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This is a list of [[Movie theater|cinemas]] that exist or have existed in the city of [[Toronto, Ontario]], [[Ontario]], Canada.

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!width=28%|Name
!width=18%|Location
!width=8% data-sort-type="number"|Opened
!width=8% data-sort-type="number"|Closed
!width=5%|Screens
!width=35%|Notes
!width=10%|Image
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|Academy Theatre
|Bloor and Lansdowne
|1934
|1965
|1
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|Albion Cinemas
| Albion and Kipling
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|3
|Shows Hindi, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil and Bengali films.
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|Alhambra
|568 Bloor Street, west of Bathurst
|1910
|1986
|1
|Also known as the King George, Baronet, and also the Eve, a porn cinema.
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|AMC Kennedy Commons 20
|Kennedy and 401
|1998
|data-sort-value=2012|August 2012
|20
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|Avalon Theatre
|2923 Danforth west of Victoria Park
|1926
|1955
|1
|Clyde Theatre until 1930
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|Avenue Theatre
|Eglinton and Avenue
|1938
|1955
|1
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|Backstage
|Yonge and Bloor
|data-sort-value=1970 | c1970
|data-sort-value=2000 | c2000
|2
|Opened as part of the conversion of Loew's Uptown into a multiplex, but reached by a separate entrance; originally considered part of that multiplex, and called the Uptown Backstage.
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|Bay Theatre
|Queen and Bay
|1910
|1965
|1
|Earliest purpose built cinema in Toronto.
|[[File:Colonial Theatre, south side of Queen Street, east from Bay Street, constructed from fragments of old Customs House.jpg|150px]]
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|Bayview Theatre
|[[Leaside]]
|1936
|1961
|1
|Later was a live theatre venue known as the Bayview Playhouse.  Now a drug store.
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|Beach Theatre
|[[The Beaches]]
|1919
|1970
|1
|Remodeled into a shopping centre.
|[[File:Beach Theatre.JPG|150px]]
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|Cineplex Cinemas Beaches (formally Alliance Atlantis Beaches)
|1651 Queen Street East, Queen and Coxwell
|data-sort-value=1999|1999
|data-sort-value=9999|present
|6
|Built on the site of the former [[Greenwood Racetrack]].
|[[File:Beach Alliance Atlantis.JPG|150px]]
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|Beaver Theatre
|[[The Junction]]
|1913
|1961
|1
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|Bellevue Theatre
| On College St. near Brunswick
|1937
|1958
|1
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|[[TIFF Bell Lightbox|Bell Lightbox]]
|King and John
|2010
|data-sort-value=9999|present
|5
|Headquarters for the [[Toronto International Film Festival]].  Plays retrospectives and series as part of [[TIFF Cinematheque]], along with new releases of independent, foreign, and Canadian films.
|[[File:Lightbox 2010-09-11 VIII.JPG|150px]]

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|Biltmore Theatre
|Yonge and Dundas
|1948
|1977
|1
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|Birchcliff Theatre
|[[Birch Cliff]]
|1949
|1974
|1
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|Bloor Theatre
|Bathurst and Bloor
|1919
|1957
|1
|Originally Allen's Bloor Theatre, Famous Players acquired it in 1923 and operated it until 1957. Became the Blue Orchid nightclub and has been [[Lee's Palace]] music venue since 1985.
|[[File:Lee's Palace.jpg|150px]]
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|Bloordale Theatre (later known as State)
|1606 Bloor St W at Dundas St W
|1937
|1968
|1
| Building in use as commercial space
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|Bohemian Theatre
|Yonge St at Elm Street
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|Closed
|1
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|Brighton Theatre
|Roncesvalles
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|Closed
|1
| Building is in use as a convenience store
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|Broadview Theatre
|Broadview and Gerrard
|1941
|1945
|1
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|[[Broadway Theatre (Toronto)|Broadway Theatre]]
|75 Queen St West
|1919
|1965
|1
| Was originally The Globe burlesque and vaudeville; renamed the Roxy in 1933 and Broadway in 1937; was burlesque and film until its demolition for Sheraton Hotel.
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|Cameo Theatre
|Pape and Floyd [[East York]]
|1934
|1957
|1
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|Capitol Fine Arts Theatre
|Yonge and Eglinton
|1923
|1998
|1
|Converted to an event venue in 1998.
