Walking the Massive PATH in Downtown Toronto (Feb 1, 2022)

A walk in downtown Toronto through the PATH which is the world's largest underground shopping complex that sits below the financial district. I start at St Andrew Station and then find my way outside to Simcoe Place and then enter The PATH and head north up to the Eaton Centre where I pop into the food court. The walk finishes by heading out to Dundas Square and into Dundas Station.
Recorded in 4K at 60 FPS with a DJI Pocket 2 on February 1, 2022.
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[@Oskar0424]

Used to live in Buffalo NY for my undergrad until recently. I specially got a Canadian tourist visa just to take advantage of the lower drinking age lol in Toronto and for some weird reason I had a soft spot for Scaddabush haha.... I'm just waffling but miss the place man so thanks for this

[@عليحسينالعلي-ع7ب]

Hello Johnny, a tour guide, Toronto, thank you, I'm Ali from Iraq

[@goosevillage]

The world's LARGEST underground city/shopping complex. It is MAGNIFICENT !!!!!

[@FC-bh5qb]

hi Johnny could you please enable subtitles because I love reading what you have to say! I love you!

[@JohnnyStrides]

They should be enabled! Cheers

[@VC-mo5yg]

Mr. JS...wow, my heart....this was my home, my job, my life, for sooooo very many years....where l met my husband and still...it does not end as my husband's company and our food on the table is all about the finance side of life,... accountable to the old Tdot. Haha, lol, even though l am out here in a tiny beach resort town in southern BC, tdot never goes away...and neither do my beloved memories. Friends, family, peers, senior colleagues and acknowledged professionals....still MATTER and mean great, dear and touching things, in my heart. Always to be In my beloved and dear Toronto.... 💖🥰💖🥰💖

[@joec2286]

Really enjoy these PATH videos. I've walked sections of the PATH before it was even called the PATH back when I lived there in the mid to late 80's. It's amazing to see how it's expanded and become more connected to other sections of the city.

[@mikec4845]

Thanks for the memories. Those were my old stomping grounds when I was stationed downtown at Commerce Court for work.

[@n.b.3521]

Oh I miss living closer to the PATH. I used to walk down there even just for exercise when it was too hot or cold outside. I hope they open up the section that would connect the PATH to Aura eventually - actually, I wish it stretched all the way to Bloor.

[@intreoo]

The diversity of Toronto never fails to amaze me. I don't think there's any city in the world more culturally diverse and comfortable than Toronto (some say London, but I've heard bad stories of racism in London; Toronto doesn't seem to have those problems).

[@LondonWalkbyLondonSocialite]

nICE WALK🦋🦋🦋 thanks for the tour 🦋🦋🦋

[@dylanreynolds8264]

when was the last time you have filmed in this part of the path

[@JohnnyStrides]

Few months ago

[@bradyakubovic2550]

Devastation, that's a good way to describe it. Wonder if it'll ever recover.

[@Aces77777]

I work there

[@mtnbkr8480]

Hey. When you mentioned Roy Thompson Hall you missed pointing out the Red Green building across the street. BTW It's the big blue one with the balconies held on with duct tape. 🤣

[@Unalocasinrumbo]

Very beautiful Toronto ! Cheers from down south USA

[@canman5060]

Thank you. Please stay safe from the storm.

[@stevenvallarsa1765]

It's been a good 30+ years since I've wandered the PATH, so very little looks familiar. I don't even think it was called that way back then. There was only one way to go from Union Station all the way to Atrium On Bay, though there was one loop around the financial towers you could make. No food courts if I remember correctly (which I might not be). I used to usually do my wandering Friday evenings after super because I had no life, so there were very few people around and most of the shops were closed, though I do vaguely remember a few coffee shops open as well as some small bookstores (Walden Books?). And of course a few pharmacies and bars/restaurants. You would have to exit at Bay and cross the street before entering the Simpsons building and continuing the underground journey. I think they finally connected both ends in 1990 or so. It really expanded into a fantastical maze since then.

[@therealman2620]

Just like the RESO, the PATH is basically a great way to keep yourself warm from the cold weather, especially how it’s convenient to walk from subway station to another or an office building

[@mikec4845]

The shops that are open are basically one customer away from closing due to the pandemic. Until the office workers come back fully to their offices these shops and the PATH will still be in survival mode. Don't see this happening for at least another year.

