Guidebook for Toronto
Essentials
Huge grocery store with everything you will need during your stay.
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Loblaws
585 Queen St WHuge grocery store with everything you will need during your stay.
Matt's No Frills
449 Parliament StLCBO
2300 Yonge StGood spot to pick up a bottle of wine or a 6 pack of beer.
Should you fall ill during your stay or need toiletries, this is the best place to go. They're open until midnight 7 days a week.
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Shoppers Drug Mart
710 Mt Pleasant RdShould you fall ill during your stay or need toiletries, this is the best place to go. They're open until midnight 7 days a week.
Shopping
CF Toronto Eaton Centre
220 Yonge StSt. Lawrence Market
93 Front St EArts & Culture
Fort York houses Canada's largest collection of original War of 1812 buildings and 1813 battle site. Located in the heart of downtown Toronto, Fort York is open year-round and offers tours, exhibits, period settings, and seasonal demonstrations. During the summer months, the site comes alive with the colour and pageantry of the Fort York Guard.
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Fort York
250 Fort York BlvdFort York houses Canada's largest collection of original War of 1812 buildings and 1813 battle site. Located in the heart of downtown Toronto, Fort York is open year-round and offers tours, exhibits, period settings, and seasonal demonstrations. During the summer months, the site comes alive with the colour and pageantry of the Fort York Guard.
The AGO is an art museum in Toronto's Downtown Grange Park district. Its collection includes more than 80,000 works spanning the 1st century to the present day. The gallery has 45,000 sq m. of physical space, making it one of the largest galleries in North America.
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Art Gallery of Ontario
317 Dundas St WThe AGO is an art museum in Toronto's Downtown Grange Park district. Its collection includes more than 80,000 works spanning the 1st century to the present day. The gallery has 45,000 sq m. of physical space, making it one of the largest galleries in North America.
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is among the world’s leading museums of natural history and world cultures. In combining a universal museum of cultures with that of natural history, the ROM offers an unusual breadth of experience to our audiences from around the world.
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Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queens ParkThe Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is among the world’s leading museums of natural history and world cultures. In combining a universal museum of cultures with that of natural history, the ROM offers an unusual breadth of experience to our audiences from around the world.
Harbourfront Centre
235 Queens Quay WThe best cinema in town; ground zero for Toronto International Film Festival hype. Featuring two great restaurants: the casual O and B Canteen with its street side patio - great for people-watching - and the fancier Luma on the second floor overlooking the King St action.
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TIFF Bell Lightbox & Festival Tower
350 King St WThe best cinema in town; ground zero for Toronto International Film Festival hype. Featuring two great restaurants: the casual O and B Canteen with its street side patio - great for people-watching - and the fancier Luma on the second floor overlooking the King St action.
Parks & Nature
High Park
1873 Bloor St WIf it's summertime, everybody is hanging out in this park, looking good and feeling fine. Bring a picnic. Look for the albino white squirrel that lives there.
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Trinity Bellwoods Park
790 Queen St WIf it's summertime, everybody is hanging out in this park, looking good and feeling fine. Bring a picnic. Look for the albino white squirrel that lives there.
Entertainment & Activities
Toronto's newest must-see attraction for tourists of all ages. The aquarium features several aquatic exhibits including a walk-through tank. The aquarium has 5.7 million litres (1.5 million gallons) of marine and freshwater habitats from across the world. The exhibits hold 13,500 exotic sea and freshwater specimens from more than 450 species.
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Ripleys Aquarium von Kanada
288 Bremner BlvdToronto's newest must-see attraction for tourists of all ages. The aquarium features several aquatic exhibits including a walk-through tank. The aquarium has 5.7 million litres (1.5 million gallons) of marine and freshwater habitats from across the world. The exhibits hold 13,500 exotic sea and freshwater specimens from more than 450 species.
Rogers Centre (originally known as SkyDome) is a multi-purpose stadium in downtown Toronto. It is home to the Toronto Blue Jays.
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Rogers Centre
1 Blue Jays WayRogers Centre (originally known as SkyDome) is a multi-purpose stadium in downtown Toronto. It is home to the Toronto Blue Jays.
Toronto's answer to Times Square, Dundas Square hosts hundreds of concerts, fairs, promotions and a variety of other events annually and usually all free. The Square is well situated at the city's busiest intersection.
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Dundas Square
1 Dundas St EToronto's answer to Times Square, Dundas Square hosts hundreds of concerts, fairs, promotions and a variety of other events annually and usually all free. The Square is well situated at the city's busiest intersection.
Catch a concert, Maple Leafs, or Toronto Raptors game at the Air Canada Stadium.
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Bay St at Air Canada Centre
Catch a concert, Maple Leafs, or Toronto Raptors game at the Air Canada Stadium.
