University Avenue is a major north-south road in
Downtown Toronto,
Ontario,
Canada. Beginning at
Front Street West in the south, the thoroughfare heads north to end at
College Street just south of
Queen's Park. At its north end, the
Ontario Legislative Building serves as a prominent
terminating vista. Many of Toronto's most important institutions are located along the eight-lane wide street such as
Osgoode Hall and other legal institutions, the
Four Seasons Centre, major hospitals conducting research and teaching, and landmark office buildings for the commercial sector, notably major financial and insurance industry firms. The portion of University Avenue between
Queen Street West and
College Street is laid out as a
boulevard, with several memorials, statues, gardens, and fountains concentrated in a landscaped median dividing the opposite directions of travel, giving it a ceremonial character.