[@ChristineCanada]

I remember last time you were there, every store was closed.

[@mikec4845]

Imagine being in a large school of fish walking to work in these corridors shoulder to shoulder. That was what it was like before covid.

[@canman5060]

This is quite a interesting walk.They really brighten up and expanded the area over the past 30 or so years.

[@oliviamccrum3476]

Well when I lived there I think near young and bloor there was a little cafe that did flourless cashew cookies. You should try them Melt in your mouth so good.

[@boyfrmnewyork]

Some of these videos with hardly any people remind of what some folks think "The Rapture" will look like... Thanks Johnny!

[@georgeorwell7291]

how do you find the entrances? The available maps are very vague

[@JohnnyStrides]

Usually you can enter through any office building connected to the path or any subway station and there are signs leading you in. cheers

[@randomname9758]

So sad seeing the path being a glimmer of what it used to be. It literally used to sound like marching armies in the corridors coming out of the subway every morning when they come in and when they leave.

[@VC-mo5yg]

Yup, so true. All of us running and leaping up the stairs and the escalators late for work!! Lol, my gosh...the memories....and now it's so sad, so sad. Way too creepy and eerily quiet. No, no, no. Just no!! So saddening!!!!🥺😢🥺😢

[@nazmulhossain9824]

Beautiful country Canada.

[@irwinwesley8297]

Looking bit busy...

[@claytoncrawford]

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[@action_therapy]

I feel like Toronto should promote the PATH more in their promotional videos.

[@ct1216]

why ? we can literally buy everything online it is more convenient.

[@waryaawariiri1812]

At 3:11 timestamp: I used to work in this condo under construction on King St. West in the Fall of 2014.

[@supersmashmaster43]

I remember walking the area of the path where the mccafe is almost exactly 2 years ago right before lockdown. It was crazy busy

[@kathleenwallace1165]

As always, we really enjoyed this video!

[@allcan4175]

The Path could really use better directions, honestly

[@correspond4keitokumiddleea791]

jhonny your using tilt lock follow or fpv mode.

[@FC-bh5qb]

👍😀

[@SEETORONTO416]

Amazing walk once again!

[@good_to_be_gold8]

Hope all is well. Good venturing out with you bud.

[@jefferyyoung2580]

😊 I love the Eaton mall 😊

[@Neville60001]

31:55-The food court that used to be to the left of Johnny at this time index closed up because Movenpick (a Swiss restaurant chain which set up shop here and opened up one or two restaurants here as Movenpick plus the Movenpick Marche in BCE Place/TD Canada Trust Towers and this particular food court in the Eaton Center) closed up shop and left Canada for some reason which _might_ have been Covid-related.

[@mscardioqueen]

Torontotonian here! What do the signs on the subway seat say?

[@Neville60001]

I think that some of them _might_ be just instruction to tell you how to sit.

[@midnightexpress726]

Very cool stuff Johnny!

[@Canadian_Networth]

Appreciate this video. I always wanted to mentally study the path system for Uber eats deliveries or certain situations such as trucker rally that randomly happen on Saturdays

[@stevexie2705]

the PATH is basically a huge maze, except its designed for adults.

[@n.b.3521]

I found out that some visitors guides were directing people down there!😂 Poor tourists.

[@Neville60001]

@@n.b.3521, the reason is, is because walking through the PATH can get you to certain places quicker (and with places to eat and drink along the way) without being blasted by the hot sun or blistering windy cold.😉

[@n.b.3521]

@@Neville60001 You sure it wasn't for devilish self-amusement on the part of the travel guide writers? I've had to rescue many a lost soul down there. 😂

[@Neville60001]

@@n.b.3521, there _are_ maps that show one how to use the PATH. you know-just because you hate the PATH doesn't mean that they don't exist.

[@n.b.3521]

@@Neville60001 Actually I love the PATH. And I know how to read the maps that are sprinkled throughout the system. But if you read many of the other comments, it seems quite a few Torontonians also find the PATH confusing, so imagine heading down there as a tourist!