in a minute”.
- 5 minute walk to King Street and King Streetcar.
- 1 minute walk to TTC Bus 63 - connecting to Ossignton Station (Line 2).
- 5 minute drive to Gardiner Expressway.
- 20 minute drive to Pearson International Airport via Hwy 427.
- 5 minute walk to Exhibition GO Station.
- 8 minute walk to King-Liberty Smart Track.
- 10 minute drive to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport.
- 10 minute walk to Queen Street.
- 1 minute walk to Liberty Market Building.
- 5 minute walk to BMO Field.
- 10 minute walk to Ontario Place.
- 5 minute walk to CNE Grounds.