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|[[Carlton Cinema (Toronto)|Carlton Cinema]]
|Yonge and Carlton
|1981
|data-sort-value=9999|present
|9
|Focus on foreign and independent film. Closed in 2009 by [[Cineplex Odeon]]; reopened in 2010 under the ownership of [[Rainbow and Magic Lantern Cinemas]],<ref>[http://www.xtra.ca/blog/national/post/2010/02/18/Torontos-Carlton-Cinema-to-re-open-in-June.aspx "Toronto's Carlton Cinema to re-open in June"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924203404/http://www.xtra.ca/blog/national/post/2010/02/18/Torontos-Carlton-Cinema-to-re-open-in-June.aspx |date=2012-09-24 }}. ''[[Xtra!]]'', February 18, 2010.</ref> and acquired by [[Imagine Cinemas]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/07/06/camping-for-a-cause-movie-goers-help-raise-money-for-fresh-air-fund.html|title=Camping for a cause: Movie-goers help raise money for Fresh Air Fund|last=Ferenc|first=Leslie|date=2016-07-06|work=The Toronto Star|access-date=2017-10-28|language=en-CA|issn=0319-0781}}</ref>
|[[File:Carlton Cinemas Toronto.jpg|150px]]
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|Carlton Theatre
|Parliament and Carlton
|1930
|1954
|1
|Not to be confused with the far more famous Odeon Carlton; this was a much smaller theatre on Parliament Street just north of Carlton Street. After closing as a movie house, it was used as a CBC studio and is currently the Canadian Children's Dance Theatre.
|[[File:Dance Theatre 509 Parliament St.JPG|150px]]
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|Cedarbrae Cinemas 8
|Markham and Lawrence
|1969
|2003
|8
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|Centre Theatre
|Bathurst and Dundas
|1935
|1977
|1
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|Cinecity
|Yonge and Charles
|1966
|1975
|1
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|Cinema Lumière (see Garden Theatre)
|College at Spadina
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|1
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|Cinema At The Toronto Dominion Centre
|[[Toronto Dominion Centre]]
|1967
|1978
|1
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|Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk 10
|North York Centre
|1999
|data-sort-value=9999|present
|10
|Formerly a SilverCity and Empire Theatres from 2005 to 2013.
|[[File:Empress Walk North York.jpg|150px]]
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|Cineplex Cinemas Queensway and VIP
|[[The Queensway, Toronto|The Queensway]]
|2001
|data-sort-value=9999|present
|15-5
|VIP Cinemas opened in January 2014. Formerly Cineplex Odeon
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|Cineplex Cinemas Yonge & Dundas Cinemas
|[[10 Dundas East]]
|2008
|data-sort-value=9999|present
|24
|Most screens ever in the City of Toronto. Formerly AMC Yonge & Dundas 24
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|Cineplex Odeon Eglinton Town Centre
|[[Golden Mile, Toronto|Golden Mile]]
|2000
|data-sort-value=9999|present
|16
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|[[File:Cineplex Odeon Eglinton Town Centre.jpg|150px]]
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|Cineplex Odeon Morningside
|Sheppard and Morningside
|1997
|data-sort-value=9999|present
|11
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|Cineplex Odeon Sheppard Grande
|Yonge and Sheppard
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|data-sort-value=2013|Relocated to Empress Walk in June 2013
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|Cineplex Odeon Varsity Cinemas
|[[Manulife Centre]]
|1974
|data-sort-value=9999|present
|2-12
|Includes some luxury "VIP" theatres.
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|Circle Theatre
|[[North Toronto]]
|1933
|1956
|1
|
| [[File:Circle Theatre isometric drawing 1932.jpg|150px]]
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|Classic Theatre (originally named "The King's Royal Theatre")
|Greenwood and Gerrard
|1914
|1957
|1
|As of Dec. 1, 2017, it is The Redwood Theatre
|[[File:Former Classic Theatre.JPG|150px]]
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|Cineplex Cinemas Scarborough
|[[Scarborough Town Centre]]
|1998
|data-sort-value=9999|present
|12
|Features Xscape Entertainment Centre and two Party Rooms.
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|College Theatre
|College and Ossington
|1924
|1967
|1
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|Comique Theatre
|Yonge and Dundas
|1908
|1914
|1
|
|[[File:ComiqueTheatre.jpg|150px]]
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|Community Theatre
|1202 Woodbine Ave. East York
|1937
|1955
|1
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|Coronet Theatre
|Yonge and Gerrard
|1951
|1983
|1
|Originally named the Savoy; became the Coronet in 1963. Well known [[grindhouse]] in the 1970s. Now, a jewellery store.
|[[File:Coronet Theatre Yonge and Gerrard Streets 1979 Toronto.jpg|150px]]
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|Cumberland Four
|[[Yorkville, Toronto|Yorkville]]
|1981
|2012<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/05/06/toronto-cumberland-theatre-closing.html "Cumberland theatre closing after 30 years in Yorkville"], ''CBC News'', May 6, 2012</ref>
|4
|Specialized in independent and foreign films and was a mainstay venue for the [[Toronto International Film Festival]]. Owned by Famous Players until 1997 when it was sold to [[Alliance Atlantis|Alliance]]. Owned and operated by Cineplex from 2005 until close.<ref>[http://www.toronto.com/article/726915 "AMC could be next in Toronto’s movie theatre shakeup"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510175023/http://www.toronto.com/article/726915 |date=2012-05-10 }}, ''Toronto Star'', May 9, 2012</ref>
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|[[Danforth Music Hall]]
|Danforth and Broadview
|1919
|2004
|1
|Originally named Allen's Danforth. Later, The Century, and also Titania. Now a live music venue.
