This mural was designed and created from May 15th to July 15th, 2018 as a SPARK project of the Cultural Hotspot, produced in partnership with the City of Toronto and supported by a StreetARToronto Partnership Program grant. Read More

Lovegates’ silo playfully piles on a diverse group of characters as they climb on top of each other and hang from the ‘South Liberty Trail’ text. Read More

Both the silo and hopper by Alexander Bacon include imagery that represents both the past and bright future of Liberty Village. Read More

Jarus’ approach to the South Liberty silo emphasizes the human gaze within an area of industrial buildings and residential towers, reminding the viewer that nature is there if we just take a look. Read More

This project, entitled Multipli’city, is managed by Mural Routes and is part of the StreetARToronto Partnership Program in collaboration with the Corktown Residents and Business Association, the City of Toronto Parks Department, and Relay 2017 – Friends of the PanAm Path. While the artists’ designs are diverse, they are tied… Read More

The Western Gateway Mural is a dramatic Underpass mural painted on the Cenotaph Underpass at Kingston Road and Danforth (opposite Variety Village). This Underpass mural welcomes visitors and residents entering from the west into southern Scarborough with an array of local landscape travelled through butterfly migration. A signature project of… Read More

The Connections Mural was created in 2016 as a Signature Project of the Cultural Hotspot, produced in partnership with the City of Toronto. Read More

This bright coloured “rainbow” sunset was inspired by the youth’s input to celebrate diversity. Read More

Combining mural, street and community arts under one concrete roof Read More

The TERRA STRAT’AA is the second landmark mural painted by MEDIAH for the City of Toronto Read More

The Radi’aal Encompass is one of two underpass murals painted by respected graffiti artist Mediah in partnership with Mural Routes. Read More

A signature project of Cultural Hotspot- East, this bright and beautiful mural is a permanent piece of public art, created to welcome visitors entering south Scarborough from the east. Read More

Artist: OMEN, 2014 Location: Warden & St. Clair E., Scarborough, ON. Montreal based graffiti artist OMEN worked in collaboration with StARToronto to create this mural paying homage to the real life Bomb Girls who worked at the Scarborough’s General Engineering Company (GECo) plant in the area during World War II. Project managed… Read More

Following a successful mural project in 2012, property owner Lefteris Karagianis worked closely with Mural Routes to continue streetscape improvements to his property at Greenwood and Gerrard. Artist, William Lazos was selected through an open call competition to work with designer Alvin Wong to create a contemporary-styled mural that complements… Read More

“Forest of Birch Trees” was painted on panels and is now installed, towering three stories high on the side of Birch Cliff Public School. Read More

“Welcome to Birch Cliff” was designed by Anthony Delacruz and painted by Mural Routes artists and volunteers. Read More

(Please note: this mural was removed – 2018)
Spanning 5 separate walls, this mural shows a variety of scenes from the festival that celebrates the energy, culture and people of Wexford Heights neighbourhood Read More

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. Read More

2nd mural painted in the Birch Cliff Community Mural Project. Lead artist, Tara Dorey. Assisted by summer students. Read More

Concept/lead artist: Jim Bravo, Head Painters: Jim Bravo, Anthony Delacruz and Em Ciobanica,  with graduates from Mural Routes Leadership Training in Mural Making program Address: 1289 Gerrard St. E. at Greenwood Ave., Toronto Date:  Summer 2012 Neighbourhood storeowners and residents, led by property owner Lefteris Karagianis, wanted to make a… Read More

Artist: Sarah Collard, assisted by Meaghann MacLeod. Date: September 2012 Read More

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… Read More

Metamorphosis is based on the themes of change and transformation, bringing positivity to the entrance of the community centre. Lead artist Tara Dorey and Mural Routes’ artists led local youth in a series of stencil-making workshops to create the images of the stages of a butterfly’s life and transformation in… Read More

This mural, entitled Intersections, was created by student artists as part of a youth summer training initiative run by Mural Routes. Read More

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). Read More

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. Read More

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. It focuses on Article #2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states: “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind”. Read More

Created in Summer 2008 by local youth, this mural symbolizes the evolution of community as it celebrates strength and diversity through creative participation. Read More

The theme of a “media art gallery” was chosen by the youth to reflect their views on how media and advertising affect youths today. Read More

Artist Mentor: Victor Manzo with 7 youth artists Project Managed by Mural Routes, 2007 Artists’ statement: Diversity – people from all corners of the world, living in one eco-system. Like the branches of a tree, mingling with the roots of a mushroom, touched by the butterfly’s antenna and caressed by… Read More

The theme of our mural – Natural Mystic – is “New Beginnings”. It portrays a family’s journey and their will to reach a safe and peaceful destination in which to live, a need that we feel is shared by all humans. Read More

Artists: Ellen Bleiwas, Leah Burns, Katy Mulla, Summer 2004 Designed by artists Leah Burns, Katy Mulla and Ellen Bleiwas, the mural was inspired by stories told to the artists by Scarborough Storytellers – Bluffers Tales. Working with themes of metamorphosis, transition and migration, members of Bluffers Tales told a series… Read More

This mural is painted on the garage door of the office that Mural Routes shares with Scarborough Arts. Read More

(Please note that this mural has deteriorated significantly and is need of repair.) Read More

This commemorative mural depicts passengers boarding a radial car at Stop 17 on the Toronto and York Radial Line, at the junction of St. Clair Avenue and Kingston Road. Read More

This mural recreates a scene showing members of the Highland Creek community working together to build an addition to the Wesley Methodist Chapel in the early winter of 1867. Read More

Elizabeth Simcoe, wife of Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe was so impressed with the sight of the Bluffs as she saw them from a small boat.. Read More

Artist: Jeff Jackson, July 1992 Location: 2340 Kingston Road at Sharpe Street, Scarborough The Onondaga was built near Kingston in 1790 and served as flagship of the Provincial Marine until her retirement in 1797. This was the ship in which Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe and his wife Elizabeth sailed across Lake… Read More

In 1862 the Scarborough Rifle Company was organized with headquarters in a school at Eglinton Avenue near Markham Road. Read More

Built as an inn at the corner of Kingston Road and what is now Midland Avenue, Half Way House was a rural stage coach stop half way between the village of Dunbarton and the St. Lawrence Market in Toronto. Read More