Third places in Toronto
60 places in Toronto where you can sit, read or work on your own, many without buying anything. Open data from OpenStreetMap.
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60 places
- Café for long stays
Au Pain Doré Bakery
Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-20:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Balzac's Coffee
Hours: Mo-Fr 07:00-19:00; Sa-Su 08:30-18:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Bloomer's
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-20:00; Sa-Su 09:00-20:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Cafe de Flore
Hours: Mo-Fr 07:30-18:00; Sa-Su 08:00-17:30
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Dark Horse Coffee + Dear Grain
Hours: Mo-Su 07:30-19:00
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
De Mello Coffee
Hours: Mo-Fr 07:00-18:00; Sa-Su 08:00-18:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Dineen Coffee
Hours: Mo-Fr 06:30-19:00; Sa-Su 08:00-18:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Library
E. J. Pratt Library
Hours: Mo-We 09:00-23:45; Th-Fr 09:00-16:45; Sa-Su off
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Earth Sciences Library (Noranda)
Hours: Mo-Th 09:00-21:00; Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa-Su off
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Emmanuel College Library - Victoria University
Hours: Mo-Th 09:00-21:00; Fr 09:00-17:00; Sa 13:00-17:00; Su off
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Café for long stays
Fika Cafe
Hours: Mo-Th 10:30-17:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 11:00-17:00
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
First and Last Coffee Shop
Hours: Mo-Su 07:30-17:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Library
Gerstein Science Information Centre
Hours: Mo-Th 08:30-23:00; Fr 08:30-22:00; Sa 09:00-22:00; Su 10:00-22:00
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Café for long stays
Harmony Cafe
Hours: Mo-Th,Su 08:00-20:00; Fr-Sa 08:00-24:00
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
Jet Fuel Coffee
Hours: Mo-Su 06:00-20:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Jimmy's Coffee
Hours: Mo-Sa 07:00-19:00; Su 08:00-19:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Jimmy's Coffee
Hours: Mo-Fr 07:00-18:00; Sa-Su 08:00-17:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Library
John M. Kelly Library - St. Michael’s College
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-16:30; Sa-Su off
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
John W. Graham Library
Hours: Mo-Th 08:30-23:45; Fr 08:30-19:45; Sa 09:15-19:45; Su 13:15-23:45
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Café for long stays
Mercury Espresso
Hours: Mo-Fr 06:30-18:00; Sa-Su 08:00-18:00
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
Mofer Coffee Front St
Hours: Mo-Su 07:00-20:00
Wi-Fi - Library
New College Library (Ivey)
Hours: Mo-Th 09:00-17:00; Fr-Su off
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Café for long stays
Plearn Cafe
Hours: 10:00-21:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Rachel's Coffee House
Hours: Mo-Fr 07:00-17:00; Sa-Su 08:00-17:00
Wi-Fi - Library
Robarts Library
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-23:00; Sa 09:00-22:00; Su 10:00-22:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Café for long stays
Second Cup
Hours: Mo-Su 07:00-20:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Second Cup
Hours: Mo-Fr 06:30-19:00; Sa 08:00-14:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Snakes & Lattes
Hours: Mo-We 13:00-23:00, Th 13:00-24:00, Fr-Sa 11:00-02:00, Su 11:00-23:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Starbucks
Hours: Mo-Fr 05:30-22:00; Sa 06:00-22:00; Su 06:00-21:30
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Tim Hortons
Hours: Mo-Su 06:00-23:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Tim Hortons
Hours: Mo-Fr 05:00-23:00; Sa-Su 06:00-23:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Tim Hortons
Hours: Mo-Su 06:00-21:00
Wi-Fi - Library
Toronto Public Library - Beaches
Hours: Mo-Th 09:00-20:30; Fr-Sa 09:00-17:00; Su 13:30-17:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Toronto Public Library - City Hall
Hours: Mo-Th 09:00-20:30; Fr-Sa 09:00-17:00; Su 12:00-17:00; PH off
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Toronto Public Library - Deer Park
Hours: Mo-Th 09:00-20:30; Fr-Sa 09:00-17:00; Su off
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Toronto Public Library - High Park
Hours: Mo-Th 09:00-20:30; Fr-Sa 09:00-17:00; Su off
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Toronto Public Library - Lillian H. Smith
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-20:30; Sa 09:00-17:00; Su 12:00-17:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Toronto Public Library - Main Street
Hours: Mo-Th 09:00-20:30, Fr-Sa 09:00-17:00, Su off
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Toronto Public Library - Northern District
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-20:30; Sa 09:00-17:00; Su 13:30-17:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Toronto Public Library - Pape/Danforth
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-20:30; Sa 09:00-17:00; Su 13:30-17:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Toronto Public Library - Parkdale
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-20:30; Sa 09:00-17:00; Su 12:00-17:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Toronto Public Library - Sanderson
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-20:30; Sa 09:00-17:00; Su 12:00-17:00; PH off
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Toronto Public Library - Toronto Reference Library
Hours: Sep-Jun: Mo-Th 09:30-20:30; Fr 09:30-17:30; Sa 09:00-17:00; Su 13:30-17:00; Jul-Aug: Mo-Fr 09:30-20:30; Fr 09:30-17:30; Sa 09:00-17:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Toronto Public Library - Wychwood
Hours: Mo-Th 09:00-20:30; Fr-Sa 09:00-17:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Toronto Public Library - Annette Street
Hours: Su 12:00-17:00; Mo 10:00-20:30; Tu 12:30-20:30; We 10:00-18:00; Th 12:30-20:30; Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-17:00
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
Toronto Public Library - College/Shaw
Hours: Mo 10:00-20:30; Tu 12:30-20:30; We 10:00-18:00; Th 12:30-20:30; Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-17:00; Su off
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
Toronto Public Library - Leaside
Hours: Mo-Su
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
Toronto Public Library - Maria A. Shchuka
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-20:30; Sa 09:00-17:00; Su 13:30-17:00
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
Toronto Public Library - Parliament Street
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-20:30; Sa 09:00-17:00; Su 13:30-17:00
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
Toronto Public Library - Queen/Saulter
Hours: Tu 12:30-20:30, We 10:00-18:00, Th 12:30-20:30, Fr 10:00-18:00, Sa 09:00-17:00
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
Toronto Public Library - St. James Town
Hours: Tu,Th 12:30-20:30; Mo,Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-17:00
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
Toronto Public Library - Yorkville
Hours: Mo-Th 09:00-20:30; Fr-Sa 09:00-17:00; Su off
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
University of Toronto Department of Family and Community Medicine
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
Paul B. Helliwell Patient & Family Library
Hours: Mo-Th 08:30-16:30; Fr 08:30-16:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Free museum
Spadina Museum
Hours: We-Su 11:00-17:00
Wheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Community centre
The 519
Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-17:00
Wheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Toronto Public Library - Fort York
Hours: Mo-Th 09:00-20:30; Fr, Sa 09:00-17:00; Su 13:30-17:00
Wheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-17:00
No purchase needed - Library
Engineering & Computer Science Library
Hours: Mo-Th 09:00-21:00; Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-17:00; PH off
No purchase needed - Community centre
Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre
Hours: Mo,We,Fr 07:00-22:00; Tu,Th 09:00-22:00; Sa,Su 09:00-17:00
No purchase needed
Events in Toronto you can join alone — Come Alone
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