|[[File:Music Hall 2010.JPG|150px]]
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| [[Donlands Theatre]]
|Donlands and O'Connor
|
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|1
| Currently a recording studio.<ref name=DougTaylorGoldenAge/>
|[[File:Donlands Cinema, Toronto.JPG|150px]]

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| Don Mills
| Don Mills and Lawrence Ave (Don Mill Shopping Centre)
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| 1
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|Downtown Theatre
|Yonge and Dundas
|1948
|1972
|1
|Current site of [[Yonge-Dundas Square]].
|[[File:Downtown Theatre Toronto.jpg|150px]]
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|Dufferin Drive-In
|Dufferin and Steeles
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|1
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|Eastwood Theatre
|1430 [[Gerrard Street East]] (near Ashdale Avenue)
|1927
|1985
|1
|Later was the Naaz<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mudhar |first1=Raju |title=Grand Gerrard Theatre brings a 100-year-old tradition back to life - Correction|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2019/05/20/gerrard-grand-theatre-brings-a-100-year-old-tradition-back-to-life.html |access-date=3 June 2019 |work=[[Toronto Star]] |date=21 May 2019}}</ref> and then the India Centre mall.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Plummer |first1=Kevin |title=Historicist: Nights Out At The Naaz Theatre |url=https://torontoist.com/2012/01/historicist-nights-out-at-the-naaz-theatre/ |website=[[Torontoist]] |publisher=[[Daily Hive]] |access-date=3 June 2019 |date=29 January 2012}}</ref> In 2015 it was heavily renovated and converted to apartments with retail on the ground floor.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hudson |first=Andrew |url=https://www.beachmetro.com/2015/06/16/dinner-movie-start-gerrard-india-bazaar/ |title=Dinner and a movie the start of the Gerrard India Bazaar |date=16 June 2015 |work=Beach Metro Community News |publisher=Ward 9 Community News |access-date=3 June 2019}}</ref> 
|[[File:India Centre, Former Eastwood Theatre.JPG|150px]]
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|Eaton Centre Cineplex
|[[Toronto Eaton Centre]]
|1979
|2001
|17-21
|First venue in the [[Cineplex Entertainment|Cineplex]] chain. Originally known as "Cineplex 18", then expanded to "Cineplex 21", then four auditoriums were combined into one. Considered the world's first [[megaplex]].
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|Eclipse Theatre
|Cabbagetown
|1947
|1951
|1
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|[[Eglinton Theatre]]
|Eglinton and Avenue Road
|1936
|2003
|1
|Converted to an event venue.
|[[File:Eglinton Theatre.jpg|150px]]
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|Elane Theatre
|Eglinton and Danforth
|1963
|1985
|1
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|[[Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres|Elgin Theatre]]
|Queen and Yonge
|1913
|data-sort-value=1980|1980s
|1
|Originally part of a twin live theatre, the [[Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres]]. When the upstairs Winter Garden closed in 1928, the lower theatre was converted to a cinema, which was known variously as Loew's, the Elgin, and the Yonge. It was then closed and both theatres were restored and are now theatre venues.
|[[File:Winter Garden, Toronto - Great Seats.jpg|150px]]
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|Famous Players Canada Square
|[[Canada Square (Toronto)|Canada Square]]
|1985
|data-sort-value=9999|2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blogto.com/film/2021/10/beloved-toronto-movie-theatre-shuts-down-after-three-decades/?fbclid=IwAR275dPw7z-gcZbpzUKxIhTxobXtPs8TkdVjBwiRiwvLwOkJjtIW7SaqbqI|title=Beloved Toronto movie theatre shuts down after more than three decades of flicks|website=blogTO|first=Jack|last=Landau|date=October 2021|accessdate=October 26, 2021}}</ref>
|8
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|Finch
| Finch at Dufferin
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| closed
|3
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|[[Fox Theatre (Toronto)|Fox Theatre]]
|[[The Beaches]]
|1914
|data-sort-value=9999|present
|1
|Oldest theatre in continuous operation in Toronto.
