299 Queen Street West, Toronto
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299 Queen Street West, Toronto is a historic downtown Toronto building that serves as a major media hub housing multiple television and radio broadcasters.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 299 Queen Street West | 1 |
| 299 Queen Street West, Toronto canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10208825 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 299 Queen Street West, Toronto Context triple: [CP24, headquarters, 299 Queen Street West, Toronto]
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A.
Christie Street and Bloor Street West, Toronto
Christie Street and Bloor Street West in Toronto is a busy intersection in the city's west end, known for its mix of residential and commercial buildings and proximity to Koreatown and Christie Pits Park.
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B.
1900 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1900 Yonge Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is a major office building best known as the central administrative hub of the city’s public transit system.
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C.
Front of Yonge
Front of Yonge is a rural township in Eastern Ontario, Canada, situated along the St. Lawrence River in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville.
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D.
Queen’s Park and Bloor Street West
Queen’s Park and Bloor Street West is a major downtown Toronto intersection located near the provincial legislature and several cultural institutions.
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E.
Sherbrooke Street West
Sherbrooke Street West is a major thoroughfare in Montreal known for its mix of residential areas, shops, institutions, and cultural landmarks running through several central neighborhoods.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 299 Queen Street West, Toronto Target entity description: 299 Queen Street West, Toronto is a historic downtown Toronto building that serves as a major media hub housing multiple television and radio broadcasters.
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A.
Christie Street and Bloor Street West, Toronto
Christie Street and Bloor Street West in Toronto is a busy intersection in the city's west end, known for its mix of residential and commercial buildings and proximity to Koreatown and Christie Pits Park.
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B.
1900 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1900 Yonge Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is a major office building best known as the central administrative hub of the city’s public transit system.
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C.
Front of Yonge
Front of Yonge is a rural township in Eastern Ontario, Canada, situated along the St. Lawrence River in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville.
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D.
Queen’s Park and Bloor Street West
Queen’s Park and Bloor Street West is a major downtown Toronto intersection located near the provincial legislature and several cultural institutions.
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E.
Sherbrooke Street West
Sherbrooke Street West is a major thoroughfare in Montreal known for its mix of residential areas, shops, institutions, and cultural landmarks running through several central neighborhoods.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building
ⓘ
heritage property ⓘ television studio complex ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Neo-Gothic ⓘ |
| broadcastsFrom | Queen Street West ⓘ |
| city | Toronto ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1913 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1913 ⓘ |
| coordinates | 43.6496°N 79.3894°W ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| formerName |
CHUM-City Building
ⓘ
The Methodist Publishing House ⓘ |
| hasHistoricUse |
printing facility
ⓘ
religious publishing house ⓘ |
| hasLandmarkStatus | well-known Toronto media landmark ⓘ |
| headquartersOf |
CP24
ⓘ
E! (Canadian TV channel, former) ⓘ MuchMusic ⓘ
linked to:
MuchMusic building
Space (former TV channel brand) ⓘ
linked to:
Space (Canadian TV channel)
|
| heritageDesignation | Toronto Heritage Property ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| housesStudioOf |
CP24
ⓘ
CTV News Toronto ⓘ
linked to:
CTV
MuchMusic ⓘ
linked to:
MuchMusic building
iHeartRadio Canada stations ⓘ
linked to:
iHeartRadio
|
| locatedIn |
Downtown Toronto
ⓘ
Entertainment District ⓘ |
| mediaHubFor |
Bell Media specialty channels
ⓘ
Toronto radio production ⓘ Toronto television production ⓘ |
| nearbyIntersection |
Queen Street West and John Street
ⓘ
linked to:
Queen Street West
|
| neighbourhood |
Queen West
ⓘ
linked to:
Queen Street West
|
| notableFeature |
MuchMusic-branded exterior signage
ⓘ
large street-level glass-walled studio ⓘ outdoor performance space on Queen Street ⓘ |
| numberOfFloors | 4 ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Bell Media ⓘ |
| postalCode | M5V 2Z5 ⓘ |
| previousOwner |
CHUM Limited
ⓘ
City of Toronto ⓘ
linked to:
Toronto
|
| province | Ontario ⓘ |
| renovation | converted to broadcast centre in the 1980s ⓘ |
| street | Queen Street West ⓘ |
| streetAddress |
299 Queen Street West
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linked to:
299 Queen Street West, Toronto
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| usedFor |
office space
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radio broadcasting ⓘ street-front retail ⓘ television broadcasting ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 299 Queen Street West, Toronto Description of subject: 299 Queen Street West, Toronto is a historic downtown Toronto building that serves as a major media hub housing multiple television and radio broadcasters.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
299 Queen Street West, Toronto
linked to: 299 Queen Street West, Toronto