📍 Toronto tourist map

CN Tower

553 m · 1976

Toronto's symbol: a 346 m lookout and a glass floor to test your nerve.

Tip: Book a timed ticket online. Head up an hour before sunset and stay for the lights.

🚇 Union — Line 1

Featured in: Google Top Canadá

EdgeWalk

CN Tower · 356 m

Walk hands-free along the CN Tower's outer ledge, no railings, no shame.

Tip: April to October only, by reservation. Includes the lookout. No phones allowed up there.

🚇 Union — Line 1

Featured in: Viral TikTok

Ripley's Aquarium of Canada

Túnel de tiburones

16,000 animals and the Dangerous Lagoon tunnel: the go-to indoor plan on a rainy day.

Tip: Go after 7pm: shorter lines and the lit-up jellyfish photograph much better.

🚇 Union — Line 1

Featured in: Google Top Canadá

Royal Ontario Museum

ROM · el Cristal

Dinosaurs, mummies and Libeskind's crystal punched straight into the 1914 building.

Tip: Free on Tuesday nights (ROM After Dark in summer). Start with the dinosaur galleries.

🚇 Museum — Line 1

Featured in: Google Top Canadá

Art Gallery of Ontario

AGO · Gehry

Frank Gehry redesigned the museum of his own childhood block: Group of Seven and that viral stair.

Tip: Free Wednesdays, 6 to 9pm. Do not miss the Douglas fir spiral staircase.

🚇 St. Patrick — Line 1

Featured in: Viral IG/TikTok

Casa Loma

Castillo · 1914

A bankrupt millionaire's Gothic castle: secret tunnel, stables and turrets.

Tip: Climb the Scottish Tower for the skyline, then take the tunnel down to the stables.

🚇 Dupont — Line 1

Featured in: Google Top Canadá

Distillery District

Adoquines · 1832

The largest Victorian distillery in the Americas, now galleries, bars and public art.

Tip: In December it becomes the Winter Village, home to Toronto's most photographed tree. Car-free.

🚇 Streetcar 504 King to Cherry St

Featured in: Viral TikTok

St. Lawrence Market

1803 · South Market

The city's oldest market: peameal bacon, cheese and 120 stalls under one roof.

Tip: Closed Mondays. Go early on a Saturday; Sundays there is an antique market next door.

🚇 King — Line 1 / Union — Line 1

Featured in: Histórico 1803

Kensington Market

Barrio bohemio · NHS

Vintage, tacos, empanadas and murals in Toronto's messiest, most lovable neighbourhood.

Tip: Last Sunday of the month, May to October, it goes car-free (Pedestrian Sundays). Best day to go.

🚇 Spadina — Line 1 / Streetcar 510

Featured in: Sitio Histórico Nacional

Graffiti Alley

Rush Lane · Queen W

A kilometre of legal murals behind Queen West: the city's most-used photo backdrop.

Tip: Enter from Portland St and walk east. Morning sun is when the colours really pop.

🚇 Osgoode — Line 1 / Streetcar 501

Featured in: Viral TikTok

Toronto Islands

Centre Island · ferry

Beaches, bikes and the skyline postcard from the water, 13 minutes by ferry.

Tip: Buy ferry tickets online: summer lines run an hour. Rent a bike on the Centre Island side.

🚇 Union — Line 1 + Jack Layton ferry

Featured in: Google Top Canadá

Hanlan's Point Beach

Islas · sunset

The quietest island beach and the best sunset in Toronto, clothing-optional section included.

Tip: Take the ferry straight to Hanlan's, then walk to Ward's Island for the last boat back.

🚇 Hanlan's Point ferry from Union

Featured in: Viral IG

Nathan Phillips Square

Cartel TORONTO 3D

The giant TORONTO sign, City Hall's curved towers and a skating rink all winter.

Tip: At night the sign glows in colour. Skating is free in winter (skate rental is extra).

🚇 Queen — Line 1

Featured in: Viral IG/TikTok

Gooderham Flatiron

1892 · Wellington

The red flatiron with its trompe-l'oeil mural. The classic angle is from Front and Church.

Tip: Stand on the Front St median facing west: the flatiron with towers behind is THE shot.