|[[File:Fox Theatre Marquee.jpg|150px]]
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|Garden Theatre (later known as Elektra, Cinema Lumiere, Chang's)
|290 College St, near Spadina
|1916
|1986
|1
|Opened as the Garden Theatre, so named because of its roof garden. It was a vaudeville venue before becoming the Garden Cinema in 1937.<ref name="tayloronhistory.com">{{cite web|url=http://tayloronhistory.com/2012/09/29/discovering-two-of-torontos-lost-movie-theatres/|title=Toronto's old movie theatres–the Garden Theatre on College St.|date=29 September 2012|website=tayloronhistory.com}}</ref> In 1950, the second floor was converted into the Garden Billiard Academy and then in 1960 the New Garden Billaird Academy. The cinema on the first floor was renamed the Elektra in 1965, closing in 1969. The entire building served as a pool hall until 1972 when Cinema Lumiere, a repertory art cinema, opened and operated until 1980 when it became Chang's Theatre, a Chinese cinema featuring "Taiwanese porn with religious overtones". Chang's closed in 1983. 18 months later, the venue again became Cinema Lumiere in 1985, featuring art films, foreign and alternative films but closed again in 1986 when its roof collapsed during a rainstorm. The building later became a computer store and then a Home Hardware.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.localfilmcultures.ca/?page_id=430 |title=Cinema Lumiere: Promoting Toronto's Alternative Art Community : Local Film Cultures |access-date=2014-09-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911214601/http://www.localfilmcultures.ca/?page_id=430 |archive-date=2014-09-11 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/34042|title=Chang's Theatre in Toronto, CA - Cinema Treasures|website=cinematreasures.org}}</ref>
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|Gay Theatre
|Parliament and Dundas
|1950s
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|1
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|Glendale Theatre
|Avenue Rd between Lawrence and Wilson
|1947
|1974
|1
|Showed [[Cinerama]] features. Demolished.
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|Golden Classics
|Spadina and Queen
|1977
|data-sort-value=1990|1990s
|1
|Chinese cinema. From 2010 to 2012 the building was home to the Toronto Underground Cinema.
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|Golden Mile Plaza Theatre
|Victoria Park and Eglinton
|1954
|1986
|2
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|Granada Theatre
|417 Danforth Avenue
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|1960
|1
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|The Grand Gerrard Theatre
|Jones and Gerrard
|data-sort-value=1911 | c1911<ref name="Insurance Plan of Toronto Vol. 6">"Insurance Plan of Toronto Vol 6, Plate 440", Chas. E. Goad, 1913.</ref>
|data-sort-value=9999|present
|1
|Converted from two houses to a theatre that  in 1911 the theatre known as The Bonita has gone through many incarnations since the 1970s (Greek, Hong Kong, Bollywood, Tamil) before becoming an independent cinema hub devoted to art, schlock, indie and foreign programming from around the world.

Has also been known as The Wellington, Krishna Cinema, Sri Lakshmi and Gerrard Cinema before re-opening in 2011 as an art house cinema, the Projection Booth. In 2013 it briefly closed due to a falling out among its owners and then re-opened as The Big Picture with Jonathan Hlibka as sole proprietor but closed as of 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/04/projection_booth_cinema_mired_in_internal_conflict/|title=Projection Booth Cinema mired in internal conflict|website=blogto.com}}</ref> It reopened in April 2019 as The Grand Gerrard Theatre.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mudhar |first1=Raju |title=Grand Gerrard Theatre brings a 100-year-old tradition back to life |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2019/05/20/gerrard-grand-theatre-brings-a-100-year-old-tradition-back-to-life.html |access-date=3 June 2019 |work=[[Toronto Star]] |date=20 May 2019}}</ref>
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|Griffin's Agnes St. Theatre
| 72 Agnes St. (Dundas)
|data-sort-value=1909 | 1909
| Closed
|1
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|Griffin's Hippodrome
| 219 Yonge St
|data-sort-value=1907 | 1907
| Closed
|1
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|Griffin's Majestic
| 219 Yonge St
|data-sort-value=1910 | 1910
| Closed
|1
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|Grover Theatre
|Danforth and Main
|data-sort-value=1920 | Early 1920s
|data-sort-value=1963 | c1963
|1
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| [[Hollywood Theatre (Toronto)|Hollywood Theatre]]
|Yonge and St. Clair
|1930
|1999
|2
| The first theater built to show ''"talkies"''
| [[File:The Hollywood Theatre, in Toronto, in 1945.png|150px]]
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|[[Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema]]
|Bathurst and Bloor
|1941
|data-sort-value=9999|present
|1
