Toronto, Ontario

Today's Location: Toronto, Ontario

The Toronto graticule is at latitude 43, longitude -79. It includes all of Toronto as well as a the surrounding areas. While most of the generated locations are reachable, the problem presented by Lake Ontario still arises occasionally. Citizens of the GTA, including those from the northern Aurora and Newmarket areas have been known to include themselves in this Graticule.

For those of you with Facebook accounts, a group for this graticule has been created here. Please feel free to join and upload any event photos and media there. If you are planning on scheduling any activities, or want to advertise a meet-up for a specific day, feel free to create a related event and invite your friends and members of the Geohash - Toronto group.

Water Issue

Because of the issue presented by Lake Ontario, if a day's graticule ends up being in the lake, a location on the nearest point of land directly west of the generated location will be used as a replacement meeting spot. Unless of course you own a seaplane, or a boat, or really enjoy swimming. In that case, go right ahead, and take photos while you're at it.

It has also been proposed that in this event we use the location in the Waterloo graticule directly west as a replacement. Which alternative is used for a particular day will most likely depend on the location and the number of people attending. Although a joint graticule meeting would be neat, perhaps in the future.

Activities

22-March-2014: Globalhash is in the next-door Waterloo graticule, about 55 km northwest of Brampton. Possibly accessible! - Google OSM