🚇 King — Line 1 / Union — Line 1

Featured in: Histórico 1892

Hockey Hall of Fame

Copa Stanley real

You can touch the real Stanley Cup and take shots on virtual goalies.

Tip: It sits under Brookfield Place: you get there through the PATH without stepping outside.

🚇 Union — Line 1

Featured in: Ícono canadiense

High Park

400 hectáreas · cerezos

Toronto's biggest park: Japanese cherry blossoms in May, a free zoo and outdoor theatre.

Tip: Blossoms last about 10 days between late April and May. Follow the city's sakura watch.

🚇 High Park — Line 2

Featured in: Viral IG

Scarborough Bluffs

Acantilados de 90 m

12,000-year-old cliffs over Lake Ontario. They look like Greece and they are in Toronto.

Tip: Bluffer's Park for the beach; the lookout at 61 Undercliff Dr for the shot from above.

🚇 Victoria Park — Line 2 + bus 12

Featured in: Viral TikTok

R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant

Palacio de la Purificación

A 1941 art deco water plant that looks like a palace: film shoots, fashion and photos.

Tip: The inside is closed, but the lakefront grounds are public. Best at sunset.

🚇 Streetcar 501 Queen (east end)

Featured in: Viral IG

Evergreen Brick Works

Ladrillera · Don Valley

An old brickworks turned eco hub: Saturday farmers market and trails into the valley.

Tip: Head up to the Chimney Court lookout: the skyline framed by forest.

🚇 Broadview — Line 2 + free shuttle

Featured in: Trending Toronto

Riverdale Park East

Mirador del skyline

The hill where locals watch the whole skyline with the Don Valley in front.

Tip: Come at sunset or blue hour: the postcard view without paying for any observation deck.

🚇 Broadview — Line 2

Featured in: Secreto local

Allan Gardens Conservatory

Invernadero · 1910

Six Victorian greenhouses of palms and cacti, free and warm all winter long.

Tip: Free every day. In December they mount the Christmas flower show.

🚇 College — Line 1 / Streetcar 506

Featured in: Histórico 1910

Aga Khan Museum

Arte islámico · Maki

A thousand years of Islamic art in a Fumihiko Maki building with a stunning light court.

Tip: Pair it with the water garden next door. Wednesdays after 4pm are often free.

🚇 Don Mills — Line 4 + bus 100

Featured in: Trending Toronto

Chinatown Spadina

Dundas & Spadina

One of the largest Chinatowns in North America: dim sum, strange fruit and neon.

Tip: Walk down Spadina into Kensington: the two neighbourhoods touch and are easy on foot.

🚇 Streetcar 505 Dundas / 510 Spadina

Featured in: Barrio histórico

Trinity Bellwoods Park

West Queen West

The park where Toronto picnics. Look for the white squirrel, it genuinely exists.

Tip: Sunny Sunday means the whole neighbourhood is here. The Queen W gateposts are the photo.

🚇 Streetcar 501 Queen

Featured in: Trending Toronto

Harbourfront Centre

Queens Quay · lago

The waterfront promenade: art, winter skating and the best sunsets over the lake.

🚇 Union — Line 1 + Streetcar 509

Featured in: Google Top Toronto

Ontario Place · Trillium Park

Costa oeste

A new lakefront park with the William G. Davis lookout: the full skyline, for free.

Tip: Walk to the tip of Trillium Park at sunset: the CN Tower cuts right into the orange.

🚇 Exhibition GO / Streetcar 509

Featured in: Trending Toronto

The Beaches Boardwalk

Woodbine Beach

3 km of wooden boardwalk between sand and trees: Toronto turns into a beach town.

Tip: Summer brings volleyball and kayaks; in winter the empty boardwalk over lake ice is another postcard.

🚇 Streetcar 501 Queen

Featured in: Google Top Toronto

Little Canada

Yonge & Dundas · miniaturas

All of Canada in miniature with a day-night cycle. Get scanned and live inside the model.

Tip: Underground on Yonge St: perfect for a -10°C day. Book a time slot online.