|Built in 1941 on the site of the Madison Theatre (1913), which was demolished in 1940. Known as the Midtown, Capri, Eden and Bloor Cinemas. Took the name Bloor when the old Bloor, now Lee's Palace, closed. Today, it is operated as the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, with documentary films predominantly featured, but also a host to other film festivals. Purchased by the [[Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival]] in 2016, using a $4 million gift from the [[Edward Samuel Rogers#Philanthropy|Rogers Foundation]], and was rebranded as the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hotdocs.ca/news/hot-docs-receives-5-million-gift-from-rogers-foundation|title=Hot Docs Receives $5-Million Gift From Rogers Foundation|publisher=Hot Docs|access-date=June 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813131506/http://www.hotdocs.ca/news/hot-docs-receives-5-million-gift-from-rogers-foundation|archive-date=August 13, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|[[File:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema.jpg|150px]]
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| [[Humber Cinemas]]
|Bloor St W at Jane St
|1948
|data-sort-value=9903|2019
|4
|One of the five original [[Cineplex Odeon Corporation|Odeon]] theaters built in Toronto. Closed in 2003 due to poor attendance. Reopened in April 2011 by Rui Pereira (owner of the Kingsway Cinema).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://torontoist.com/2010/09/the_humber_cinema_is_set_to_return.php|title=The Humber Cinema Is Set To Return|publisher=Torontoist|author=Stephen Michalowicz|date=September 22, 2010|access-date=April 6, 2011}}</ref> Expanded from 2 to 4 cinemas in 2012. Permanently closed in May 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/opinion/2019/05/30/humber-cinemas-last-picture-show-is-thursday-as-condo-projects-claim-another-landmark.html|title=Humber Cinemas' last picture show is Thursday as condo projects claim another landmark|author=Peter Howell|publisher=[[Toronto Star]]|date=May 30, 2019|access-date=May 30, 2019}}</ref>
|[[File:Humber Cinemas (with sign).jpg|150px]]
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|[[Ed Mirvish Theatre|Imperial]]
|Yonge and Dundas
|1927
|1988 <!-- Not "present", this list is about cinemas, not live theatres -->
|1-6
|Originally a single cinema and vaudeville house called the Pantages; renamed the Imperial in 1930 and exclusively a movie house; converted 1973 to the 6-screen Imperial Six; converted back to single-screen Pantages 1987; closed 1988 and eventually converted to become one of Toronto's main stage venues, first called the Pantages again, then the Canon, and now the Ed Mirvish Theatre.
|[[File:Inside the canon.jpg|150px]]
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|International Cinema
|2061 Yonge St
|data-sort-value=1933 | c1933
|data-sort-value=1987 | c1987
|1
|Originally the Oriole.
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|Island Theatre
|[[Toronto Islands]]
|data-sort-value=1949|c.1949
|1955
|1
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| [[Joy Theatre]]
|Queen and Jones
|
|Closed
|1
|Today, a restaurant.
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|Kingsway Theatre
|Bloor St W at Royal York
|1939
|data-sort-value=9906|2006; 2009–present
|1
|Today, running first run and recent releases.[http://www.kingswaytheatre.com/]
|[[File:Kingsway Cinema.JPG|150px]]

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|Lakeshore
|New Toronto
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|1
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|Lansdowne Theatre
|Bloor and Lansdowne
|1936
|1958
|1
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| Madison (1913)
| Bloor St W at Bathurst
| 1913
|1940
| 1
| Demolished in 1940 and replaced by Midtown Theatre (known today as Hot Docs)
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|Madison
|4950 Yonge St., north of Sheppard
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|Market Square
|Front and Jarvis
|1983
|data-sort-value=9999|present
|6
| Opened as the Cineplex Odeon Market Square, now the Imagine Cinemas Market Square
|[[File:Rainbow Market Cinemas Toronto.jpg|150px]]
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|[[Metro Theatre (Toronto)|Metro Theatre]]
|Bloor and Christie
|1939
|2013
|3
|Has been an adult movie theatre since 1978; the last such cinema in Toronto. In August 2012 it was announced that the Metro would become home to the art schlock indie foreign cinematic model under the same management of Projection Booth. However, after a falling out among the owners, The Metro closed permanently in December 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gale|first=Kimberly|title=Toronto's last porn theatre goes back to its roots|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/offbeat/story/2012/08/15/toronto-metro-theatre-xxx-arthouse.html|access-date=3 October 2012|newspaper=CBC|date=Aug 15, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/metro-theatre-closes-ending-an-era-of-porn-cinema-in-koreatown-1.2470796?cmp=rss | work=CBC News |title=Metro Theatre closes, ending an era of porn cinema in Koreatown}}</ref>
|[[File:Toronto Metro Theatre.jpg|150px]]
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|Mount Pleasant Cinema
|Mount Pleasant and Eglinton
|1926
|
|1
|Opened in 1926 as the Hudson Theatre.
|[[File:Mt Pleasant Cinema.JPG|150px]]
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|New Yorker Theatre
|Yonge and Bloor
|1919
|unknown
|1
|Opened as the Victoria in 1919. Demolished, but some of the facade used in the Panasonic Theatre on the site.