Geohashes

2008-05-21 43 -79 -- Farmers field, just south of Hamilton.
2008-05-22 43 -79 -- Summitview Public School, Stouffville
2008-06-28 43 -79 -- Premier Bazaar Mall at Parliament and St. David: [1]
2008-10-17 43 -79 -- Only 500m from the shore in Hamilton.
2008-10-19 43 -79 -- Over 5km into the lake from Thompson park. But it was a nice day...
2008-11-05 43 -79 -- Holy cow this is IN the UofT and no one is going?!?
2009-01-22 43 -79 -- Just a couple blocks from Yonge & Bloor. Booberfish is going after work.
2009-04-26 43 -79 -- Future housing subdivision in Peel Region.
2009-05-23 43 -79 -- Not-so-quiet park in Peel.
2009-05-24 43 -79 -- Woodsy area, NW of Willowdale.
2009-07-22 43 -79 -- On a sidewalk at Alness & Magnetic in Toronto.
2009-10-06 43 -79 -- Farmer's field north of Whitby with guard cows.
2009-10-31 43 -79 -- Suburbs of Ajax.
2009-11-01 43 -79 -- Suburbs of Pickering.
2009-11-02 43 -79 -- A little anti-neighbourhood in Toronto.
2009-11-15 43 -79 -- In the middle of the road in Lawrence Manor.
2009-12-24 43 -79 -- In a parking lot across from a very pretty liquor store at the edge of Summerhill.
2010-02-02 43 -79 -- On a deserted country road in the north end of Ajax.
2010-02-08 43 -79 -- Along Taunton Rd. in north Pickering.
2010-02-17 43 -79 -- In Hamilton, just off Victoria Ave S.
2010-03-26 43 -79 -- On a front Lawn in Scarborough.
2010-04-02 43 -79 -- By a fence in Pickering west of Frenchman's Bay.
2010-04-19 43 -79 -- Near a street sign in Toronto.
2010-04-22 43 -79 -- Business parking lot in Pickering.
2010-04-26 43 -79 -- In front of a school in The Beach.
2010-09-02 43 -79 -- Beside a Pizza Hut at McCowan Rd. and Highway 7 in Markham.
2010-09-30 43 -79 -- In a film sound stage, in south Leslieville.
2010-10-11 43 -79 -- In an industrial part of Scarborough.
2010-10-24 43 -79 -- Near a park path in south Ajax.
2010-10-30 43 -79 -- In a commercial building parking lot in north Scarborough.
2010-11-22 43 -79 -- In an industrial part of Scarborough.
2010-12-09 43 -79 -- On Fisher Crescent, in a suburb of Ajax.
2011-03-04 43 -79 -- In Warden Woods (East Toronto) very close to a subway station.
2011-05-06 43 -79 -- In a lot on Horner Ave, in Etobicoke.
2011-05-08 43 -79 -- At the intersection of Maple Ave. and Plains Rd. E. in Burlington.
2011-05-14 43 -79 -- In a driveway on Tyrel Rd, in Burlington.
2011-05-15 43 -79 -- A school parking lot in Agincourt.
2011-05-28 43 -79 -- In Bluffers Park.
2011-07-11 43 -79 -- In a CostCo parking lot, near Downsview Airport.
2011-09-27 43 -79 -- The side door to a nameless business/warehouse in Scarborough.
2011-09-30 43 -79 -- In a residential neighbourhood of Mississauga.
2011-10-01 43 -79 -- A driveway just north-west of Six Points, Toronto.
2011-10-12 43 -79 -- Somewhere near Taylor Creek, possibly in a back-yard.
2011-12-17 43 -79 -- A field on Lake Ridge Rd in Whitby, Ontario.
2012-05-23 43 -79 -- A baseball diamond in Richmond Hill.
2012-09-20 43 -79 -- Suburb street in Markham.
2013-04-26 Friday -- In a field in Virgil
2014-01-15 43 -79 -- In Silver Creek Conservation Arefa
2014-04-20 43 -79 -- In a field in North York
2014-08-20 43 -79 -- In front of the Lewiston Porter middle/high schools in the US just off the road
2015-01-24 43 -79 -- On Adie Pl. in St. Catharines
2015-11-04 43 -79 -- Beside Chester station
2015-11-29 43 -79 -- Bus stop in the Port Union area in Scarborough
2016-02-05 43 -79 -- Grass field on Consumers Rd. in North York
2012-10-19 43 -79 -- Retro Hash in front of a Catholic School in Stoufville.
2016-11-11 43 -79 -- North East of Magnolia off of York Durham Line.
2017-01-08 43 -79 -- South of Hamilton near a factory for a bakery.
2017-01-26 43 -79 -- In an undeveloped field near the major intersection of Eglinton Ave. and Tomkin Rd.
2017-09-09 43 -79 -- In a forested area near the West branch of the Don River in North York.
2017-10-21 43 -79 -- On the side of a road near a forested area in Ajax, Ontario.
2017-11-08 43 -79 -- In the overflow parking lot of a medical center in Scarborough.
2017-11-10 43 -79 -- On a sidewalk on O'Connor near Woodbine.
2017-11-24 43 -79 -- On a path near York Mills subway station.
2017-12-30 43 -79 -- In a backyard north of Vaughan.
2018-01-01 43 -79 -- On a parking lot of an apartment complex in Hamilton.
2018-01-28 43 -79 -- On a quiet suburban road in northern Scarborough, Ontario.
2018-02-04 43 -79 -- On Allen Road a little north of Sheppard West subway station.
2018-02-11 43 -79 -- Off a small road near the Old Mill in Toronto.
2018-02-26 43 -79 -- Parking lot off of some soccer fields in Markham.
2018-03-15 43 -79 -- In the courtyard of a residential complex at Steeles and Don Mills.
2018-03-25 43 -79 -- A quiet cul-de-sac in southeast Mississauga.
2018-04-20 43 -79 -- The south crosswalk of the Royal York and Allanhurst intersection in Etobicoke.
2018-05-07 43 -79 -- In the truck parking lot at Fort York Motel in eastern Mississauga.
2019-01-10 43 -79 -- In a park behind a public school in southwest Scarborough.
2019-06-23 43 -79 -- On a pathway in a residential community in North York.
2019-07-04 43 -79 -- Very near the shore in Tommy Thompson Park. Although possibly not that near, as the point was inaccessible.
2020-02-08 43 -79 -- Just beside Kirby road.
2020-02-09 43 -79 -- A residential sidewalk in Scarborough.
2020-04-05 43 -79 -- Edge of Tryon Drive in Lewiston, NY
2020-07-10 43 -79 -- On Lawrence Avenue East, near Edward Gardens.
2020-10-28 43 -79 -- The Bike Share Toronto location at Queen and Simcoe.
2021-10-01 43 -79 -- A sidewalk on Alness Street in North York.
2022-02-02 43 -79 -- Krieger Crescent in North York.
2022-06-25 43 -79 -- On Warden Avenue south of Kingston Road in southwest Scarborough.
2022-11-13 43 -79 -- In Grange Park.
2023-01-30 43 -79 -- A sidewalk on Old Weston Road.
2023-02-07 43 -79 -- In an alley by a bakery in Vaughan.
2023-02-11 43 -79 -- On a sidewalk by a school in Mimico.
2023-03-02 43 -79 -- In a driveway off Spadina Road just north of Eglinton.
2023-05-07 43 -79 -- In Glendora Park in North York.
2023-05-21 43 -79 -- On the grounds of Metropolitan Andrei Catholic School in Mississauga.
2023-07-04 43 -79 -- At the Niagara Falls (NY) Reservoir.
2023-07-07 43 -79 -- A walkway between apartment buildings near Eglinton Square mall.
2023-07-08 43 -79 -- At Rathburn Road and The East Mall.
2023-07-11 43 -79 -- On McRoberts Avenue just south of Eglinton.
2023-10-13 43 -79 -- Edge of Center St. in Lewiston, NY
2024-05-22 43 -79 -- Rennie Park in Swansea.
2024-05-23 43 -79 -- At the intersection of Greenlaw and MacKay, near St. Clair West and Earlscourt.

