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Toronto
Two self-guided walks and nine stops, from Yorkville’s coffee houses to St. Lawrence Hall. Here are six.
Stop 1 · 110–112 Yorkville Ave
A coffee house from 1963. On 17 October 1969, Canada’s federal drug inquiry, the Le Dain Commission, held a public hearing in the club.
Stop 2 · 134 Yorkville Ave
Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Gordon Lightfoot played this basement club, open 1964 to 1978. A 1967 sit-in on the street ended with about 50 arrests.
Stop 4 · 341 Bloor St W
In 1968 students moved into this tower: a free university with no curriculum, exams or degrees. Since 1979 it has been apartments for seniors and people with disabilities.
Stop 5 · 344 Bloor St W
Its LSD trial for alcoholism compared LSD, an active placebo and no drug. Abstinence improved in all three groups, with no significant difference.
Stop 6 · 1001 Queen St W
In 1998 it merged into CAMH. In 2019, CAMH became a Toronto site in an international psilocybin trial for treatment-resistant depression.
Stop 9 · 157 King St E
The Le Dain Commission heard from Torontonians here in October 1969. Its 1973 report found psilocybin wasn’t yet on any Canadian drug schedule.
The full tour
Maps, walking times, sources and all nine stops are on the tour page. Some stops are homes and a working hospital: please be respectful.
Educational only. Pictures are Shroomverse AI illustrations and film stills.