Yonge-Dundas Square

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public square tourist attraction urban plaza

Yonge-Dundas Square is a major public plaza and commercial hub in downtown Toronto, known for its bright billboards, events, and role as a central gathering place often compared to New York’s Times Square.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Yonge–Dundas Square	3
Downtown Yonge	1
Yonge-Dundas Square Board of Management	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public square ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ urban plaza ⓘ
comparedTo	Times Square ⓘ
constructionStarted	late 1990s ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
designedBy	Brown and Storey Architects ⓘ
hasDesignStyle	contemporary urban design ⓘ
hasFeature	LED screens ⓘ elevated stage ⓘ fountain jets ⓘ granite paving ⓘ large digital billboards ⓘ lighting masts ⓘ open performance space ⓘ outdoor seating ⓘ
hasPublicTransitAccess	Toronto subway ⓘ surface form: TTC subway bus routes ⓘ streetcar routes ⓘ
hasSurfaceArea	approximately 1 acre ⓘ
inMunicipalWard	Downtown Toronto ⓘ surface form: Toronto Centre
knownFor	New Year’s Eve celebrations ⓘ being compared to Times Square ⓘ bright billboards ⓘ concerts ⓘ festivals ⓘ public events ⓘ
locatedAtIntersectionOf	Dundas Street ⓘ Yonge Street ⓘ
locatedIn	Downtown Toronto ⓘ Ontario ⓘ Toronto ⓘ
near	Dundas station ⓘ surface form: Dundas subway station Ed Mirvish Theatre ⓘ Toronto Metropolitan University ⓘ surface form: Ryerson University Toronto Eaton Centre ⓘ
opened	2002 ⓘ
operatedBy	Yonge-Dundas Square self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yonge-Dundas Square Board of Management
ownedBy	Toronto ⓘ surface form: City of Toronto
role	central gathering place ⓘ commercial hub ⓘ entertainment district focal point ⓘ
surroundedBy	cinemas ⓘ hotels ⓘ office buildings ⓘ restaurants ⓘ retail stores ⓘ
usedFor	advertising campaigns ⓘ community events ⓘ film shoots ⓘ
zoningContext	commercial ⓘ retail ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Downtown Toronto → contains → Yonge-Dundas Square ⓘ

Old Toronto → contains → Yonge-Dundas Square ⓘ

Ontario → containsLandmark → Yonge-Dundas Square ⓘ

Dundas Street → hasLandmark → Yonge-Dundas Square ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yonge–Dundas Square

Toronto → hasLandmark → Yonge-Dundas Square ⓘ

Yonge Street → hasLandmark → Yonge-Dundas Square ⓘ

Queen station → hasNearbyLandmark → Yonge-Dundas Square ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yonge–Dundas Square

Yonge Street → hasNeighbourhood → Yonge-Dundas Square ⓘ

this entity surface form: Downtown Yonge

Yonge-Dundas Square → operatedBy → Yonge-Dundas Square self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yonge-Dundas Square Board of Management

Dundas station → serves → Yonge-Dundas Square ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yonge–Dundas Square