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This sculpted gaggle of Canada geese by renowned Toronto artist Michael Snow – so lifelike that you almost expect to hear the birds honk – is suspended from the vaulted ceiling of the central atrium.

A focal point of the Eaton Centre, this water burst fountain lulls with soothing sounds of falling water and then astonishes as water shoots 100 ft (30 m) into the air. Encircled by stone benches, the fountain is a good spot to sit and take a break from shopping.

Natural light pours through the soaring glass roof into the 865-ft- (265-m-) long arcade, which links the mall’s two anchor department stores. Designed by Eb Zeidler, architect of Ontario Place, the galleria is modeled on Milan’s 19th-century Galleria Vittoria Emanuele.

Toronto’s once-tawdry intersection is now a public square embellished with 22 fountains set flush to the ground. At its east end, Olympic Spirit Toronto, which is staffed by athletes, offers an exciting variety of simulator games for young and old.

This circuitous grass path is modeled on the 13th-century labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral in France.

This Anglican church dating to 1847 is as an oasis of calm amid commercial bustle. Admire the turreted entranceway while picnicking on the grounds; step inside to see the stained-glass windows.

This private collection of more than 400 Canadian masterpieces is a little known gem. Most of the works are by Group of Seven artists, some are by those they inspired, such as Emily Carr.

From the Eaton Centre you can access the 27-mile (16-km) underground walkway network PATH. Linking several major attractions, including the Air Canada Centre and Roy Thompson Hall, PATH winds through a veritable city of stores and food courts.

The Bay, owned by Hudson’s Bay Company, is Canada’s largest department store chain. It sells a wide selection of merchandise, such as home furnishings and fashion, but might be best known for its point blankets, first used in 1670 to barter for beaver pelts with the Cree. Its trading posts, based in the vast north of what is now Canada, were influential centers of commerce.

Built in 1857 for the Church of the Holy Trinity’s first rector, this Georgian-Gothic house was moved here to make way for the mall. The church and house, once surrounded by woodland, may be Yonge St’s oldest building complex. The current rector lives in the house.