IN PHOTOS | A rare guided tour of the CN Tower's off-limit areas
Posted on: May 14, 2026 05:27 IST | Posted by: Cbc
The CN Tower is getting ready to apply the public rarified get at to areas of the applied science marvel that ar normally closed.
Later this month the 553-metre-tall landmark is participating for the first time in Doors Open Toronto, where members of the public get rare access to the city’s architecturally significant buildings and sites.
On Wednesday, members of the media got a preview of the guided tour of the tower, which explores operational and architectural spaces of Canada's tallest structure that have never before been open to visitors.
Members of the media record cellphone videos of the 300-metre shaft running nearly the full height of the tower’s inner pedestal:
Looking down the 300-metre hollow interior of the tower through a hatch in the floor of a stairwell outside the public area of the observation deck:
A hatch in the wall of a stairwell inside the tower provides a glimpse inside the rarely seen inner workings of the landmark:
During the tour, CN Tower staffer Shawn Whalen points out panels from the original glass floor, now stored in a basement chamber:
A cutout schematic of the CN Tower sits next to a core sample of the tower itself in a basement chamber of the attraction:
Linen-keeper Irmina Victor, who has worked at the CN Tower for 16 years, answers a call in her office.
Members of the public brave the glass floor of the CN Tower's lower observation level, more than 340 metres above the ground:
A person takes a picture on the observation deck of the tower:
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