Toronto Masonic Temple

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Original purpose: Temple
Current purpose: TV studio
Affiliation: Masonic
Open to public: No

Toronto Masonic Temple at 888 Yonge St. is one of the most mysterious buildings in Toronto and one of the few surviving examples of Masonic architecture. It is now occupied by MTV Canada, but until very recently it was home to many prominent Masonic lodges. Unfortunately, due to decline in membership and financial difficulties that many lodges experienced at the end of the past century, the building changed hands a couple of time until purchased by CTV, which decided to let MTV completely take over the building in 2005, when it also was re-dedicated with the help of Grand Lodge of Canada. Since then, the temple was completely renovated and brought up to modern building codes. But the mysteries still remain, such as whether MTV’s logo on the front is coincidentally articulates the letter “M”…

Here is a very detailed article about the history of the building…

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St. Joseph's Oratory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Original/Current purpose: church
Affiliation: Roman Catholic
Open to public: Yes

On the 17th of October 2010 brother Andre Bessette of Montreal has officially become the first modern day Canadian Catholic saint. His contribution was working miracles, most of which he conducted in a little church he started back 1904.

Perched on the slope of Mount Royal overlooking the city with the same name (Montreal), sits one of the most intriguing places of worship in Canada – St. Joseph Oratory. The stream of pilgrims is comparable with any ancient miracle spots. The stories of cures are overwhelming.

The complex consists of two distinct spaces - the crypt and the oratory itself.

But it's the passage connecting the two that is most unusual. It is filled with canes of believers who no longer needed them and candles from those who still do.
If the sight of pilgrims scaling the mountainous staircase on their knees was not enough to demonstrate the sight's popularity, large escalators leading to the oratory would be.
Oratory itself is a very imposing more modern structure, with very little of crypt's intimacy or passage's spirituality.

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