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| Northeast Drive-In Theatre
| Sheppard Avenue East and Victoria Park
|1947
|1976<ref name=drive>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/autos/2015/11/27/toronto-drive-in-theatres-the-show-starts-at-dusk.html|title=Toronto Drive-In Theatres: the show starts at dusk - The Star|website=thestar.com|date=27 November 2015}}</ref>
| 1
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| North West Drive-In Theatre
| Dixon Road and Highway 401<ref name=drive/>
|1948
|1977<ref>{{cite web|url=http://drive-ins.com/theater/xxtnorw/north-west-drive-in-toronto-on#.V4qBPvkrLIU|title=North West Drive-In, Toronto, ON, Canada - Facts & Highlights|website=drive-ins.com}}</ref>
| 1
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| Nortown
| 875 Eglinton Av W at Bathurst
|1948
|1974
| 1
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|Odeon
|1558 Queen St. W near Queen and Lansdowne<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imagearts.ryerson.ca/ecfo/events.htm|title=Early Cinema Filmography of Ontario (ECFO) - Events & Conferences|website=www.imagearts.ryerson.ca}}</ref>
|1919
|1968
|1
|Not connected to the Odeon chain. Now a F45 gym.
|[[File:Odeon Theatre, No. 1558 Queen Street West (4499956713).jpg|thumb|150px]]
|-
|[[Odeon Theatre Toronto|Odeon Carlton]]
|Yonge and Carlton
|1947
|1973
|1
|Demolished.
| [[File:Odeon Cinema Carlton Street Toronto 1972.jpg|150px]]
|-
|Odeon Danforth
|Pape and Danforth
|1947
|unknown
|2
|Now a fitness centre.
|
|-
|Odeon Fairlawn
|Yonge and Lawrence
|1947
|1985
|2
|Demolished.
|
|-
|Odeon Hyland
|Yonge and St. Clair
|1948
|2003
|2
|Demolished.
|
|-
|Odeon York
|Yonge and Eglinton
|1969
|2001<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://torontoist.com/2011/12/vintage-toronto-ads-coming-christmas-day%e2%80%94the-odeon-york/|title=Vintage Toronto Ads: Coming Christmas Day—The Odeon York!|date=December 20, 2011|website=Torontoist}}</ref>
|2
|Closed due to a court decision about accessibility. Became an event venue, then a fitness club, then a condo sales center, then demolished 2012.
|-
|[[Cinesphere|Ontario Place Cinesphere]]
|[[Ontario Place]]
|1971
|data-sort-value=9912|2012 – closed as part of government decision to close Ontario place. Reopened 2017–present.
|1
|The world's first permanent IMAX theatre.
|[[File:OntarioPlaceCinesphere.jpg|150px]]
|-
|[[The Opera House (Toronto)|Opera House]]
|Queen and Broadview
|1909
|
|1
|Today, a music venue.
|[[File:Opera House, Toronto.JPG|150px]]
|-
|Orpheum Theatre
|Queen and Bathurst
|
|
|1
|
|
|-
|Oxford Theatre
|Danforth and Coxwell
|1928 (renovated May 1937)
|
|1
|
|
|-
|Palace Theatre
|Danforth and Pape
|1924
|1987
|3
|
|[[File:DanforthPapeNECorner1927.jpg|150px]]
|-
| [[Paradise Theatre (Toronto)|Paradise Theatre]]
|Bloor and Dovercourt
|1937<ref name=Paradise>{{cite web |title=About Paradise |url=http://paradiseonbloor.com/about |website=Paradise Theatre |access-date=5 October 2019 |quote=In 1910, the “one-storey brick theatorium” Bloor Palace is built on the corner of Bloor and Westmoreland.   The venue is renamed The Kitchener in 1918 ... Paradise Theatre is born in 1937, built in the Art Deco and Art Moderne styles under the direction of one of Toronto’s earliest practising Jewish architects, Benjamin Brown. The new venue had 643 seats ...}}</ref>
|present
|1
|Built on the location of the 1910 Bloor Palace (renamed The Kitchener in 1918). Reopened in late 2019.<ref name=Paradise/>
|[[File:Paradise Theatre, Toronto.jpg|150px]]
|-
|Park Theatre
|Yonge and Lawrence
|1921
|1984
|1
|Opened as the Bedford Theatre. Renamed Park Theatre in 1949.
|
|-
|Parkdale Theatre
|Queen St W at Roncesvalles
|1924
|1970
|1
| Building still exists and is used as an antique furniture market.
|
|-
|Parkway Drive-in
|Woodbine and Steeles
|
|
|1
|
|
|-
|Parliament Theatre
|Parliament and Gerrard
|1929
|1963
|1
|
|
|-
|Pickford Theatre
|Queen and Spadina
|1910
|1940s
|1
|Opened as the Auditorium in 1908. Was renamed the Avenue Theatre in 1913.
