The Toronto Association of BIAs says the market is well known for colourful shopfronts and vibrant murals. The City’s May 2026 heritage plan says murals, some commissioned, adorn many exterior walls, and many were made by community members who live or work in the district. It pictures 173 Baldwin Street and a laneway off Augusta Avenue, and notes the Mona Lisa mural on the south side of 54 Kensington Avenue, painted in the 1980s. More on the area in our Kensington Market hub.
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Where to See Murals in Toronto, From Kensington to Scarborough
A walls-first guide across the whole city, with artists named from StreetARToronto and BIA pages, plus the Scarborough and Etobicoke murals other lists skip.
Toronto’s walls do a lot of the talking, and this guide helps you listen across the whole city.
The City’s StreetARToronto (StART) site has an interactive map of murals and street art across Toronto, and each entry highlights the artist behind the work. StART is a suite of programs designed for streets and public spaces that showcase local artists and mentor emerging talent. Its program menu includes Outside the Box, Partnership Program, Concrete Barriers and Underpass Program. Use the map for live detail, and use this guide to choose where to point your feet.
Where we name an artist, a City or BIA page names them first. Where a page does not, we leave the credit off. Years given for StART listings are the programme years StART shows for each artwork.
A March 2025 City report recommends the name Graffiti Alley for the existing public lanes south of Queen Street West, between Augusta Avenue and Spadina Avenue. It says the name honours lanes that have been a hotspot for graffiti art since the 1980s. Our pick for a classic downtown stroll.
StART’s Laneways of Toronto 2022 entry lists Takeo Tenn at Cecil Street (the lane east of Spadina, north), as the Cecil Laneway Project, with other cards at the location crediting Cruz.Uno, Phillip Saunders, Wandy Cheng, Horus, Stephanie Bellefleur and Kseniya Tsoy.
StART’s 2026 Underpass Program lists murals at addresses on Bloor Street by SKAM (1479), Adrian Hayles (1441), Jetr (1459) and Darcy Obokata (1476), among other artists. A 2026 programme batch, in other words, for a fall walk.
StART’s 2021 Underpass Program lists murals here by Keitha Keeshig-Tobias Biizindam (253), Leone McComas (255), Nick Sweetman (261) and SOWL (267). Its 2025 Concrete Barriers program lists many artists, including Lovia Maleki, Natalie Draz and Hyedie, between Rideau Avenue and Dundas Street West. Maya Hayuk’s 2014 Partnership Program mural is at Lansdowne and Dundas West.
The Junction BIA says the Junction is home to twelve permanent augmented reality murals, brought to life through the Artivive app. Examples include Trackside at 2945 Dundas Street West (rear) by Megan Oldhues , Junction Dreams at 2853 Dundas Street West by Jasmin Pannu , Cozy Reading at 2887 Dundas Street West by Rookie Signs, marked new for 2026 , Greetings from the Junction at 380 Keele Street by Elizabeth Jackson Hall and the Train Mural at 2978 Dundas Street West by Trevor Goodwin, which the BIA animates as a bonus feature of Window Wonderland. The BIA described Junction Dreams in 2021 as Toronto’s first-ever interactive AR mural.
To watch them move, download the Artivive app, open it and point your phone at each mural. The BIA’s page lists Window Wonderland 2026/27 from November 27, 2026 to January 31, 2027, a free, self-guided outdoor exhibition with 20 new storefront window installations alongside 12 year-round AR wall murals. See our Junction hub.
The BIA lists three murals by Daniel Mazzone at the Jackson Place laneway, 51 Vine Avenue: Rhapsody in Gold, Pixel Playground and Cubist Odyssey.
StART lists Rob Matejka’s 2012 Partnership Program murals at 1445 and 1564 Kingston Road and a 2013 one at 1650 Kingston Road. Emily Harrison’s 2013 mural is at Kingston Road and Birchcliff Avenue.
StART credits Frannie Potts with a 2021 Partnership Program mural at 4040 Lawrence Avenue East, created through community consultation on the theme of diversity. Nearby listings include Dan Bergeron at 4010, Amir Akbari at 4205 and Tara Dorey at 2075.
StART’s 2022 Concrete Barriers program lists many artists along Conlins Road, including Joan Lee, Taniya Moses Rajaratnam and Cindy Scaife. Bacon’s 2021 Underpass Program mural is on Meadowvale Road, immediately south of Zoo Road, so it pairs with a trip to Rouge. More in our Scarborough hub.
The City’s 2019 Etobicoke guide noted that many murals had been painted along Lake Shore Boulevard over three decades, celebrating community members, local history, nature and wildlife. StART lists Curtia Wright’s 2026 mural at 2372 Lake Shore Boulevard West , Alexa Hatanaka’s 2013 mural at 2413 and Cindy Scaife’s 2016 underpass mural on Park Lawn Road. The same 2019 guide described a 2017 Mimico mural at 2336 by Herman Mejia, depicting the skyline, Mimico’s main streets, the lakeshore and a pigeon.
The City says the Village of Islington is home to 28 murals depicting local history, some created with a City Mural Street Art Program grant, and that the BIA organizes walking tours. The BIA says John Kuna has painted most of them, with Arts Etobicoke, Creative Village and Sarah Collard also contributing. Our Islington Village murals guide walks the strip stop by stop.
How do you plan a mural walk?
Pick one cluster and walk it. Kensington Market and Graffiti Alley make a natural downtown pair, the Junction’s AR murals string along Dundas Street West, and the Scarborough and Etobicoke walls reward a short transit hop or a bike ride. StART notes that it aims to keep its map accurate and up to date, and that occasional changes may mean some locations or details differ from those shown, so treat the map as your final check.
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- StART Map, StreetARToronto (City of Toronto)
- StART Artworks Gallery, StreetARToronto (City of Toronto)
- StreetARToronto, City of Toronto
- Kensington Market, Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas
- Kensington Market Heritage Conservation District Plan, Volume 1, City of Toronto
- Naming of the existing Public Lanes South of Queen Street West, extending between Augusta Avenue to Spadina Avenue, City of Toronto
- Augmented Reality (AR) Wall Murals, The Junction BIA
- Trackside, The Junction BIA
- Junction Dreams, The Junction BIA
- New Augmented Reality Mural, The Junction BIA
- Cozy Reading, The Junction BIA
- Greetings from the Junction, The Junction BIA
- Pacific Train Mural, The Junction BIA
- Rhapsody in Gold, The Junction BIA
- Pixel Playground, The Junction BIA
- Cubist Odyssey, The Junction BIA
- Window Wonderland 2026/27, The Junction BIA
- Cultural Loops: Explore Etobicoke Art, History and Nature, City of Toronto
- BIA List: Q-Y, City of Toronto
- Mural Map, Village of Islington BIA
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