Being Black on King Walking Tour
Discover the Black history that spans King Street East while also celebrating the community leaders who risked everything to ensure freedom.
Date and time
Location
Inglenook Community School
19 Sackville Street Toronto, ON M5A 3E1 CanadaRefund Policy
About this event
- Event lasts 1 hour 30 minutes
Discover the Black history that spans King Street East: from the first Underground Railroad site excavated in Canada, to one of Toronto's first soul food restaurants whose name, design and atmosphere surfaced the history of slavery in the US and Canada, while also celebrating the community leaders who risked everything to ensure freedom.
This tour will be led by Emerging Historian Faith Ebanks. Faith Ebanks is a recent graduate of the University of Toronto, with an honours bachelor’s degree with a double major in History and Art History. As a history major her main area of focus is on Caribbean history particularly during the 16th-19th centuries, as well as African and Indigenous history.
Start Point: Inglenook Community School (19 Sackville Street)
Our staff and volunteers will be at the tour's starting location 30 minutes prior to each tour. Please arrive at least 5-10 minutes prior to the start of the tour to allow time for check in. Feel free to call us at (647) 542-3450 if you are having trouble finding the start location.
End Point: 30 Adelaide Street East
Length of Tour: Approximately 90 minutes
Distance and Terrain: This tour is approximately 1.7 kilometers in distance and takes place predominantly on paved city sidewalks and streets. There are some unpaved portions of the route that take place in city parks.
Registration is required for all tours. Please note: you will not be able to join a tour group if you have not registered ahead of time.
This tour uses individual audio headsets. All registered participants will be provided with an individual headset that will allow you to hear the tour guide throughout the tour.
Frequently asked questions
TTC: If taking public transportation, you can take the 504 Streetcar to King St E and Sackville St or the 501B to Queen St E and Sumach St then walk southwest 5 minutes. Parking: The closest Green P is located at 100 Cooperage St, M5A 1H7.
If you're running late for a tour and the tour has already left the starting location, look for the Heritage Toronto flag and group around the start location. You can also call us at (647) 542-3450.
Tours run rain or shine, so feel free to bring your umbrella or other rain gear. We will contact you if a tour is cancelled.
After the tour, you will receive a post-tour survey through an Eventbrite email. Please feel free to fill out the survey and give us feedback about your tour experience!
We recommend wearing comfortable walking shoes and considering bringing sunscreen and water to make your tour as enjoyable as possible.
As a walking tour, there are limited opportunities to sit throughout the tour and participants will be standing/walking for the majority of the tour, although there may be benches and ledges along the way! Please do not hesitate to reach out to us if you have any questions about accessibility.