|[[File:Auditorium Theatre in Toronto.jpg|150px]]
|-
|Plaza Theatre
|[[Hudson's Bay Centre]]
|1976
|2001
|2
|
|
|-
|Prince of Wales Theatre
|Danforth and Woodbine
|1927
|1966
|1
|
|
|-
|Radio City
|Bathurst and St. Clair
|1936
|1975
|1
|
|
|-
|Red Mill
|Yonge and Queen
|1906
|unknown
|1
|Toronto's first "permanent" movie theatre. Originally named the Theatorium.
|[[File:CrowdsinfrontofYongeStreettheatre.jpg|150px]]
|-
|Regent Theatre
|[[Davisville Village|Davisville]]
|1927
|data-sort-value=9999|present
|1
|Formerly the Crest.
|[[File:Regent Cinema, Toronto.JPG|150px]]
|-
|[[Revue Cinema]]
|Roncesvalles
|1912
|data-sort-value=9906|present
|1
| The Revue is the oldest purpose-built movie theatre presently operating in Toronto. The Revue operated continuously from 1912 to 2006. It re-opened in 2007 under new ownership and is managed by a non-profit organization.
|[[File:Revue-cinema-2007-10-18.jpg|150px]]
|-
|Rialto Theatre
|Yonge and Shuter
|data-sort-value=1901|Early 20th century
|
|1
|
|[[File:Rialto Theatre, southeast corner of Yonge and Shuter streets.jpg|150px]]
|-
|Rio Theatre
|Yonge and Gerrard
|1913
|1991
|1
|Opened as The Big Nickel Theatre in 1913. By 1922 it had been renamed National Theatre and was renamed Rio Theatre in 1943 serving as a [[grindhouse]] until it closed in 1991.
|
|-
| Robinson's Musee Theatre
|Yonge and Adelaide (91-93 Yonge Street)
|1890
|1905
|1
|Originally a curio museum, this hall was the site of the first screening of a motion picture in Toronto on August 31, 1896.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tayloronhistory.com/2013/03/13/torontos-first-movie-screening-and-first-movie-theatre/|title=Toronto's first movie screening and first movie theatre|date=March 13, 2013}}</ref> On the second floor, it had a curio shop and waxworks, and the roof had an animal menagerie. It changed hands several times, was renamed the Bijou<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blogto.com/film/2013/08/that_time_when_the_movies_came_to_toronto/|title=That time when the movies came to Toronto|website=www.blogto.com}}</ref> and was the first site of Shea's Theatre. Destroyed by fire in 1905.
|
|-
| [[Roxy Theatre (Toronto)|Roxy Theatre]]
|[[The Danforth]]
|1936
|2006
|3
|Opened as the Allenby Theatre.
|[[File:Avalon Theatre, Toronto.JPG|150px]]
|-
|[[Royal Alexandra Theatre]]
|Theatre District
|
|
|1
|Major performing arts venue that also served for a time as a cinema.
|[[File:RoyalAlex1.jpg|150px]]
|-
|[[Royal Cinema]]
|College Street between Grace and Clinton
|1939
|data-sort-value=9999|present
|1
|
|[[File:The Royal Cinema.jpg|150px]]
|-
|[[Runnymede Theatre]]
|Bloor St W at Runnymede
|1927
|1999
|2
| Converted first to a Chapters book store, then to a Shoppers Drug Mart, it retains most of the original interior decoration.
|[[File:Runnymede Theatre.JPG|150px]]
|-
|Scarboro
|960 Kingston Road at Victoria Park
|1936
|1967
|1
|Was for a time a pool hall and then a sports bar. Today, rebuilt as condos.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.beachmetro.com/2014/09/09/golden-age-movie-houses/|title = The Golden Age of movie houses|date = 9 September 2014}}</ref>
|
|-
|Scarboro Drive-In Theatre
|Kennedy Road at Ranstone Gardens (south of Lawrence Avenue East)
|1952
|data-sort-value=1979|late 1970s
|1
|Claimed to have the biggest screen in Canada. Included a "kiddieland". Now the site of Jack Goodlad Park and community centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/24726|title=Scarboro Drive-In in Scarborough, CA - Cinema Treasures|website=cinematreasures.org}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Scotiabank Theatre Toronto]]
|John and Richmond
|1999
|data-sort-value=9999|present
|14
|Originally named the Paramount. Features a bar and arcade. Licensed for beer in cinema.
|[[File:RioCan Hall.jpg|150px]]
|-
|The Screening Room
|Bloor St W at Royal York
|
|
|1
|Was located above the Kingsway Theatre and earlier was called the Kingsway 2.
|
|-
|[[Shea's Hippodrome]]
|Queen and Bay
|1909
|1954
|1
|Former vaudeville theatre that became one of Canada's largest cinemas.
|[[File:Shea's Hippodrome.jpg|150px]]
|-
|Sheraton Centre
|[[Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel|Sheraton Centre]]
|1974
|1990s
|2
|Designed as a first-run theatre by Toronto-based architectural firm Searle, Wilbee, Rowland. Seating was provided for 682 & 344. Was a live cabaret venue for a short period. Now used as conference rooms. 
