10 Facts About Yonge-Dundas Square

Yonge–Dundas Yonge-Dundas Square, or Dundas Yonge-Dundas Square, is a public square at the southeast corner of the intersection of Yonge Street and Dundas Street East in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

The board of management for Yonge–Dundas Yonge-Dundas Square was established in 2001, and is the first public–private partnership in Canada to operate a public square.

Yonge-Dundas Square frequently serves as a venue for public events connected to the city's cultural festivals, including NXNE, the Toronto International Film Festival, Luminato, Nuit blanche and Pride Week.

Yonge-Dundas Square is on a slight incline, which architects Brown and Storey have said was intended to evoke a theatrical stage.

Surface of Yonge–Dundas Yonge-Dundas Square is not level; it is sloped upward away from Yonge Street to allow enough height to provide clearance for the Toronto Parking Authority garage entrance.

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Unlike many other city fountains, the Dundas Yonge-Dundas Square fountains were meant for waterplay and include a sophisticated filtration system that keep the water at or above "pool quality" water.

Architects Brown and Storey, fountain creator Dan Euser, the firm that initiated the bidding, former Councillor Kyle Rae, and the management of Dundas Yonge-Dundas Square have all confirmed that waterplay was one of the intended uses of the space.

Yonge–Dundas Yonge-Dundas Square is located within the Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area .

Toronto Life Yonge-Dundas Square, formerly known as the Metropolis development, began in January 1999 after the City of Toronto expropriated a number of properties, and a phased opening began in 2007.

Yonge-Dundas Square is surrounded on all sides by gigantic commercial billboards in a redevelopment scheme modelled on New York City's Times Yonge-Dundas Square or London's Piccadilly Circus.