Movie goers and film addicts can get their flicker fix a short UberX ride away. Class A Theatre Amenities: 1 IMAX Screen(s); 1 DBOX Screen(s); 6 Real D 3D Screen(s); 1 UltraAVX Screen(s); 14 Screen(s).
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Scotiabank-Kino
259 Richmond St WMovie goers and film addicts can get their flicker fix a short UberX ride away. Class A Theatre Amenities: 1 IMAX Screen(s); 1 DBOX Screen(s); 6 Real D 3D Screen(s); 1 UltraAVX Screen(s); 14 Screen(s).
Sightseeing
Defining the Toronto skyline, this tower tower is the world's tallest building and free standing structure at over 553-metres. Offers panoramic views, shopping and dining featuring a glass floor & a revolving eatery with panoramic views. Try the famous EdgeWalk if you're not afraid of heights.
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CN Tower
290 Bremner BlvdDefining the Toronto skyline, this tower tower is the world's tallest building and free standing structure at over 553-metres. Offers panoramic views, shopping and dining featuring a glass floor & a revolving eatery with panoramic views. Try the famous EdgeWalk if you're not afraid of heights.
If you are visiting Toronto for the first time, and it is daytime, do not miss a visit to Kensington Market. Truly unique experience, bring your camera and your appetite. Every type of food is here. And vintage shops. It's hard to describe. Artsy, weird and beautiful. Explore. It's a bit tricky to find. Walk one block south of College St and one block west of Spadina. Look for Augusta or Kensington streets and you have found the little maze of streets. Ask anyone walking around. They will point you to it.
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Kensington Market
If you are visiting Toronto for the first time, and it is daytime, do not miss a visit to Kensington Market. Truly unique experience, bring your camera and your appetite. Every type of food is here. And vintage shops. It's hard to describe. Artsy, weird and beautiful. Explore. It's a bit tricky to find. Walk one block south of College St and one block west of Spadina. Look for Augusta or Kensington streets and you have found the little maze of streets. Ask anyone walking around. They will point you to it.
If you dig cobblestone streets, 1800's era buildings, unique specialty shops and art galleries, you'll love this neighbourhood. A great place to wander and shop, with some wonderful restaurants and coffee shops. Also hosts the city's best Christmas Market in November and December. Grab some mulled wine and pose by the giant Christmas tree (to preserve your holiday spirit, try to avoid the weekend throngs). But beware - it can get crowded, particularly in the summer months when bridal parties descend upon the brick-and-beam architecture for photo ops.
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Distillery Altstadt
55 Mill StIf you dig cobblestone streets, 1800's era buildings, unique specialty shops and art galleries, you'll love this neighbourhood. A great place to wander and shop, with some wonderful restaurants and coffee shops. Also hosts the city's best Christmas Market in November and December. Grab some mulled wine and pose by the giant Christmas tree (to preserve your holiday spirit, try to avoid the weekend throngs). But beware - it can get crowded, particularly in the summer months when bridal parties descend upon the brick-and-beam architecture for photo ops.
Authentic Chinese Food, fantastic restaurants and there are several that serve Dim Sum. Several very inexpensive shops for those goofy souvenirs you want to take home to friends and family.
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Chinatown
292 Spadina Ave.Authentic Chinese Food, fantastic restaurants and there are several that serve Dim Sum. Several very inexpensive shops for those goofy souvenirs you want to take home to friends and family.
Yorkville has upscale shopping, restaurants, and the first five star hotel in Canada. Upscale boutiques include Burberry, Prada, Gucci, MAC Cosmetics, Hugo Boss, Chanel, Hermès, Louis Vuitton.
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Yorkville
Yorkville has upscale shopping, restaurants, and the first five star hotel in Canada. Upscale boutiques include Burberry, Prada, Gucci, MAC Cosmetics, Hugo Boss, Chanel, Hermès, Louis Vuitton.
Drinks & Nightlife
Boutique hotel with multiple on-site dining options and a lounge with live music, as well as a rooftop patio, event spaces and parking. Great place to have a drink after a walk on Queen West.
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The Drake Hotel
1150 Queen St WBoutique hotel with multiple on-site dining options and a lounge with live music, as well as a rooftop patio, event spaces and parking. Great place to have a drink after a walk on Queen West.
Trendy local brewery with big patio (retractable cover so good rain or shine). Great selection of craft beer on tap and in bottles. Limited food selection but a foodie-type hipster menu.
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Bellwoods Brewery
124 Ossington AveTrendy local brewery with big patio (retractable cover so good rain or shine). Great selection of craft beer on tap and in bottles. Limited food selection but a foodie-type hipster menu.
Steam Whistle Brewery is set in an old school CN Rail roundhouse and offers tours of the brewing facility and a history of the company.
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Steam Whistle Brewing
255 Bremner BlvdSteam Whistle Brewery is set in an old school CN Rail roundhouse and offers tours of the brewing facility and a history of the company.