🚇 Dundas — Line 1

Featured in: Viral TikTok

Alo

Spadina & Queen · 1★

The best restaurant in Toronto: a French tasting menu on a third floor with no sign.

Tip: Reservations open day by day at 10 AM, 30 to 60 days out. Set an alarm.

🚇 Osgoode — Line 1 / Streetcar 501

Featured in: Michelin 1★ · Canada 100 Best #3

Edulis

Niagara St · 1★

Mushrooms, truffle and seafood in a tiny house: the menu shifts with the day's haul.

Tip: White truffle season (October to December) is THE time. Thursday to Sunday only.

🚇 Streetcar 504 King / 511 Bathurst

Featured in: Michelin 1★ · Canada 100 Best #4

Restaurant 20 Victoria

St. Lawrence · 1★

Ontario produce pushed to the limit in a tiny room: the restaurant of the moment.

Tip: One tasting menu only. Book the day the month opens, it goes in minutes.

🚇 Queen — Line 1 / King — Line 1

Featured in: Michelin 1★ · Canada 100 Best #5

Sushi Masaki Saito

Yorkville · 1★

Pure edomae with fish flown in from Toyosu: the priciest, most serious omakase in the country.

Tip: Two seatings a night at a 10-seat counter. No flash photos, no perfume.

🚇 Museum — Line 1 / Bay — Line 2

Featured in: Michelin 1★ · Canada 100 Best #16

Aburi Hana

Yorkville · kaiseki · 1★

Seasonal kaiseki with aburi technique: service that Michelin singled out in 2025.

Tip: Ask for the counter so you can watch the pass. They won the 2025 Michelin Outstanding Service Award.

🚇 Bay — Line 2 / Museum — Line 1

Featured in: Michelin 1★ · Canada 100 Best #29

Osteria Giulia

Avenue Rd · 1★

The most wanted Italian in Toronto: seafood crudo, handmade pasta, a room always full.

Tip: No table? Try Giulietta on College St, same owner and a lot more relaxed.

🚇 Dupont — Line 1 / St. George — Line 1/2

Featured in: Michelin 1★

Don Alfonso 1890

Piso 38 · Royal York · 1★

Amalfi Coast fine dining on the 38th floor, facing the lake and the CN Tower.

Tip: Ask for a window table on the south side. You get there through the hotel, out of the cold.

🚇 Union — Line 1

Featured in: Michelin 1★

Enigma Yorkville

Avenue Rd · 1★

A chef's tasting menu in an intimate Yorkville room: lab-grade technique, warm service.

🚇 Museum — Line 1

Featured in: Michelin 1★

Quetzal

College St · 1★ mexicano

Everything comes off live fire, corn milled in house: the best tortillas in Canada.

Tip: Sit at the bar facing the four-metre hearth. Order the charcoal duck and a mezcal.

🚇 Streetcar 506 College / Queen's Park — Line 1

Featured in: Michelin 1★

Shoushin

North Toronto · 1★

Top-tier omakase far from downtown: perfectly tempered rice and less brutal pricing.

🚇 Lawrence — Line 1

Featured in: Michelin 1★

Kappo Sato

Bay St · 1★

A Japanese kappo counter: 12 seats, the chef cooks a metre away and talks you through every dish.

🚇 Bay — Line 2 / Bloor-Yonge — Line 1/2

Featured in: Michelin 1★

DaNico

Queen W · 1★ italiano

Refined Neapolitan cooking from chef Daniele Corona: pasta and seafood with a star.

🚇 Streetcar 501 Queen

Featured in: Michelin 1★

aKin

Richmond W · 1★ nuevo

Eric Chong crossing Canton with Ontario: the new 2025 star plus a Young Chef Award.

Tip: Chong's most personal project, and he won MasterChef Canada. Book weeks ahead.

🚇 Osgoode — Line 1 / Streetcar 504 King

Featured in: Michelin 1★ 2025

Bar Raval

College St · tapas de pie

A curved-wood modernista bar with no chairs: pinchos, tinned fish and the best gin tonic.

Tip: No reservations. Come at 5pm or after 10pm. The bar program won a Michelin award.

