two nights in

Toronto

Toronto is a diverse, energetic and liveable city, home to many tourist attractions, and seemingly endless dining, shopping and entertainment possibilities. It's the most populous city in Canada, the centre of the country's financial sector, and the provincial capital of Ontario. Wikivoyage

Population 2,794,356 (Wikidata)

Before you go

Getting there

Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.

Still gathering the markets around Toronto. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

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

  1. Toronto Black Film Festival

    February

    The Toronto Black Film Festival is an annual film festival in Toronto, Ontario. Held in February each year as part of Black History Month, the festival programs a selection of African, Caribbean, African American and Black Canadian films.

    Official site Wikipedia

  2. Departure Festival + Conference

    May

    The Departure Festival + Conference, formerly known as Canadian Music Week, is an industry conference and music festival held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

    Official site Wikipedia

  3. Inside Out LGBT Film & Video Festival

    May – June

    The Inside Out Film and Video Festival (formerly, Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival), also known as the Inside Out LGBT or LGBTQ Film Festival, is an annual Canadian film festival, which presents a program of LGBT-related film.

    Official site Wikipedia

  4. Pride Toronto

    June

    Pride Toronto is the annual LGBT festival which includes the very popular Pride Parade which draws crowds of straight people to discover how LGBT people have fun. See also LGBT Toronto

    Official site

  5. Canadian National Exhibition

    August

    The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), also known as The Exhibition or The Ex, is an annual fair that takes place at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on the third or fourth Friday of August leading up to and including Labour Day, the first…

    Official site Wikipedia

  6. Fan Expo Canada

    August

    Fan Expo Canada is an annual speculative fiction fan convention held in Toronto, Ontario. It was founded as the Canadian National Comic Book Expo in 1995 by Hobby Star Marketing Inc.

    Official site Wikipedia

  7. Planet in Focus

    October

    Planet in Focus is an environmental film festival based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

    Official site Wikipedia

  8. Toronto International Festival of Authors

    October – November

    The Inside Out Film and Video Festival (formerly, Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival), also known as the Inside Out LGBT or LGBTQ Film Festival, is an annual Canadian film festival, which presents a program of LGBT-related film.

    Official site Wikipedia

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

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