Toronto - Post Report Question and Answers

What are some interesting/fun things to do in the area? Can you recommend any “hidden gems"?

Staying in a provincial park or hiking in the mountains far out of town. Canada has so much land and so many outdoor activities, if you can stand the winter. - Aug 2022


Lots of parks and natural features in and near the city. - Jun 2018


Get to know someone with a sailboat and learn sailing on Lake Ontario! Get bikes if you don't have them. - Apr 2018


There is always something to do, there are often festivals and events. - Nov 2016


Enjoy the many restaurants, check movies at the Toronto International Film Festival (happens every September). Head up a couple of hours north of the city to ski in the Blue Mountains. Enjoy time in the summer in "cottage country". Go to Stratford or Niagara for a day. - Nov 2015


We took advantage of the short drive to Niagara Falls. It is about a ninety-minute drive from downtown. There are various wineries, and Niagara on the Lake is beautiful. The city itself has many nice parks and lots to do. The TIFF movie festival is also a lot of fun. - Jul 2015


Museums, great restaurants, wandering the city neighborhoods, going to "cottage country," Stratford Shakespeare Festival, beaches, Octoberfest in Kitchner, skiing, boating. - Jan 2013


There is so much to do, first there are the great beaches right in the city, with boardwalks, shops, and a waterpark for the kids. There is so much shopping in Toronto, there are atleast 6 streets were the shopping goes on for 10 KM almost nonestop, Toronoto also has the largest underground shopping in the world. There is also many festivals and parades in the city. with all the cultures in the the city there are interesting areas like Greek town, China town, Korea Town, little Italy, India town, Little Jamaica and many more. There is a amusment park 30 minutes from Toronto, and Toronto has the 3rd largest zoo in the world. 2 hours from Toronto there is the world famous Niagara Falls. Toronto has something for everyone! - May 2010


About anything that you want to do - if you can´t find it, you aren´t looking hard enough. Except maybe year-round beaches. - Apr 2010


O were to begin. There is always something going on here. From shows, play, parades, festivals, beaches, Canada's Wonder Land, and the never ending shopping. Toronto has the largest under groud shopping in the world. - Aug 2008


Niagara on the Lake, Niagara Falls, any of the festivals in spring/summer, ice skating, Winterlude in Ottawa, sugar shacks, zoo, IMAX, Toronto Film Festival, Theater District, Eaton Center, Kensington and St. Lawrence Markets, Pacific Mall in Markham, warehouse sales, Harbourfront Centre. - Jan 2008


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