🚇 Streetcar 506 College / Bathurst — Line 2

Featured in: Bib Gourmand

Grey Gardens

Kensington · Jen Agg

Natural wine and odd dishes that land: the wine bar that changed Kensington.

Tip: Sit at the back bar. The natural wine list is one of the best in Canada.

🚇 Spadina — Line 1 / Streetcar 510

Featured in: Bib Gourmand

Alma

Bloorcourt · portugués

Contemporary Portugal in a small Bloor West room: fish, azulejos and vinho verde.

🚇 Ossington — Line 2 / Dufferin — Line 2

Featured in: Bib Gourmand

Campechano

Adelaide W · tacos

Tacos on house-nixtamalized corn: the chorizo and steak campechano is religion.

Tip: Under CAD 6 a taco. Order three campechano, one suadero and salsa verde on the side.

🚇 Streetcar 504 King / St. Andrew — Line 1

Featured in: Bib Gourmand

Cherry Street Bar-B-Que

Port Lands · brisket

Ontario hardwood smoke in a shed by the port: textbook brisket and ribs.

Tip: They close when the meat runs out: get there before 1pm on weekends.

🚇 Streetcar 504 King to Cherry St

Featured in: Bib Gourmand

Enoteca Sociale

Dundas W · cava de quesos

Honest Roman cooking with a cheese cave downstairs: cacio e pepe and a killer Italian list.

🚇 Streetcar 505 Dundas / Dufferin — Line 2

Featured in: Bib Gourmand

Sunnys Chinese

Sudbury St · fusión

Chinese-Canadian reinvented with humour: the lobster fried rice is the dish of the year.

🚇 Streetcar 501 Queen / 504 King

Featured in: Bib Gourmand

White Lily Diner

Riverside · Green Star

A sustainable diner curing its own charcuterie: the best breakfast in Toronto.

Tip: Go on a weekday before 10am. The biscuits and gravy and the chicken sandwich are essential.

🚇 Streetcar 501 Queen / Broadview — Line 2

Featured in: Bib Gourmand · Green Star

R&D

Chinatown · Hong Shing

Modern Chinese from a MasterChef winner: pork belly bao and wagyu noodles.

🚇 St. Patrick — Line 1 / Streetcar 505

Featured in: Bib Gourmand

The Cottage Cheese

Kensington · indio urbano

Contemporary Indian street food in Kensington: paneer, chaats and neighbourhood prices.

🚇 Spadina — Line 1 / Streetcar 510

Featured in: Bib Gourmand 2025

Canoe

Piso 54 · TD Tower

Canadian cooking at literal altitude: 54th floor with the lake, the islands and the skyline.

Tip: Book a south-window table at sunset. Open weekdays only.

🚇 Union — Line 1 / King — Line 1

Featured in: Canada 100 Best #50

Bernhardt's

Dovercourt · bistró

A neighbourhood French bistro with the best roast meat and golden fries in the city.

🚇 Streetcar 501 Queen / Ossington — Line 2

Featured in: Canada 100 Best #45

Dreyfus

Harbord Village

Twenty seats, plates built for sharing and a wine list other chefs envy.

🚇 Spadina — Line 1 / Streetcar 510

Featured in: Canada 100 Best #42

Bar Isabel

College St · español

The grilled octopus that put Toronto on the map, in a Spanish bar open late.

Tip: Order the whole octopus and the ensaladilla. The kitchen runs until 1 AM.

🚇 Streetcar 506 College / Ossington — Line 2

Featured in: Michelin Recomendado

Famiglia Baldassarre

Geary Ave · pasta fresca

A pasta factory that serves 40 plates at midday then shuts: the line starts at 11.

Tip: Lunch only, Tuesday to Friday. Show up 30 minutes early or you are out.

🚇 Dufferin — Line 2 / Ossington — Line 2

Featured in: Michelin Recomendado

Mimi Chinese

Davenport · regional

High-end regional Chinese in an art deco room: the Chairman Mao pork is mandatory.

Tip: Book a month out. If you cannot, try Sunny's Chinese from the same owners.

🚇 Dupont — Line 1 / Bay — Line 2

Featured in: Michelin Recomendado

Prime Seafood Palace

Queen W · Matty Matheson

A curved-wood temple designed by Omar Gandhi: Matty Matheson doing surf and turf.

