Canada's Largest City

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WARNING...In February and March, Toronto is still very chilly, with average temperatures of 32° and 40° F, respectively. Bring your woollies!

Toronto is a clean, safe, cosmopolitan city with a wonderful network of parks, recreational, and cultural facilities. Toronto is the home of four professional sports teams and the third largest English-speaking theatre district in the world, behind New York and London. One of the world's most ethnically diverse cities, it is home to more than 80 ethnic communities from Africa, Asia, and Europe. Toronto is also the business centre of Canada.

More than 200 years ago, these banks of Lake Ontario were known to the Huron people as Toronto, a word in their language that meant "meeting place." In 1793, British settlers named the town that had sprung up, York. In 1834, they realized that the Hurons were right in the first place. It was still--and remains today--a meeting place, a crossroads of culture and cultures; Toronto has been our name ever since.

THINGS TO DO IN TORONTO

Toronto's Downtown core is the center of the city's financial district, but also more than a just a place to work. When the office buildings empty for the evening downtown comes alive with a vital night life. From world class theaters and great restaurants to intimate supper clubs with live jazz.

Toronto is a centre for vibrant theatre from the major downtown theatres hosting world class hits to our many homegrown theatres and production companies.

Our downtown theatres (many dating from the turn of the century) are opulent and state of the art, making each a truly memorable experience.

To add to the theatre experience there are many fine restaurants to accommodate every taste. Just north of the theatre district is the club zone where should you choose you can finish the evening at any number of clubs.

A city much like the web, Toronto is always "under construction" and reinventing itself. The St Lawrence market is a refreshing slice of the way Toronto used to be. Beginning at the convergence of just east of the downtown core, it opens out into a wide Avenue reminiscent of European cities, retaining some of the character of the original architecture, like the Goderm building (pictured above) which was mercifully saved from the wreckers ball. There are many fine bistro's cafe's and bars, very popular smooshing spots for the media and financial industry.

Toronto after dark comes alive in the club zone. Whatever strikes your mood from discos, bars to brew pubs, you can start the night out at one of the areas fine eateries catch a show in the nearby theaters or dance the night away at any number of high energy clubs or discos.

GREEK TOWN

The Danforth is the centre of Toronto's Greek community and more recently a Caribbean and Latin infusion. The main attraction here for visitors are the many Greek tavernas and restaurants that line Danforth Ave. Here you can get an authentic taste of Greek hospitality.

Visit the Greektoronto website

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LITTLE ITALY

College St and Little Italy are emerging as Toronto's next trendy Locales. An eclectic mix of trattorias, coffeehouses and fine restaurants. There are also bars and night clubs that offer something a little different than your average downtown club. Little Italy and College St. rank as one of the city's most inviting places to explore.

CHINATOWN

Toronto’s Chinatown has grow immensely over the years some say its the second largest Asian community in North America. Extending up and down Spadina Ave and along Dundas St. West its home to shops and restaurants that reflect the diversity of Asian cultures and cuisine including Chinese, Vietnamese and Thai.

The narrow streets of nearby Kensington market are a ecclectic mix of traditional European style bakers fish mongers mixed with vintage clothing stores making this a vibrant part of town.

THE BEACHES

Close to the city but a world away in small town atmosphere would aptly describe the Beaches. Situated just east of downtown its a favorite place for roller bladers bikers or just taking a stroll along the broadwalk that winds along the lake. You can also browse the many boutiques and eateries that line Queen St east.

HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA

Toronto is a hockey town, and no one will deny that our beloved Toronto Maple Leafs are supported by this fair city, and in cities across Canada. I have vivid memories as a child... cheering the Leafs on every Saturday night. I still tune in when I can, and let me tell you... its just like riding a bike, you never forget !

The home of the Leafs was Maple Leaf Gardens, also an architectural marvel of its time. It was built during the depression where investment funds were scarce and financiers skeptical . Incredibly, the Gardens was built in five and a half months, less than one quarter the time needed to build SkyDome.

Maple Leaf Gardens has been the site of many entertaining, enriching and inspirational events. It represents sixty-eight years of effort on behalf of the Maple Leaf Gardens employees, including the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club, to bring to Toronto and to Canada, a first class entertainment product.

On February 13th 1999, the venerable Gardens hosted its last NHL game when the Toronto Maple Leafs took on the Chicago Blackhawks (the two teams that played the first ever game at Maple Leaf Gardens). Although NHL hockey is no longer a part of the Gardens, the building still continues to host major events. Fans are still able to enjoy events such as concerts and St. Michael's Majors Hockey (Ontario Hockey League). In addition, the Maple Leafs still practice at Church and Carlton when the Air Canada Centre is hosting other attractions.

OUR TORONTO BLUE JAYS

American League East Champions
1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993

American League Champions
1992, 1993

World Series Champions
1992, 1993

About the SkyDome

Before the SkyDome opened, the Blue Jays played at Exhibition Stadium, which opened April 7, 1977. The temperature at game time for the first contest was 32 degrees Fahrenheit. The last game was played at Exhibition Stadium May 28, 1989.

The final cost of the SkyDome construction was more than $500 million after it opened on June 5, 1989. The retractable roof system is patented, and there is a 348-room hotel integrated into the facility, as well as seven restaurants and bars.

When closed, the retractable roof (which weighs 11,000 tons) covers an area of eight acres and rises to an inside height equivalent to a 31-story building - almost twice as high as Minnesota's Metrodome.

VISIT THE SITE OF THE TORONTO RAPTORS

THE CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE

"Our balls are bigger"

THE MOOSE ARE LOOSE !

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