Dufferin GatesThree gates have stood at the north entrance to the CNE. The first, built in 1895, was a wooden structure which stood until the second, metal and brick ornate Beaux-Arts style triumphal arch was built in 1910. It was officially re-opened by Lord Dufferin in 1914, and stood until 1958 when it was demolished to make way for the Gardiner Expressway. The final modernist-style parabolic arch, designed by Philip R. Brock, was then built and stands to this day.
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Historic photos of Dufferin Gates
| 1907 |  | Crowds of people at the old wooden CNE Dufferin St. Gate 118 years ago - CNE - 1907 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
| 1908 |  | People gathering at the Dufferin Gates, CNE 117 years ago - CNE - 1908 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1908 |  | Older wooden Dufferin Gate, Exhibition Place 117 years ago - CNE - 1908 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1908 |  | Lowering the railway tracks in front of the 1895 Dufferin Street Gates 117 years ago - CNE - 1908 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1912 | Construction work, Main Gates, Canadian National Exhibition. 113 years ago - CNE - 1912 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Library and Archives Canada) |
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| 1914 |  | Troops at C.N.E. (Canadian National Exhibition) Dufferin gates 111 years ago - CNE - 1914 Link to archive record - Map location (From Archives of Ontario) |
| 1914 | | View south on Dufferin Street from Springhurst Avenue (view of 1910 Dufferin St. Gate) 111 years ago - CNE - Wednesday, June 17, 1914 Max temp: 23.3°C - Min temp: 6.7°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1914 | | Troops leaving CNE WWI camp through Dufferin Gates 111 years ago - CNE - 1914 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1914 | | Dufferin Memorial Gate under guard during World War 1 ( WWI ) 111 years ago - CNE - 1914 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1920 |  | Dufferin St. Gate in full glory with fan and ornaments 105 years ago - CNE - 1920 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
| 1922 | | Sunday opening, CNE Dufferin Gates 103 years ago - CNE - 1922 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1930 |  | Dufferin Gates - CNE, luncheon group, Warriors Parade 95 years ago - CNE - Saturday, August 23, 1930 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1932 |  | Dufferin St. Gate - Busy Factories Bring Better Times - illuminated sign 93 years ago - CNE - 1932 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
| 1937 | | Railway bridge in front of the C.N.E. Dufferin Gates 88 years ago - CNE - Thursday, July 15, 1937 Max temp: 28.3°C - Min temp: 21.1°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1942 | | Military zone - 15 miles per hour - Crumbling Dufferin Gates 83 years ago - CNE - Monday, November 16, 1942 Max temp: 13.9°C - Min temp: 4.4°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1942 | | Dufferin Gates with fan, Exhibition Park 83 years ago - CNE - Monday, November 16, 1942 Max temp: 13.9°C - Min temp: 4.4°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1942 | | No centre piece in the Dufferin Gates, Exhibition Park C. N. E. 83 years ago - CNE - Friday, December 11, 1942 Max temp: 2.2°C - Min temp: 0.6°C - 2.3cm of snowfall (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1953 |  | Marching through the 1910 Dufferin Gates in the 1953 Labour Day Parade at the CNE 72 years ago - CNE - Tuesday, September 1, 1953 Link to archive record - Map location (From York University Archives) |
| 1954 | | View of Dufferin Street in CNE at night, looking towards Dufferin Gate 71 years ago - CNE - Saturday, September 11, 1954 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1958 |  | Demolition of 1910 CNE Dufferin Gates 67 years ago - CNE - 1958 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1958 |  | Demolition of the 1910 CNE Dufferin Gates 67 years ago - CNE - 1958 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |
| 1958 |  | The Dufferin Gates at the CNE - colourized postcard - adults 35 cents - Bulova clock 67 years ago - CNE - 1958 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library) |
| 1958 |  | Dufferin Street gate decorated for the 80th anniversary of the CNE 67 years ago - CNE - 1958 Link to archive record - Map location (From Archives of Ontario) |
| 1963 |  | Members of the Operative Potters Local 231 after marching through the Dufferin Gate (1959) of the CNE in the 1963 Labour Day Parade 62 years ago - CNE - Monday, September 2, 1963 Link to archive record - Map location (From York University Archives) |
| 1990 | | Exhibition Place Dufferin Gate looking south 35 years ago - CNE - 1990 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives) |