🚇 Streetcar 501 Queen

Featured in: Michelin Recomendado

Carousel Bakery

St. Lawrence · desde 1977

THE peameal bacon sandwich: Toronto's official sandwich, kaiser roll, mustard, done.

Tip: Under CAD 10. Get there before 11am on a Saturday. Closed Mondays, like the market.

🚇 King — Line 1 / Union — Line 1

Featured in: Clásico de Toronto

PAI Northern Thai

Duncan St · Entertainment

The khao soi Toronto fell for: northern Thai in a basement that is always packed.

Tip: Order khao soi and pad thai gai. No reservations for small groups: put your name down and wait.

🚇 St. Andrew — Line 1 / Osgoode — Line 1

Featured in: Michelin Recomendado

Banh Mi Boys

Queen W · fusión

Kalbi beef banh mi and pork belly tacos under CAD 10: the best cheap lunch going.

Tip: Get the kalbi beef banh mi and the kimchi fries. Expect to eat standing, space is tight.

🚇 Osgoode — Line 1 / Streetcar 501

Featured in: Cheap eats clásico

Seven Lives Tacos

Kensington · Baja

Baja-style tacos with smoked fish and shrimp: the most famous window in Kensington.

Tip: Order the Gobernador, shrimp and cheese. Cash or debit, and you eat on the sidewalk.

🚇 Spadina — Line 1 / Streetcar 510

Featured in: Viral TikTok

Wilbur Mexicana

King W · 100 salsas

Fast tacos and a wall of more than 100 hot sauces you pour yourself.

🚇 Streetcar 504 King / St. Andrew — Line 1

Featured in: Cheap eats clásico

Pizzeria Libretto

Ossington · napolitana

The certified Neapolitan that opened the door: wood oven and 48-hour dough.

🚇 Ossington — Line 2 / Streetcar 501

Featured in: Clásico Ossington

Mother's Dumplings

Chinatown · desde 2003

Hand-folded dumplings in full view: cheap, huge and with a line at the door.

Tip: Get the boiled pork and chive ones plus a round of pan-fried. Cash preferred.

🚇 Streetcar 505 Dundas / 510 Spadina

Featured in: Michelin Recomendado

Maha's

Greenwood · egipcio

Egyptian breakfast from the Barsoom family: the hawawshi sandwich and the ful are a trip.

Tip: No reservations, and weekend brunch runs an hour's wait. Go on a Tuesday.

🚇 Greenwood — Line 2

Featured in: Michelin Recomendado

Chubby's Jamaican Kitchen

Portland St · King W

Jerk chicken, oxtail and rum: Jamaica with low light and loud music in King West.

🚇 Streetcar 504 King / St. Andrew — Line 1

Featured in: Bib Gourmand

Swatow

Chinatown · desde 1990

Congee, wontons and noodles until 4 AM: the post-club stop for all of Toronto.

Tip: Order wonton noodle soup and beef chow fun. Cash. Open until 4 AM on weekends.

🚇 Streetcar 510 Spadina / 505 Dundas

Featured in: Clásico de Chinatown

Sam James Coffee Bar

Harbord · pionero SJCB

The shop that brought specialty coffee to Toronto in 2009: short espresso, no decor, all coffee.

Tip: Tiny spot, mostly takeaway. The cortado is the house measure.

🚇 Spadina — Line 1 / Streetcar 510

Featured in: Pionero specialty

Dark Horse Espresso Bar

Spadina · mesas comunales

Long wooden tables and wifi: the unofficial office of half of Queen West.

🚇 Osgoode — Line 1 / Streetcar 510

Featured in: Clásico Toronto

Pilot Coffee Roasters

Leslieville · tostador

The biggest roaster in Toronto specialty: single-origin filters and house cold brew.

Tip: Order a single-origin pour over and take a bag home: they roast in town every week.

🚇 Streetcar 501 Queen

Featured in: Top specialty

Boxcar Social

Riverside · café + whisky

Specialty by day, whisky and wine by night: the perfect hybrid for cold weather.

