Toronto (in the Huron language "meeting place") is the capital of the province of Ontario, the country's largest city and the cultural capital of English-speaking Canada. Here huge skyscrapers of banks and offices meet with greenery of dozens of parks in which squirrels live freely, and local residents organize picnics.

Contents 1 The climate of Toronto is 2 How to get 2.1 Flight search in Toronto 3 Airports of Toronto 4 Universities of Toronto 5 Entertainment, Excursions and Attractions Toronto 6 Museums 6.1 Ontario

The climate of Toronto is

March 1, Sunday Cloudy, light snow -4 ° С in the day -15 ° С at night ° С water	March 2, Monday Overcast -3 ° С in the day -4 ° С at night ° С water	March 3, Tuesday Overcast -5 ° С in the day -14 ° С at night ° С water
Toronto weather forecast for 10 days

In Toronto, relatively mild winter, the average January temperature is -4 ° C. Snow usually lasts from late December to early March. Summer is very warm, with high humidity of air, and frequent, but short thunderstorms and downpours. The temperature in July is + 27 ° C on average, but it often takes weeks for hot weeks for +35 ° C. The best time to visit is late spring and early autumn.

See also the current weather forecast for Toronto in the coming days.

How to get

Toronto has Pearson International Airport, which is 32 km from the city center. From Russia to Toronto Transaero flies from Moscow (Domodedovo, twice a week).

From Pearson to the center of Toronto you can get in several ways:

• cheap and long - the city bus No. 192 Airport Rocket, which departs from Terminal 1 and 3 every 10-30 minutes, the terminal - the metro station Kipling Station. Or the bus number 58A Malton, the final - the metro station Lawrence West Station. The fare is ~ 2, 75 CAD (includes travel by bus and metro). Travel time ~ 1-1, 5 hours.
• more expensive - GO Transit buses, which run to the suburbs of Toronto for 4 CAD (metro travel is not included in the ticket price).
• more expensive and faster - express bus Pacific Western Airport Express, departing from terminals 1 and 3 every 20-30 minutes. It stops at the largest hotels in Toronto, as well as at Union Station and Bus Terminal Bay. Coach Terminal. The fare is ~ 20 CAD in one direction, round trip - 33 CAD. Travel time - from 45 minutes to 1, 5 hours depending on the traffic jams.
• The fastest and most convenient way is by taxi. The cost is ~ 40 CAD. Travel time ~ 30 minutes.

In Toronto there is also the central airport Toronto City Center Airport, known as the "airport on the island." It is based low-budget company Porter Airlines, which makes flights to Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec, Halifax and St. John's, as well as Boston, Chicago and New York. This airport is only 10 minutes from the center (121 m). Free ferry links the airport to the land, runs every 15 minutes.

The city can also be reached by train: C Union Station (65 Front Street) trains run on routes:

• Corridor - the most significant and lively segment of the Canadian railway; begins in Windsor and Sarnia, ends in Quebec. Regular trains go to Montreal, Ottawa, Kingston, Windsor and Sarnia.
• Maple Leaf (maple leaf) - this route connects Toronto with New York, runs once a day, very slow and expensive trains.
• The Canadian is the most expensive journey by train throughout North America. Itinerary: Toronto - Vancouver (travel time is three days), runs three times a week, with stops in Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Jesper and Kamloops.
• Ontario Northland ("Northern Ontario Land") - trains going to sparsely populated areas in northern Ontario. Go from Toronto to Cochrane 6 times a week.
• The GO Transit commuter trains mostly go only to the peak of traffic; at other times they are replaced by buses.

Airports of Toronto

Toronto Pearson International Airport, located just 30-50 minutes from the city center, is serviced by most major international carriers. And the airport has two terminals: Terminal-1, where Air Canada is based and some other international airlines (mostly members of Star Alliance), and Terminal-3, where all other airlines are based.

The Willy Bishop Airport (known as the "Island Airport" among local residents) serves short-haul regional flights. The main airport tenant is budget airline Porter Airlines, which are operated by turboprops to many cities in eastern Canada (Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec, Halifax and St. John's) and to the northeast of the USA (Boston, Chicago, New York / Newark and Myrtle Beach). One of the main advantages of the airport is its proximity to the city center.

Hamilton International Airport / John S. Monroe, located 65 km from the center of Toronto, is served by WestJet and CanJet and is the second largest after Pearson.

Universities of Toronto

In the top three in the country is the largest in Canada, the University of Toronto, campuses which are scattered throughout the city. And the third largest in Canada is York University, located on the northern border of Toronto, which is perhaps its only drawback.

The University of Ryerson, located in the heart of Toronto, is the third in Toronto and is especially known for its school of management, as well as journalism programs.

Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto is one of Canada's four institutions of higher education, with diplomas with a Bachelor's degree in Applied Arts and Design.

Seneca College is the largest college in Canada, with students studying in more than 16 buildings located in Toronto.

Other colleges include the George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology and the Polytechnic Humber College, which offers more than 150 training programs.

Entertainment, Excursions and Attractions Toronto

The most interesting places of the city are the entertainment complex on Ontario Square, Hyde Park and Queen Elizabeth Park, the picturesque island Toronto Island Park on Lake Ontario and the symbol of the city - the 553-meter tower of the CN Tower.

It is worth seeing the Casa Loma - eccentric house-castle of 96 rooms, built by banker Henry Pellat in 1914. Other attractions: the old Fort York, the Castle of Spadin, Fort George, the Algonquin Nature Reserve, the maple syrup museum and the famous Niagara Falls, which is just 100 km south of the city.

There are many restaurants and nightclubs in the city, mainly concentrated in the area of ​​Jong, Bloor and Univesichi streets, as well as Yorkville and Bichese Quarter.

• What are the tours in Toronto?

Museums

There are a lot of them: the Arts Center, the Royal Ontario Museum (the largest museum in Canada), the Henry Moore Center, the Museum of Ceramics, the Canadian Museum of Art McMichael (45 minutes from Toronto).

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