Ontario Science Centre

• How Ford government staff crafted answers on Ontario Science Centre snowstorm survival

  Emails show Ford government political staff helped shape public responses about the Ontario Science Centre roof after a major snowstorm.

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  Sep 4
  
• Toronto motion requests province hand over former Ontario Science Centre

  With community needs and buildings remaining empty, Toronto councillors are hoping the province will hand the keys over to the former Ontario Science Centre.

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  Jul 28
  
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• Interim Science Centre opens at Toronto waterfront as Ontario Place location built

  The province abruptly closed the science centre in its east Toronto location two years ago with only a few hours' warning, saying the roof needed urgent repairs.

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  Jun 29
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• Smaller interim Ontario Science Centre opens on Toronto’s waterfront

  The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Gaming unveiled the new Harbourfront Centre location on Monday, two years after the permanent science centre was abruptly closed to the public.

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  Jun 29
• Ford government awards $1B contract for new Ontario Science Centre

  The province urgently shuttered the Ontario Science Centre at Don Mills and Eglinton to move it south to the waterfront, claiming the move was necessary because of its roof.

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  Feb 26
• Ontario Science Centre allowing attrition to shrink workforce after closure

  The Ford government announced the science centre at Don Mills and Eglinton would permanently close in 2024, pointing to the structural integrity of its roof.

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  Feb 4
• Infrastructure Ontario can’t say if science centre roof was damaged in major snowstorm

  Advocates point to images of the science centre after 50 cm of snow was dropped on Toronto, which appear to show its roof is intact. The government agency said staff weren't sure.

  Canada

  Jan 27
• Ontario to open interim science centre next summer at Harbourfront Centre

  Ontario is set to open an interim science centre next summer on Toronto's waterfront, two years after the province abruptly closed the old location in the city's east end.

  Politics

  Dec 10, 2025
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• No decision on temporary Ontario Science Centre location, minister says

  Ontario's infrastructure minister says the government has not decided whether there will be a temporary science centre while a new one is being built at Ontario Place.

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  Jun 24, 2025
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• ‘The biggest betrayal’: A year on, staff grieve Ontario Science Centre’s snap closure

  One year after closing the Ontario Science Centre, plans for a new site face delay, the roof remains intact, and staff call the shutdown a “manufactured crisis.”

  Canada

  Jun 20, 2025