Mural Locations
Mural Routes had the opportunity to revitalize Toronto’s iconic rainbow tunnel mural, located just south of Lawrence on the East side of the Don Valley Parkway, on the south entrance of the CN Rail Tunnel and part of the East Don Trail.
This mural acts as a visual representation of Scarborough’s rich history, with the Scarborough Bluffs and Elizabeth Simcoe both being featured.
2nd mural painted in the Birch Cliff Community Mural Project. Lead artist, Tara Dorey. Assisted by summer students.
Neighbourhood storeowners and residents, led by property owner Lefteris Karagianis, wanted to make a positive change in the Greenwood/Gerrard area of east Toronto, and felt that a public art project would demonstrate the artistic potential of the community.
Tudor Birch Grove, painted by Sarah Collard and assisted by Meaghann MacLeod in September 2012
This was the first mural in the Birch Cliff Community Mural project, in a partnership with residents of Birch Cliff and Mural Routes.
The concept of the ‘Puzzle Mural’ was developed by artist Elaine Teguibon as part of an independent study project for the Leadership Training in Mural Making program 2011. Elaine writes in her proposal “The Jigsaw puzzle represents the importance of creating the right links between people, communities and organizations ….A puzzle is a challenge, but there is a solution.”
This mural completes the Children at Play trilogy also present on Riding the Radials at 5110 and on Toboggan Hill at 5112 Dundas W.
Commissioned by the Islington BIA and painted by John Kuna to commemorate the Bicentennial of the War of 1812, the mural features the three Canadian units that participated in the march: the 104th (New Brunswick) Regiment of Foot, the Glengarry Light Infantry Fencible Regiment, and Les Voltigeurs Canadiens.
“The Mayors of Pembroke – A Portrait Gallery 1858-2014” features portraits of the 45 mayors who have served the community over the years from the community’s founding to 2014.
Metamorphosis is based on the themes of change and transformation, bringing positivity to the entrance of the community centre.
This mural, entitled “Intersections,” was created by student artists as part of a youth summer training initiative run by Mural Routes. The artwork represents the intersection between fantasy and reality, depicting harmony between the faces of young people and their community at the junction of two roads.
This mural, painted by John Kuna, shows children tobogganing on the hill behind Montgomery’s Inn in fresh snowfall.
Ceramic artist Cristina Delago worked for five months using a base of cement panels and a mix of porcelain tiles, glass and handcrafted porcelain pieces to depict frames from Arnie Lipsey’s animated film in the colourful mosaic.
Artist Rob Matejka mentored a team of youth and community members to create a mural spanning the north side of the bridge (871 feet or 266 metres) that represents the paths taken by community members and wildlife indigenous to the area.
Before his engagement as keynote speaker at the 12th National Mural Symposium in Midland Ontario, Berlin-based artist Hand offered to leave a gift to Toronto in the form of an outdoor public art mural. Trace is one of the artist’s series of anonymous public portraits – his first in Canada.
The work, painted by John Kuna, tells the story of the Islington United Church from its early Wesleyan Methodist days on Dundas to its current location at 25 Burnhamthorpe Road.
The mural is part of Amnesty International’s Project Urban Canvas, a mural series celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This richly symbolic mural, designed by a team of youth artists, portrays the passage of a gift from left to right, on a journey that arrives ashore on a sea of waves – representing a difficult journey towards human rights that settles on the shores of our communities.
This mural depicts a scene from the prohibition era (ca. 1928) with a pop truck rounding up empty bottles outside of the old Islington Hotel, which was once a local watering hole.
The mural is part of Amnesty International’s Project Urban Canvas, a mural series celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and focuses on article #28 of the Universal Declaration of Human rights which states: “Every individual is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this declaration can be fully realized”. Each youth artist was responsible for creating a panel sharing opinions regarding Freedom and ‘Entitlement’. Images of education, human rights leaders, and different stages of life, rights to owning property, and a unity tree are some of the dominant images present throughout the mural.
Created in Summer 2008 by local youth, this mural symbolizes the evolution of community as it celebrates strength and diversity through creative participation.
Painted by John Kuna, in this mural we see Mimico Creek winding through the valley, framed by sumac, spruce and pine, with Montgomery’s Inn shown at right.
The mural, painted by artist John Kuna, depicts Gordon’s Dairy, a local landmark once located in this building.
The theme of a “media art gallery” was chosen by the youth to reflect their views on how media and advertising affect youths today. Each youth artist created an individual piece within the mural to comment on issues of materialism, body image and self-reflection.
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