TORONTO — 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.
A press release from Tourism Minister Stan Cho says the temporary location will be at the Harbourfront Centre, which has been hosting one of two pop-up locations — the other site at Sherway Gardens mall in west Toronto will close Jan. 4.
While the temporary science centre will open with a larger footprint than the current pop-up exhibit, at about 86,000 square feet it will still be a fraction of the size of the old location, which was 568,000 square feet.
The province abruptly closed the science centre in June 2024 with only a few hours’ warning, saying the roof needed urgent repairs — a claim workers and critics dispute.
Premier Doug Ford’s government is planning to open a new, permanent science centre at Ontario Place, a move critics charge is just to provide them cover for the controversial spa and waterpark planned there by Europe-based company Therme.
The last update from the government on when the science centre would open at Ontario Place came in June from Ford, who said “hopefully 2029.”
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