Toronto in 1971

Toronto in 1971. footage from NFB's Jane Jacobs doc, "City Limits".

[@HalisIstanbullu]

Those were the days my friend. We thought they'd never end.

[@markwebster2590]

I love these films. Thanks for posting them.

[@JamesArsenault]

Miss good old days and looks very peaceful

[@djblake-d3b]

Yes! The year I was born. I always love looking at the cars from any time period. Great video.

[@elliotwalton6159]

One of the happiest years of my young life in Toronto. I recognize almost all of these locations. Nice shot of Jane Jacobs at Buthurst St. station, my gateway to Markham Street which has now been erased from the city's memory.

[@clemmahabir]

My family came to Toronto in 1971. I was so little but grew up in the 70s, so many memories of that simpler time!

[@OutOnTheTiles]

Wow, this is awesome! 1971 the last time Zeppelin played in Toronto…..Sept/Maple Leaf Gardens.

[@carriemcarthur8125]

The cars the clothes and ferry going to the island just makes me smile. Born in the sixties so I lived it and made it thru.

[@hardyboy1959]

Amazing footage of Toronto from a lifetime ago! The camera guy certainly had a eye for pretty girls!

[@Troy-b7t]

this is absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much for posting this. I love nostalgic stuff like this thank you very much. Instant subscribe.

[@Freeontheland2030]

Nice to see, thanks for posting and Merry Christmas!

[@djlpace]

The good old days when life was simpler, safer, and more fun.

[@Andrew-if3sd]

Thanks very much for video of my hometown, Toronto!❤ I lived there from 1966 to 2005, and was 10 in 1971. The sights, cars, and the girls 💓 Shared on Facebook with public Ps I wish the motorcycle sound could be edited out, takes away from my enjoyment of video

[@bryankerr9174]

Wow. Great image quality.

[@DjWellDressedMan]

Jane Jacobs @ 1:15 "American-Canadian journalist, author, theorist, and activist who influenced urban studies, sociology, and economics" Wikipedia I believe Jacobs lived a few blocks East of Bathurst TTC Station.

[@crownjewel1969]

The fashion, the hair and makeup. The old cars..wow.

[@dcc2351]

Look how few cars are on the 401!!!

[@poochie49]

Nice. traffic looks to be moving along pretty well. Oh the good old days.

[@richardkralick3062]

I didn't realize that in its early days, GO Transit could pick people up at their door (certain locations?).

[@sommmeguy]

Hard to imagine that most of these people would be 80 years old or more now. Many are probably dead and gone. Soemday people will be watching vidoe from 2025 and thinking the same.

[@ORGANIZEDCoNfUsioN]

That was so cool. Love this channel.

[@nivagnoswal]

i was 17...those were good years...

[@fusionlight5060]

I wish I could travel back in Time !

[@jasonbourne488]

No one glued to cell phone and bumping into each other.

[@muhlaynee]

stollery's, uptown, yorkville, city benches wahhhhhhhh my old neighborhood

[@AlanKelly-nm9lx]

Not one signal overweight person did i see any where in this video... ooooo how times have changed!

[@alickshi1983]

I really enjoyed this footage. It's fascinating to see those streets as they were in the 1970s. I wasn’t born yet in 1971, and my parents weren’t even in Toronto at the time. It’s understandable that traffic was much lighter back then compared to today. What struck me most is how much new infrastructure we’ve built over the past 50 years (IMHO, not enough), especially given that the population has more than doubled if not more.

[@MikeySlou]

Women were so beautiful back then

[@billbredl1698]

The year I moved to Toronto

[@sohailtiwana8473]

I love those cars.

[@argopunk]

Jane Jacobs was my regular bank customer back in the late 80s early 90s. She and her husband were nice folks. And on another note, this clip shows how slim people were compared to now. Where did we go wrong?!? So many today look like they should be in a Dove ad. Not healthy at all.

[@DragonflyenAmber]

I was just a baby when this was filmed, this seems like forever ago. Anyone got a time machine? I want my old Toronto back.

[@JKSinTO]

That's Jane Jacobs in the chopper.

[@marywood2973]

GO Transit picked you up at home?!? Wow!

[@mellowoutman4516]

I was there. Canada was great before the change in demographics and the destruction of our Indigenous and European cultures.

[@cartoonistmackay]

Did you spot the late great urban scholar Jane Jacobs shopping at Honest Ed’s?

[@nyccolm]

Ok. How many have you recognized the great Jane Jacobs!!?? A great lady who tried to protect Toronto from all the goddam condominiums and greed. She was an author and activist, highly knowledgeable about urban studies.

[@johngibson4834]

❤ Great Video 👈 🎥👀🤠🇨🇦

[@DrissDaniel-rn1qc]

A more civilized time.

[@PWS1717]

The highways were empty and people weren't overweight

[@solitaire5142]

A time before The Great Tattooed Smartphone Zombie Invasion.

[@DejanOfRadic]

Jane Jacobs?

[@trs4437]

Jane Jacobs, famous American writer who lived in TO 1:15.

[@lesilluminations1]

Only four years since they'd won the Stanley Cup.

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

Today I learned that you could lease a clour t.v for 19.99 a month in 1971. I'm not sure if that's a good deal or not but I can guarantee that television weighed at least 100 pounds. 0:26

[@bobbypaycheque]

Wow, no one protesting foreign problems, nobody using the sidewalk as an outdoor lavatory, no homeless encampments, no drug addict screaming in the middle of the road. Place has gone so far downhill it needs to be studied as an example of what not to do.

[@OldTorontoSeries]

You're aware 71 in Toronto was full of protests and chaos? Vietnam, civil rights, etc. Of all the years to choose - 71 was wild.

[@rolandd5397]

I wasn't alive on this yet. You guys got it good compare to our generation now. Too much garbage and people has lost love to one another :(

[@davidreichert9392]

Summertime 1971, I was born that August.

[@stephaneracicot791]

why do we keep hearing a evolutions 1340 cc Harley all the time lmao

[@doughouston4741]

Lived it in 1971. Toronto was and still is a Great City!

[@SuperPal-tr3go]

Strange to how little Centre Island has changed.

[@CalgaryStampedersClassics]

Post-Goin’ Down the Road

[@jeazux]

the year my grandparents came to canada from guyana

[@lindam.2832]

Beautiful years…we were married the year before…it’ll be 55 years happily married this year; I’d start over again in a second!

[@Advisorit]

Who’s the grey haired lady?

[@rfjohns4452]

The winters were harder colder and more snow but driving less congested able to get through Toronto on 401 without stopping! Today in Ontario 2024 you have buffoons like Doug Ford a former drug seller,serial liar as Premier.

[@JimRosebush-g8v]

WOW!! I would love to marry that sweetheart @ 0:56 of this video!!!!

[@monicapushkin3274]

Some of those land yachts are half a block long 😂😂

[@Poetry4Us]

its 2025 and eglinton is still not finished

[@traciekaz2098]

Minimal traffic

[@KHearne-r9t]

Back when you could get on a bus and not have to listen to someone blasting annoying music or talking loud on their cellphone. People had more common sense and manners back then. 🙂

[@billsbus827]

Very fun. We could do without the ridiculous motorcycle sound effects though

[@alainrheault6579]

This is a CBC documentary or a CTV documentary ?

[@winkstar9265]

A.i has advanced.

[@andrewtilley8786]

Everyone is slim & trim

[@timmytwodogs]

Wow...and it's still a dump.

[@joemadden4160]

Back when it was civilized.

[@OldTorontoSeries]

You're calling 71 - the year of mass protests and chaos civilized?