Upcoming Events
Kensington Market Black History Walking Tour
February 23, 2025 | 11am-12:30pm
Join us to mark Black History Month with a walking tour that explores Black history and presence in Kensington Market. From music clubs, patty wars, the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) Hall, to Black-owned businesses thriving today, come and learn about the Black community in our eclectic neighbourhood.
The walk will be led by Anyika Mark, the Community Engagement Manager for the Little Jamaica Community Land Trust, and just about the funnest person you could spend time with. Anyika has been coming to Kensington Market since she was a kid.
Walk Start: No. 8 Fire Hall (132 Bellevue Ave)
Walk End: KMCLT Building (54-56 Kensington Ave)
Admission is by donation. Register here.
Report Launch: The Community Land Trust as Place Keeper
March 6, 2025 | 6:30-9pm (presentation starts at 7pm)
Location: Pamenar Cafe (307 Augusta Ave.)
The KMCLT is delighted to invite you to the launch of our report "The Community Land Trust as Place Keeper: Kensington Market, Small Business, Community and the Challenges of Affordability," which examines the state of Kensington Market’s commercial ecology. The result of months of consultations, data gathering, analysis and research, this report explores the particular factors for Kensington Market’s success, the risks it faces and solutions to secure its future. Join us on Thursday March 6 at Pamenar to share ideas, strategize and learn about how the KMCLT is planning to continue to support Kensington Market’s commercial and residential communities. A presentation will be given and physical copies of the report will be available.
This is a free event - RSVP here.
Land AcknowledgementWe, as members of the Kensington Market Community Land Trust, are aware that we are a settler organization. Kensington Market sits in the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit (an Anishnaabe people), the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Wendat and Petun Nations, land which is now home to many First Nations, Inuit and Métis.
This land is covered by the Dish With One Spoon wampum belt covenant, an agreement by the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee to share resources equally and peaceably. It is also covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit. As a settler organization concerned with land ownership, we acknowledge that we have broken the treaties. Our work for the well-being of this land must include accountability to our relatives.
More Community Groups
Friends of Kensington Market
https://fokm.ca/
Kensington Market Historical Society
https://www.kmhs.ca/
Kensington Market BIA
https://kensingtonmarket.to/
Kensington Market Action Committee
https://www.kensingtonmarket.org/
Our Contact
Mailing Address:
103 Bellevue Avenue,
Toronto, ON, Canada
Email:
info@kmclt.ca
Mailing Address:
103 Bellevue Avenue,
Toronto, ON, Canada
Email:
info@kmclt.ca