🚇 Streetcar 501 Queen / Broadview — Line 2

Featured in: Trending Toronto

Balzac's Coffee Roasters

Distillery District

Coffee inside an old distillery pump house: 10-metre ceilings and a giant chandelier.

Tip: Head up to the mezzanine: the room with the chandelier is the best shot in the Distillery.

🚇 Streetcar 504 King to Cherry St

Featured in: Viral IG

Nadège Patisserie

Trinity Bellwoods · francesa

Macarons in impossible colours and the best croissant in the city, right across from the park.

Tip: Grab it to go and eat in Trinity Bellwoods. The pistachio eclair sells out early.

🚇 Streetcar 501 Queen

Featured in: Top pastelería

Bake Code Croissanterie

North York · taiwanesa

Taiwanese croissants and taro bread with a line out front: Asian pastry at god level.

🚇 North York Centre — Line 1

Featured in: Viral TikTok

Sud Forno

Queen W · Terroni

Terroni's Italian bakery: filled bomboloni, focaccia and counter coffee like in Turin.

🚇 Streetcar 501 Queen / Osgoode — Line 1

Featured in: Top panadería

Forno Cultura

King W · sótano de pan

Down a staircase you find an entire Italian bakery: flawless bomboloni and biscotti.

Tip: Order the pistachio cream bombolone and a double espresso. They close when the bread runs out.

🚇 Streetcar 504 King / St. Andrew — Line 1

Featured in: Top panadería

Dineen Coffee Co.

Yonge & Temperance · 1897

Coffee in the marble hall of the 1897 Dineen Building: the most elegant patio downtown.

🚇 Queen — Line 1 / Dundas — Line 1

Featured in: Histórico 1897

Fahrenheit Coffee

Lombard St · micro

Five square metres and one of the best espressos in the country: pure craft, zero pose.

🚇 Queen — Line 1 / King — Line 1

Featured in: Top specialty

Quantum Coffee

King W · tostador propio

A huge room with the roaster on show and tables to work at all day, guilt-free.

🚇 St. Andrew — Line 1 / Streetcar 504

Featured in: Trending Toronto

De Mello Coffee

Yonge & Eglinton · roaster

A competition roaster: rare filters, canned cold brew and obsessive baristas.

🚇 Eglinton — Line 1

Featured in: Top specialty

Ethica Coffee Roasters

The Junction · Vine Ave

An industrial warehouse turned cafe: house roasting, huge light, the best filter in the west end.

🚇 Dundas West — Line 2

Featured in: Top specialty

Moonbean Coffee Company

Kensington · desde 1994

Kensington's forever hippie cafe: a patio, neighbourhood cats and prices from another decade.

🚇 Spadina — Line 1 / Streetcar 510

Featured in: Clásico desde 1994

Jimmy's Coffee

Portland St · King W

A Victorian house turned cafe with a back patio: the pocket-sized classic of King West.

🚇 Streetcar 504 King / 501 Queen

Featured in: Clásico Toronto

Bang Bang Ice Cream

Ossington · cookie sandwich

Ice cream between two giant cookies: the longest and most viral line on Ossington.

Tip: In summer the line hits 45 minutes. Get the ube or the matcha on a chocolate cookie.

🚇 Ossington — Line 2 / Streetcar 501

Featured in: Viral TikTok

Le Gourmand

Spadina · la cookie

The most famous chocolate chunk cookie in Toronto: giant, warm and salted on top.

Tip: They come out warm around midday. One is genuinely enough for two people.

🚇 Osgoode — Line 1 / Streetcar 510

Featured in: Clásico de Toronto

CF Toronto Eaton Centre

Yonge & Dundas · 250 locales

The most visited mall in North America: Snow Geese hanging under the glass roof.

Tip: It links straight into the underground PATH: in winter you reach Union without stepping outside.

🚇 Dundas — Line 1 / Queen — Line 1

Featured in: Google Top Toronto

Mink Mile · Bloor St West

Yorkville · lujo

Five blocks of Chanel, Prada, Gucci and Tiffany: the priciest street in Canada.

