Toronto's Historical Plaques

Learn a little of Toronto's history as told through its plaques.

Canadian International Air Show

Look up! Up in the sky! It's a...air show! Yes, every year as the CNE (and summer) winds down, the planes take to the sky over the lakefront. Behind the band shell on the exhibition grounds near the bridge over Lake Shore Blvd. West is an Ontario Heritage Foundation plaque which says:

Human fascination with flight has made air shows popular since the early days of aviation. Toronto was the site of numerous air shows as it developed into a centre of air transportation and aircraft manufacturing in the early twentieth century. The Canadian International Air Show originated in 1946 when the National Aeronautical Association of Canada attracted overflow crowds to a show at De Havilland Airport in Downsview. Staged annually thereafter, the air show moved to Exhibition Place in 1949 and became a regular feature of the Canadian National Exhibition in 1956. Here it developed into a world class exhibition featuring diverse types of aircraft, precision and stunt flying, and aeronautical technology.

Location Co-ordinates: 43.630348 -79.423444

Photo by Alan L Brown - March 2004

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