Around & About Toronto

About Toronto:

Toronto is truly one of the most diverse and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Situated 566 feet above sea level on the northern shore of Lake Ontario, Toronto is one of the southernmost cities in Canada and is nearly the same latitude as northern California.

Getting around Toronto:

Toronto is an easy city to navigate.

Public Transit

Explore Toronto on one of North America’s finest transportation systems – the TTC. With easy to navigate subways, buses and “red rocket” streetcars, getting around the city is a snap. When using the TTC (public transit), a single fare will take you anywhere in the city on a one way trip. You can freely transfer between subway, streetcar and bus, but make sure you obtain a transfer (a slip of paper) when and where you pay your fare. On buses and streetcars, exact change is required. TTC day passes are also available.

Go Transit is Ontario’s inter-regional bus and train service. It links Toronto with outlying areas of the Greater Toronto Area. GO Trains and buses depart from Toronto’s Union Station at regular intervals throughout the day.

Driving Around Town

• Toronto’s streets follow a basic grid pattern and are fairly easy to navigate

• Speed limit signs are posted on each street

• The city’s heavy traffic times are from 7:00-9:00 a.m. and from 4:00-6:00 p.m.

Parking

Parking on most downtown streets is limited to specific times of day, and often requires you to purchase and display a ticket from one of the parking machines located along the street. Be sure to check and obey the signs posted along the street to make sure your vehicle doesn’t get ticketed or, worse yet, towed away.

There are also a variety of public parking lots throughout the city. City-owned lots are indicated by the ‘Green P’ logo – a large ‘P’ in a green circle.

The Underground City

PATH is downtown Toronto's underground walkway linking 27 kms (16 miles) of subterranean shopping, services and entertainment. Follow the brightly colored PATH signs and you'll reach your downtown destination easily in weatherproof comfort.

Things to Do:

Art Gallery of Ontario
Bata Shoe Museum
Black Creek Pioneer Village
Casa Loma
CN Tower
Fort York
Hockey Hall of Fame
Mackenzie House
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Niagara Falls
Old City Hall
Olympic Spirit
Ontario Parliament
Ontario Science Centre
Rogers Centre
Royal Ontario Museum
Spadina Historic House & Gardens
St. Jacobs Country
St. James Cathedral
Toronto Zoo