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Bloor Street Culture Corridor


The Bloor St. Culture Corridor (BCC), is a cultural district located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Similar to a business improvement district, the BCC comprises more than a dozen arts organizations along a 1 mile (1.6 km) stretch of Bloor Street West, between Bathurst and Bay Street. The group spans French, Japanese, Italian and aboriginal languages, encompass a range of visual art and music and include three museums: the Royal Ontario Museum, the Gardiner Museum and the Bata Shoe Museum.

Officially launched in April 2014, the collective shares a web site, social media and a mobile app to promote exhibitions at its member institutions. The group is working as a cultural destination like New York City's Museum Mile or Montreal's Quartier des spectacles. The institutions have an annual attendance estimated at over three million people per year.

Member institutions in the corridor are:

Associated institutions, which are nearby or within the district, include the 918 Bathurst Cultural Centre, the Museum of Estonians Abroad and the Toronto Reference Library.



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