NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Bay Street

Bay Street is a street in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the centre of Toronto's financial district and is often used by metonymy to refer to Canada's financial industry just as Wall Street is used in the United States and The City is in the United Kingdom. The name of the street originated in 1797 from the fact that it connected (then) Lot Street (now Queen Street West) to a bay in Toronto harbour. Image File history File links TorontoTall. ... Image File history File links TorontoTall. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1536x2048, 684 KB) Photographer/Author: Me, Leslie Mateus, a user of the Portuguese Wikipedia. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1536x2048, 684 KB) Photographer/Author: Me, Leslie Mateus, a user of the Portuguese Wikipedia. ... Queen Street West refers to both a major east-west downtown street and a series of neighbourhoods or commercial districts within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages None Flower White Trillium Tree Eastern White Pine Bird Common Loon Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seats - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total... The Financial District is used to refer to: The Financial District (Manhattan) in New York City, New York The Financial District (San Francisco) in California A station on the Detroit People Mover This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the... In rhetoric, metonymy (from Greek beyond/changed and , a suffix used to name figures of speech from name (OED)) (IPA: ) is the substitution of one word for another with which it is associated. ... Elaborate marble facade of NYSE as seen from Broad and Wall Streets For other uses, see Wall Street (disambiguation). ... Coat of arms The City of London is a small area in Greater London. ... 1797 (MDCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Queen Street West refers to both a major east-west downtown street and a series of neighbourhoods or commercial districts within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

The intersection of Bay and King St is often seen as the epicentre of Canadian banking and finance. Four of Canada's five major banks have office towers at the intersection, the Bank of Montreal at First Canadian Place, Scotiabank at Scotia Plaza, CIBC at Commerce Court, and Toronto-Dominion Bank at the Toronto Dominion Centre. Historically this was known as the "MINT Corner" (Montreal, Imperial, Nova Scotia, Toronto-Dominion) but since 1962 the Imperial Bank has been part of CIBC and the Bank of Nova Scotia has rebranded itself so this nickname is no longer widely used. King Street is a major east-west commercial thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Bank of Montreal TSX: BMO NYSE: BMO is Canadas fourth largest bank[1], and is classified as a Domestic Chartered Bank (Schedule I). ... First Canadian Place First Canadian Place is Canadas tallest skyscraper and the eleventh tallest building in North America with a height of 298 metres, or 978 feet (355 metres with antenna included). ... Scotiabank (TSX: BNS NYSE: BNS), formally known as The Bank of Nova Scotia, is one of Canadas Big Five banks. ... Scotia Plaza, Toronto Scotia Plaza is a commercial office complex commenced in 1985 and completed in 1988 in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... CIBC (NYSE: BCM) is one of Canadas major banks. ... Commerce Court West Commerce Court is a cluster of four office towers in Toronto, Ontario, Canada located in the downtown core on Bay Street. ... The Toronto-Dominion Bank TSX: TD NYSE: TD TYO: 8640 is the second largest Canadian bank with over 52,000 employees in offices around the world. ... The Toronto-Dominion Centre is a large cluster of buildings in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada that is home to the Toronto-Dominion Bank as well as many other businesses. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... The Imperial Bank of Canada was a Canadian bank that was founded in 1875. ...

Another prominent intersection is Bay-Bloor, which is often considered Canada's most elite and expensive shopping district. Bloor Street is a major east-west commercial thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

Bay Street stretches from Queens Quay (Toronto Harbour) in the south to Davenport Road in the north. The original section of Bay Street ran only as far north as Queen Street West. Sections north of Queen Street were renamed Bay Street as several other streets were consolidated and several gaps filled in to create a new thoroughfare in the 1920s. The largest of these streets, Terauley Street, ran from Queen Street West to Grenville Street, and was longer than Bay Street as it existed at the time of its consolidation. Queens Quay (pronounced key) is a short road that skirts along Torontos downtown waterfront area. ... The 1920s was a decade sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... Queen Street West refers to both a major east-west downtown street and a series of neighbourhoods or commercial districts within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

Condominium development on Bay north of financial district boomed during the 1990s attracting many who work there to live downtown thereby avoiding the daily commute.

Bay Street is home to numerous corporate headquarters, high-powered legal firms, insurance companies and stockbrokers. In turn, the presence of so many decision-makers has brought in advertising agencies and marketing companies. The banks have built large office towers, much of whose space is leased to these companies. The bank towers, and much else in Toronto's core, are connected by a system of underground walkways, known as PATH, which is lined with retail establishments making the area one of the most important shopping districts in Toronto. The vast majority of these stores are only open during weekdays when the financial district is populated. During the weekend, the walkways remain open but the area is deserted and the stores are closed. PATH is a 27-kilometre network of pedestrian tunnels beneath the office towers of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

It is estimated that 100,000 commuters enter and leave the financial district each working day. Transport links are centred on Toronto's Union Station at the south end of the financial district, which is the hub of the GO Transit system that provides railway and bus links to Toronto's suburbs. The intersection of Bay and Bloor is the location of the Toronto Transit Commission's Bay subway station. Union Station is a major railway, subway, and streetcar station at 65 Front Street West between Bay Street and York Street in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... GO Transit, officially known as the Greater Toronto Transit Authority (GTTA), is Canadas first, and Ontarios only, interregional public transit system, established to link Toronto with the surrounding regions of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). ... The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is a public transport authority that operates buses, streetcars, subways, and rapid transit lines in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Bay is a station on the Bloor-Danforth Line of the Toronto subway. ...

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