 1913 – December 15: Loew's Yonge Street Theatre opens as the flagship for Loew's chain of Canadian vaudeville theatres. Built by Marcus Loew and designed by architect Thomas Lamb
- 1914 – February 16: the Loew's roof garden theatre, the Winter Garden, opens
- 1928 – May: Due to the decline of vaudeville's popularity and the advent of talking pictures, the Winter Garden is closed to the public; the lower auditorium remains open and is wired for sound
- 1930 – October 3: Loew drops vaudeville in favour of an all-movie program in the Yonge Street Theatre
- 1978 – March 17: The Yonge Street Theatre is re-named the Elgin
- 1981 – December 1: The Ontario Heritage Trust purchases the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres to restore them for use as a performing arts complex. What is believed to be the world's largest collection of vaudeville scenery is purchased along with the building – pieces from the collection are displayed in the cascading lobbies
- 1982 – June: The Winter Garden Theatre is declared a National Historic Site; designation of the Elgin follows shortly thereafter
- 1984 – October: Retrofit of the Elgin Theatre and restoration of the colonnaded lobby takes place
- 1985 – March 14: The celebrated production of "Cats" opens in the Elgin Theatre for a two-year run
- 1987 – May: Full restoration begins
- 1989 – December 15: After almost three years of restoration, the grand reopening of the historic Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres takes place – exactly 76 years after the original opening of the Loew's Yonge Street Theatre
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