Was ist los in Toronto, Kanada – übers Jahr

Viel los – Winter / Christmas break in Kanada, Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Festival

  Winterlicious

  23. Jan. – 8. Feb. · meistFood- & Drink-Festival

  A fortnight of prix-fixe menus across a couple of hundred restaurants at the bleakest point of the year, which is exactly why the city invented it. Book the good rooms the day bookings open. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Deep freeze and ice storms (15. Dez. – 28. Feb. (meist))

Ruhig – einer der Monate mit dem schlechtesten Wetter

• Saison

  Maple syrup season

  25. Feb. – 6. Apr. · meistErntezeit

  Freezing nights and thawing days start the sap, and the sugar bushes at Bruce's Mill and Kortright open for pancakes for about six weeks. A warm February shortens the whole thing. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Winterlicious (23. Jan. – 8. Feb. (meist)), Deep freeze and ice storms (15. Dez. – 28. Feb. (meist))

Viel los – March break / semaine de relâche in Kanada

Im März beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Maple syrup season (25. Feb. – 6. Apr. (meist))

Viel los – High Park cherry blossom

• Natur

  High Park cherry blossom

  22. Apr. – 10. Mai · meistVoll

  The Somei-Yoshino grove in High Park peaks for four to ten days, usually at the turn of April into May. The park closes to cars for it and the crowd is a Toronto event in its own right.

Läuft noch: Maple syrup season (25. Feb. – 6. Apr. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – High Park cherry blossom, Doors Open Toronto

• Festival

  Doors Open Toronto

  22.–31. Mai · meistKunstfestivalVoll

  One free weekend at the end of May when a couple of hundred buildings that are normally shut open their doors, from water filtration plants to bank vaults. The best ones queue from opening. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: High Park cherry blossom (22. Apr. – 10. Mai (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Pride Toronto, Summer break in Kanada

• Festival

  Pride Toronto

  20.–30. Juni · meistVollFrüh buchen

  One of the largest Pride weekends in North America, closing Church Street and Yonge for the last weekend of June. Downtown hotels go early and the streetcars reroute. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Canada Day, Toronto Caribbean Carnival

• Feiertag

  Canada Day

  1. JuliNationalfeiertagSchließungenVoll

  1 July is a statutory holiday across the country, moved to 2 July when it falls on a Sunday. Banks, government offices and many shops close, towns put on daytime concerts and parades with fireworks after dark, and hotels and ferries fill when it makes a long weekend. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Toronto Caribbean Carnival

  15. Juli – 3. Aug. · meistVollFrüh buchen

  Three weeks of events ending with the Grande Parade along Lakeshore on the Saturday of the August civic long weekend. It is the biggest street event in the country and the lakeshore is closed for it. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Toronto Caribbean Carnival, Canadian National Exhibition

• Festival

  Canadian National Exhibition

  21. Aug. – 7. Sep. · meistGroßes FestivalVoll

  Eighteen days of midway, food building and air show at Exhibition Place, ending on Labour Day. Torontonians treat it as the funeral of summer and go anyway. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Toronto Caribbean Carnival (15. Juli – 3. Aug. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto International Film Festival

• Festival

  Toronto International Film Festival

  5.–20. Sep. · meistVollFrüh buchen

  Eleven days in early September when King Street West closes and the entertainment district's hotel stock reprices. Public tickets exist but the good screenings go to package holders first. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Nuit Blanche

  28. Sep. – 6. Okt. · meistKunstfestivalVoll

  One free all-night art event, usually the first Saturday of October, running dusk to dawn across downtown and, in recent years, the inner suburbs. Dress for a cold night standing still. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Canadian National Exhibition (21. Aug. – 7. Sep. (meist))

Viel los – Nuit Blanche

• Natur

  Fall colour in the ravines

  5. Okt. – 5. Nov. · meistHerbstfärbung

  The Don and Humber ravines and High Park turn through the middle of October, a week or so behind the Muskoka and Algonquin trees that everyone drives north for.

Läuft noch: Nuit Blanche (28. Sep. – 6. Okt. (meist))

Viel los – Distillery Winter Village

• Festival

  Distillery Winter Village

  14. Nov. – 31. Dez. · meistWeihnachten & NeujahrVollFrüh buchen

  The Distillery District's Christmas market runs from mid-November to the end of the year and charges timed entry at weekends. Weeknights in November are the only time it is walkable. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Fall colour in the ravines (5. Okt. – 5. Nov. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Distillery Winter Village, Winter / Christmas break in Kanada

• Risiko

  Deep freeze and ice storms

  15. Dez. – 28. Feb. · meistExtreme KälteSchließungen

  The city issues extreme cold alerts most winters and the wind off the lake takes several degrees off whatever the thermometer says. Freezing rain is the one that closes the airport and the schools. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Distillery Winter Village (14. Nov. – 31. Dez. (meist))