🚇 Bay — Line 2 / Bloor-Yonge — Line 1/2

Featured in: Retail de lujo

Yorkville Village

Avenue Rd · diseño

Canadian designer boutiques and galleries in the chicest neighbourhood in the city.

🚇 Bay — Line 2 / Museum — Line 1

Featured in: Retail de lujo

Holt Renfrew Bloor

Flagship canadiense

Canada's luxury department store: five floors of labels and a cafe in the basement.

🚇 Bay — Line 2 / Bloor-Yonge — Line 1/2

Featured in: Flagship Canadá

Hudson's Bay Queen St

Point blanket · 1670

The store of the oldest company in Canada: the striped blanket is THE national souvenir.

Tip: The Hudson's Bay Point Blanket in green-red-yellow-blue stripes is the classic Canadian gift.

🚇 Queen — Line 1

Featured in: Histórico 1670

Queen Street West

Vogue: 2° barrio más cool

From the Eaton Centre to Trinity Bellwoods: indies, vintage, sneakers and galleries nonstop.

🚇 Osgoode — Line 1 / Streetcar 501

Featured in: Vogue Coolest Neighbourhoods

Ossington Avenue

Strip de diseño

Six blocks of independent boutiques, bars and tattoo shops: the hipster heart.

🚇 Ossington — Line 2 / Streetcar 501

Featured in: Trending Toronto

Courage My Love

Kensington · vintage 1975

Kensington's legendary vintage shop: clothes by weight, buttons, beads and leather jackets.

Tip: Cash only. Dig into the back: that is where the well-priced 60s and 70s dresses hide.

🚇 Spadina — Line 1 / Streetcar 510

Featured in: Vintage desde 1975

Blue Banana Market

Kensington · 100 vendedores

A bazaar of makers and Canadian design: the best place for souvenirs that are not junk.

🚇 Spadina — Line 1 / Streetcar 510

Featured in: Kensington clásico

Sanagan's Meat Locker

Kensington · carnicería

The butcher that changed Kensington: house charcuterie and the best sandwiches in the area.

🚇 Spadina — Line 1 / Streetcar 510

Featured in: Kensington clásico

St. Lawrence Market South

120 puestos · 1803

Cheese, Ontario mustards, maple syrup and peameal: this is where edible gifts come from.

Tip: Closed Mondays. On Sundays the Antique Market runs in the north building, 7am to 4pm.

🚇 King — Line 1 / Union — Line 1

Featured in: Histórico 1803

Distillery District Shops

Galerías y artesanos

Artist studios, jewellery, SOMA chocolate and design shops between the cobblestones.

Tip: SOMA Chocolatemaker pours the best hot chocolate in Toronto: try the Mayan.

🚇 Streetcar 504 King to Cherry St

Featured in: Viral TikTok

PATH · ciudad subterránea

30 km bajo el downtown

The largest underground walkway network in the world: 1,200 shops without facing the cold.

Tip: At -15°C outside it is your best friend: follow the colour-coded P-A-T-H signs. Closed Sundays.

🚇 Union — Line 1 (main entrance)

Featured in: Récord Guinness

Type Books

Queen W · librería indie

The most loved independent bookshop in Toronto, heavy on art and design.

🚇 Streetcar 501 Queen

Featured in: Indie favorita

Drake General Store

Queen W · souvenir cool

Canadian souvenirs with actual design: tees, blankets and objects you will want to take home.

🚇 Streetcar 501 Queen

Featured in: Trending Toronto

Roncesvalles Village

Polaco · High Park

A reinvented Polish strip: delis, baby shops, cafes and the best slow walk in the west end.

🚇 Dundas West — Line 2 / Streetcar 504

Featured in: Barrio local

The Junction

Dundas W · antigüedades

Antique dealers, mid-century furniture and breweries in a neighbourhood that was dry until 1998.

🚇 Dundas West — Line 2 + bus 40

Featured in: Barrio local

Yorkdale Shopping Centre

Lujo + outlet

The mall with the highest sales per square foot in Canada: luxury and brands you will not find downtown.

Tip: It has its own subway station with direct access: 20 minutes from Union without facing the cold.

🚇 Yorkdale — Line 1

Featured in: Retail #1 Canadá