Decihashes

2009-06-24 43 -79 -- Street corner in affluent neighbourhood.
2009-07-11 43 -79 -- A 4 point dash in Toronto and north.
2010-04-01 43 -79 -- In scenic Col. Samuel Smith Park.
2010-06-26 43 -79 -- 2 separate schoolyards visited as Decihashes.
2010-09-10 43 -79 -- A park along the lake. Easy.
2010-09-26 43 -79 -- A dark park, at night!
2011-10-20 43 -79 -- Driving Multi-Decihash! 3 Points.

Local Geohashers

sbear is an active geohasher in Toronto, an admin of the Toronto Geohash facebook group
Zander no longer resides in this graticule (looking for a new facebook group owner)
MihaiG will not be attending (due to certain scheduling conflicts with the boss of the house).
Katrie is usually too lazy!
Spoonifur will be attending (distance/accessibility/other events depending).
Srie will be attending (distance/accessibility depending).
JaX da SmurF will be attending (distance/accessibility depending).
Sirdwong will be attending (mood/distance depending).
Curtis Mayhem will be attending (distance/accessibility/other events depending).
Tao will be attending (distance/accessibility/other events depending).
Angmar will try to make it to as many cool locations as he can.
Mfaraday will be attending, weekend/accessibility dependant.
Urbanpringle can make it if he tries and if it is on the ttc, generally.
Mady will sometimes be attending (distance/accessibility/other events depending).
Yehoshua will be there so long as there is local transit...or carpools!
Pilothaz will be considering some of the locations depending on where they are, and if free time is there.
Booberfish will attend when he remembers when within biking distance to UofT.
Splitdipless checks for achievable geohashes from time to time.
C4bl3Fl4m3 is completely new to Geohashing and splits her time between this graticule and the Washington DC west graticule.
Lessica is new to Geohashing, but will attend when time and transportation allows.
HiroProtagonist is studying U of T till April 2011 and will try to attend some geohashes
MuchJokes will be considering some of the locations depending on where they are, if she has the time, and if she remembers what day it is today.
srs0 is now at the University of Toronto and will attend geohashes as time permits.
Elbie is studying at U of T and will see what she can make it out to.
Prit Cire is visiting from the States and just learned of geohashing.
Sammi is new to geohashing, and will probably attempt geohashes if they are within Toronto and she doesn't have class.
SIGSTKFLT Can do any public-transit-able geohash in the Brampton area, but usually forgets.
- My mom is in Newmarket, will probably get dragged along sometimes.

Non Local Geohashers

NWoodruff Has a daughter that lives in Richmond Hill.
Pedalpusher is from the Buffalo Grat and will be stopping in every once-in-a-while (generally) close to the border.

Achievements

User:Splitdipless earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (43, -79) graticule, here, on 2009-05-23.

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