15 of the best · Toronto, Canada
The CN Tower and the islands, the Distillery and the old town, Fort York and Casa Loma, the Hockey Hall of Fame and the cathedrals.
Our 15 favourites, listed A–Z · Updated November 2026
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Three Toronto moments we keep going back to: the ferry to the islands for the skyline at dusk, a Saturday morning at St. Lawrence Market, and an afternoon in the galleries of the Royal Ontario Museum.
EdgeWalk, 116 storeys up
The tower over the railway lands, with the Glass Floor, the SkyPod, 360 Restaurant and EdgeWalk.
Ten minutes by ferry
Centre Island, Ward’s Island and Hanlan’s Point: beaches, boardwalks and the skyline across the water.
Victorian brick
The Victorian distillery of Gooderham & Worts, now galleries, shops, cafés and the winter village.
Reading the lakeside city’s great sights.
The back story
The CN Tower over the lake, the islands by ferry, the Distillery’s Victorian brick, St. Lawrence Market, Casa Loma on its hill and Fort York, where the city began: how to read Toronto.
The tower, the islands and the old town.
EdgeWalk, 116 storeys up
The tower over the railway lands, with the Glass Floor, the SkyPod, 360 Restaurant and EdgeWalk.
Victorian brick
The Victorian distillery of Gooderham & Worts, now galleries, shops, cafés and the winter village.
City Hall and the rink
The square before City Hall’s two curved towers, with the Toronto sign and a winter skating rink.
Ten minutes by ferry
Centre Island, Ward’s Island and Hanlan’s Point: beaches, boardwalks and the skyline across the water.
The fort, the castle and the Cup.
Where the city began
The British garrison of 1793 and the battlefield of the War of 1812.
Home of the Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup, the model rink and the game’s collection, in an old bank at Front and Yonge.
The aquarium and the zoo.
Beneath the tower
An aquarium at the foot of the CN Tower, with an underwater tunnel.
Ontario Place.
On the lake
The lakefront grounds of Ontario Place, with Trillium Park and the trail.
Anglican and Catholic.
Anglican, on King Street
The Anglican cathedral of King Street East, with its spire and its park.
Catholic, on Bond Street
The Catholic cathedral of Toronto, east of Yonge Street.
