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Why Come to Toronto?
"I love TO! These roads were made for
running!"
– L.M., Richmond Hill, Ontario
Why come to Toronto?
T.O. offers you a fabulous, affordable, North American, Big-City option...
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Toronto lies on the shore of Lake Ontario, the easternmost of the Great Lakes. You'll find us at "North 44" degrees of latitude (incidentally, the name of one of the best restaurants in town). We're farther south than Minnesota, the French Riviera, and much of Michigan and New York/New England.
T.O. is the fifth largest city in North America, and one of its most exciting. Our 2 million people in the city itself and the 5.3 million in the total Greater Toronto Area (GTA) speak more than 100 languages and dialects—and over one third of Toronto residents speak a language other than English at home, making T.O. the world's most-multicultural city!
Our people are our vitality. They came to Toronto as immigrants and refugees, drawn by the safety, the warm, friendly and tolerant welcome, and the exciting opportunities that awaited them in Canada's biggest city.
Their vibrancy is everywhere, and offers YOU a warm welcome and excitement, in Little Italy, Little Portugal, India, Thailand, Korea or Russia, in Greektown, in the largest Chinatown on North America, and in pockets of the West Indies everywhere.
You can taste it in our amazing array of inexpensive restaurants; you can see it in theatre, culture and neighbourhoods; you can feel it in our music; you can experience it in the Waterfront Marathon, at our 7 Neighbourhood Entertainment Centres along the route (that you'll pass 15 times!)... and throughout the city during your weekend or week's vacation here.
If this isn't enough, we're only 1.5 hours from legendary Niagara Falls, and 3 hours from world-famous Algonquin Park, at the height of their Canadian Fall colours the week after the "Waterfront".
To top it off, for international visitors, your money is worth a whole lot more in T.O.—just for being here! Many things in T.O. cost about the same in Canadian dollars as they do in US$ or UK pounds sterling, but for Americans, your DOLLAR is WORTH around Cdn$1.30; and Brits you'll get Cdn$2.25 for your pounds. The city is world-class, but as Honest Ed's Department store at Bathurst & Bloor says, it's also "for the birds, it's cheap, cheap, cheap!"
T.O. offers you a fabulous, affordable, North American, Big-City option!
See photos at www.city.toronto.on.ca/toronto_images/gallery_cityviews.htm.
To plan your trip to T.O. and the magnificent surrounding countryside, go to "There's No Place Like Here!"
- ONTARIO Tourism www.ontariotravel.net
Also:
- Toronto Tourism www.torontotourism.com
- Canadian Tourism Commission www.travelcanada.ca
Valuable general information sources:
Weather: what to expect
If you've never experienced Toronto in the Fall you're in for a real treat. Autumn is the season for the turning of the leaves, and temperatures are usually quite pleasant with plenty of sunshine.
September 26 weather almanac (from Environment Canada):
| Average Maximum Temperature: | 18.8°C / 66°F |
| Average Minimum Temperature: | 7.6°C / 46°F |
| Frequency of Precipitation: | 36% |
September 26 weather in recent years:
| Year | Max. Temp | Min. Temp | Total rain |
| 2009 | 17.7°C / 64°F | 8.1°C / 47°F | 12.8 mm / 0.05" |
| 2008 | 20.6°C / 69°F | 12.3°C / 54°F | Trace |
| 2007 | 23.8°C / 75°F | 13.1°C / 56°F | 2.6 mm / 0.01" |
| 2006 | 18.6°C / 65°F | 7.2°C / 45°F | 0.0 mm |
For more Toronto weather data see Environment Canada website.
