Burlington

Burlington is a city of 190,000 people (2021) in Ontario, Canada which lies across Burlington Bay from Hamilton. It's on the north shore of Lake Ontario, a 45-minute drive from Toronto and Niagara. Wikivoyage

Population 186,948 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Canada

• 911AnyAll emergencies

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Canada

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• Art Gallery of Burlington Gallery · 470 m
• Great War Memorial Monument · 140 m
• Royal Canadian Naval Ships Memorial Memorial · 340 m
• Joseph Brant Museum Museum · 720 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

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1. Sound of Music Festival

   June

   Proclaimed as Canada's largest free music festival. Five-day free music festival on several stages. Jazz, folk, rock, pop, country, blues, Latin, Celtic.

   Official site

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Burlington); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

• Italian 2
• Shawarma 2
• Pizza 2
• Steak house 1
• Burger 1
• Chinese 1
• Mexican 1
• Sandwich 1

All 31 places to eat

Somewhere to run

• Spencer Smith Park 870 m across 540 m
• Central Park 930 m across 1.5 km
• Maple Park 420 m across 1.2 km
• Francis Road Trail 460 m across 1.7 km

Getting around

• Burlington 1.9 km
• Burlington Transit 2.0 km
• Aldershot 4.7 km
• Aldershot GO 4.7 km

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