Toronto Police Museum and Discovery Centre

Located inside the Toronto Police HQ building is this awesome free museum filled with vintage and newer Toronto Police Service memrobillia. There are badges, uniforms, horses, motorcycles, cars, hats, plaques, and so much more. I was there for about 35 minutes and learnt a lot from the displays. There is also a gift shop just across where you can buy Toronto Police merch. When you enter HQ you will have to go through a security check point and then once in you go directly left down a wheelchair accesible ramp to the museum. Fun for all that have an interest in law enforcement.

The Toronto Police Service is one of the very first organised professional police forces in North America. This museum helps to highlight its (at times) unsavoury past. Overall, however, the Toronto Police are a well organised and effective force. It is helpful to have exhibits like this to highlight the achievements and advancements of the force over the years. Many men and women work hard and are dedicated to protecting the city. And we should not judge a few bad actors as a representation of the entire force. Visit this museum and get a sense of the rich history behind this force.

This is a place in the museum to respect and honour the history of the Police Force in Toronto. This also has a place to honour the fallen officers in the line of duty.

Free! Smaller museum, but was much more extensive than expected. The museum displays a vast amount of artifacts, displaying the development of police uniforms, technology, and vehicles throughout the century. There was an interesting exhibit about detective cases that have been solved over the years. Also, a real historic police station and jail cell.
Staff was friendly and helpful.

Cool place for my police obsessed son. There’s cool stories, very good read. Only bad thing is the gift store wasn’t open and we visited twice already. I guess we’ll go again in the summer and hope for the best.

This is such a beautiful place to visit. It's a neat and compact museum which contains many interesting collections of Toronto's past. There is a police bike, a cut side if an 80's Plymouth police car with some interesting interiors, hats or medals of police officers who sacrificed their lives and interesting artifacts from various crimes committed within the city.
My son was thrilled with the Plymouth Car. There is so much to see and admire about the city's police at this place. Everything is very well detailed and informative as well. Also the place is very well maintained.
There is also a donation box which the many of the citizens have duly and rightly donated. There is also a tiny shop too. Unfortunately not many people visit this place.
Admire the efforts of Toronto City's Police.

A small museum with lots of potential! (Especially given that the museum does not actually receive funding from the Police Service.) The concept is excellent and I passed by the curator by chance and had a little chat. She is a very friendly and warm person and you could tell she is dedicated to the museum! I enjoyed the interactive features; for example, you could ride on the motorcycle and have your photo taken. However, many of the lights in the gallery were not open/broken, making it difficult to see many of the exhibits/read the descriptions. And as another reviewer pointed out, some of the cases were dusty and the exhibits overall could use some updates. I understanding that it's challenging given the limited funding, so I'm really hoping that the museum receives more funding, as it's really neat to trace the history of a type of service that is so relevant and crucial to our everyday lives. Note that for individual visits, you no longer need to book in advance; just come by during its opening hours and pass through security at the front entrance. The gift shop closed early during my visit (not sure if that's a more long-term hour change), but I'd love to come back to the gift shop and take a look.