Place · Kensington Market and Chinatown
Kensington Market
A grid of lanes with vintage shops and food stalls: walk it in the afternoon for an hour, and avoid Sundays when many stalls are shut.
Key facts
- Time on site
- 60–90 min
- p95 150 min
- Price
- Free
- Hours
- unknown
- Best time
- unknown
- 28″ bags
- Painful
- Kensington Market and Chinatown: painful
- Getting there
- Streetcar 505 or 510, or car to Kensington Avenue
- Free entry
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- Toronto ↗St. Lawrence Market does not open every day of the week: check the days before you plan a lunch there.
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Plan
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Time on site
Minimum
30min
Worthwhile
60min
Typical
90min
p95
150min
Open streets; shops keep their own hours and many close early.
On the ground
Getting in, crowds, and where to go if it does not work
Getting in
- Stop
- Streetcar 505 or 510, or car to Kensington Avenue
- Exit
- —
- Ticket
- free · official site
- Stairs
- note: none of note
- Shoes
- Shoes on.
Crowds and switching
- Crowd clock
- Weekends are the busiest; weekday afternoons are calm.
- Sensory load
- 3/5
- Exposure
- medium
Bailouts
heat
Museum or mall (indoors)
Nearest rescue anchor: A — Kensington Avenue and Baldwin Street (café row)
Red lines
- Many stalls are cash-friendly but shop hours vary; check before you plan a meal.
Deep dive
Questions, what is nearby, photos and sources
Questions and answers
No questions answered here yet.
Nearby
Straight-line distance; walk time adds 30% for streets.
- ClusterKensington Market and Chinatownnearest point: Kensington Avenue and Baldwin Street (café row)10 m · 1 min walk
- ClusterYorkville and the Royal Ontario Museum1.4 km · 23 min walk
- ClusterUnion Station, CN Tower and the waterfront1.4 km · 23 min walk
- Sleep areaDowntown core (Union Station)1.8 km · 29 min walk
- Sleep areaYorkville1.9 km · 32 min walk
- ClusterSt. Lawrence Market and Old Town2.2 km · 35 min walk
Sources
- officialDestination Toronto (official)