- Peameal bacon sandwich at St. Lawrence Market (Carousel Bakery or Paddington's).
- Kensington Market for global street food in a few blocks.
- Queen West and Ossington for the restaurant scene; Scarborough for the city's best Chinese, Tamil and Caribbean food.
Toronto City Guide
The CN Tower, Toronto. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Toronto is Canada's largest city and its economic engine: four million people in the city proper, over half born outside Canada. The CN Tower still defines the skyline, but the real Toronto is in the neighbourhoods, each with its own main street.
The essentials: the tower, the Royal Ontario Museum, St. Lawrence Market, and the ferry to the Toronto Islands for the skyline view. Eat everywhere: this is one of the great food cities of North America.
What to do in Toronto
Downtown and the waterfront
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CN Tower The 553-metre tower: glass floor, 360 restaurant and the EdgeWalk. - 2
Toronto Islands Car-free islands, beaches and the classic skyline view. - 3
St. Lawrence Market The 1803 market hall; get the peameal bacon sandwich. - 4
Distillery District Victorian whisky distillery turned galleries, patios and the Christmas market. - 5
Ripley's Aquarium of Canada The downtown aquarium next to the tower.
Museums and neighbourhoods
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Royal Ontario Museum Canada's largest museum: dinosaurs, the crystal and world cultures. - 2
Art Gallery of Ontario The Gehry-redesigned gallery with the Canadian collection. - 3
Casa Loma The 1914 castle on the Davenport hill. - 4
Kensington Market The bohemian market streets: vintage, cheese and global food.
Toronto Hotel Guide
How to choose the best places to stay in Toronto. Verified properties below; for the full list, search live availability on Booking.com.
Luxury
Fairmont Royal York
The 1929 railway hotel across from Union Station, Toronto's grand dame.
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Luxury
The Ritz-Carlton, Toronto
Five-star on Wellington Street with the city views to match.
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Mid-range
The Drake Hotel
Queen West's art-hotel institution, still the coolest address on the strip.
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Budget-friendly
HI Toronto Hostel
The downtown hostel on Church Street, well run and social.
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Getting there and around
Toronto Pearson (YYZ) is 25 km northwest; the UP Express train reaches Union Station in 25 minutes. Billy Bishop (YTZ) on the island serves short-haul flights. Union Station is the VIA Rail and GO hub.
Thinking of leaving Toronto for Lisbon?
Fledge Relocation has the full Toronto to Lisbon route: what the move costs, what Lisbon costs to live in, and the visa routes Canadians actually use.
- Moving costs: Toronto to Lisbon › shipping, flights, deposits and first-month costs.
- Move to Lisbon › the complete relocation guide.
- Cost of living in Lisbon › monthly budgets, rent by neighborhood.
Part of Fledge Relocation, our sister guide to living abroad.
Eating in Toronto
Fledge Food has a full guide to how Toronto eats: its defining dishes and how to order them, street food decoded, the markets, and the neighborhoods to eat in.