|
|-
|Sherway Cinemas
|[[Sherway Gardens]]
|1971
|2001
|13
|Replaced by Queensway in 2001. Now a Sears store.
|
|-
|SilverCity Fairview
|[[Fairview Mall]]
|1970
|data-sort-value=9999|present
|9
|Originally Cineplex Odeon Fairview, became Rainbow Cinemas Willowdale from 1988 to 2008 with 8 screens. The theatre features a Screening Room and Lounge.
|
|-
|SilverCity Yonge-Eglinton
|Yonge and Eglinton
|1998<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Globe and Mail|date=1998-11-07|page=D11|title=Indigo bookstore advertisement}}</ref>
|data-sort-value=9999|present
|9
|
|
|-
||SilverCity Yorkdale
|[[Yorkdale Shopping Centre]]
|1963
|data-sort-value=9999|present
|3?-10
|First shopping mall cinema in Canada. Rebuilt 1999 at a new location in the mall.
|
|-
|Skyway 6 Cinemas
|Airport Road
|1980
|1999
|6
|
|
|-
|[[Standard Theatre (Toronto)|Standard Theatre]]
|Spadina and Dundas
|1921
|1994
|1
|Began as a Yiddish live theatre, becoming a cinema in the mid-1930s first as the Strand, then as the Victory. Was a live burlesque theatre from 1959 until the mid-1970s. As the Mandarin and the Golden Harvest was a Chinese-language cinema from the late-1970s until it closed.
|[[File:Dundas and Spadina.jpg|150px]]
|-
|Stanford Theatre
|Queen and Spadina
|data-sort-value=1901|Early 20th century
|
|1
|
|[[File:Stanford Theatre at 482 Queen Street.jpg|150px]]
|-
|Teck Theatre
|Queen and Broadview
|
|
|1
|
|
|-
| Tivoli Theatre
|Yonge and Richmond
|
|1965
|1
|Site of the first talking film in Toronto in 1928.
| [[File:Tivoli Theatre (4499956837).jpg|150px]]
|-
|Towne Cinema
|Yonge and Bloor
|1949
|1985
|1
|
|
|-
|Underground Cinema
|Spadina and Queen
|2010
|2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blogto.com/film/2012/08/toronto_underground_cinema_to_close/|title=Toronto Underground Cinema to close|author=Johnny Larocque|publisher=blogTO|date=August 16, 2012|access-date=August 16, 2012}}</ref>
|1
|Repertory cinema opened in what was formerly the Golden Classics venue.
|
|-
|[[University Theatre (Toronto)|University Theatre]]
|100 Bloor Street West
|1949
|1986
|1
|For a time the largest cinema in Canada. Demolished except for the facade, which was incorporated into a store.
|[[File:University Theatre.JPG|150px]]
|-
|[[Uptown Theatre (Toronto)|Uptown Theatre]]
|Yonge and Bloor
|1920
|2003
|3-5
|Originally the single-screen Loew's Uptown Theatre.  Converted into one of the world's first [[Multiplex (movie theater)|multiplexes]]. At that time the Backstage Theatre, then called the Uptown Backstage, was considered part of it. Eventually closed due to a court decision on accessibility, and demolished.
|[[File:Uptown Theatre Yonge and Bloor Streets 1971 Toronto.jpg|150px]]
|-
|Victory (see Standard Theatre, above)
|Northeast corner of Spadina and Dundas
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| Warden Woods
| 725 Warden Ave at St. Clair
|
|Closed
| multiple
|
|
|-
| [[Westwood Theatre]]
|Bloor and Kipling
|1951
|1998
|3
|Demolished.
|[[File:Westwood Cinema.JPG|150px]]
|-
|Willow Theatre
|Yonge and Ellerslie
|1950s
|1987
|
|Demolished; site is now a condominium.
|
|-
|Woodside Cinemas
|McCowan and Finch
|1977
|data-sort-value=9999|present
|3
|Currently shows Hindi, Tamil, and Punjabi films.
|
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Canada}}
*[[List of Ottawa-Gatineau cinemas]]
*[[List of IMAX venues]]

==References==

{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=DougTaylorGoldenAge>
{{cite book
| title     = Toronto Theaters and the Golden Age of the Silver Screen
| author    = Doug Taylor
| author-link    = Doug Taylor (historian)
| publisher = [[The History Press]]
| year      = 2014
| isbn      = 9781626194502
| pages     = 54, 116, 131–132
| url       = https://books.google.com/books?id=a_DZAwAAQBAJ&q=casino&pg=PA8
}}
{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
</ref>
}}

==External links==
*[http://cinematreasures.org/location/country=31&state=69&sort=location&show=all Cinema Treasures]

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