What is The Toronto Time Traveller?

It’s a newsletter about everything that’s happening in the world of Toronto history — all the latest heritage news and event listings — plus a place to share the stories behind some of the city’s most fascinating archival images, artifacts, and historical figures.

Subscribe to get each new edition in your inbox every week, plus access to all the archives through the Substack website.

Who am I?

Adam Bunch, the author of The Toronto Book of the Dead and The Toronto Book of Love, the host of the Canadiana documentary series, and the creator of The Festival of Bizarre Toronto History and The Toronto Dreams Project. I also teach history at George Brown College and my work popularizing Canadian history was recognized with the Governor General's History Award for Popular Media — the Pierre Berton Award.

Does it cost money?

The newsletter is totally free and I’m hoping to keep it that way forever — but it only survives thanks to the amazing readers who volunteer to support it with a few dollars a month. The newsletter is a ton of work, so I deeply appreciate everyone who is able to chip in to keep it going. (It’s also a wonderful way to support all the work I do sharing stories from the history of Toronto and Canada across all my various projects.)