The Bata Shoe Museum houses some 13,000 artifacts spanning over 4500 years. The best part is admission is pay what you can one evening a week.
The University of Toronto was founded in 1827 and over 62,000 students attend its main campus located downtown. Expectedly, it has a good selection of historic buildings to explore.
The Hudson's Bay store at Yonge and Queen decorated several store windows for the Christmas season.