Just 10 per cent of Toronto’s more than 3,000 public laneways have a name. Usually the titles recognize community figures, events or local traditions, but many are delightfully strange with brilliant backstories.
Alan Powell Lane
Albert Jackson Lane
Antonio Fernandes Lane
Bagpipe Lane
Barbara Barrett Lane
Barbara Godard Lane
Barker Fairley Lane
Chapel Hospice Lane
Cyril Lane
Dairy Lane
David French Lane
Douglas Campbell Lane
Galvao Lane
Greenberg Lane
Immergluck Lane
James Hales Lane
Katharine Hockin Lane
Leah Cohen Lane
Loretto Lane
Poretta Lane
Sappers Lane
William James Lane