Part of Harbourfront Centre, the Harbourfront Centre Theatre is a 450-seat flat-floor facility created out of a former icehouse in 1986. An intimate space from both acoustic and visual viewpoints, the theater accommodates speech, jazz, and chamber music with equal ability, as well as amplified speech and music. Both cabaret performances and "Brunch with Bach" work well here. The performance area can be set up to the side, end, or middle of the space, with seats on the flat or on risers. The space has become the home of Toronto's French-speaking theatre company, and has also frequently been used for chamber music and concert performances by Nexus, Canada's renowned percussion ensemble, as well as a broad range of other events.

Harbourfront Centre stretches over several city blocks on Toronto's waterfront. The Centre includes Premiere Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre Theatre, studios, galleries, pier terminal, offices, marketplace, parks, cafés, and restaurants.

Artec provided Design and Planning services covering Pre-Design Phase services, Auditorium Design, Facility Planning, Specialized Performance Equipment Systems Design and Noise & Vibration Control consulting for Harbourfront Centre Theatre. The architect of the adaptive reuse project was Peter Smith of Lett/Smith Architects.