Vibrant multicultural metropolis and nature-lover's dream, Canada's largest city is full of surprises

Buzzing with 140 singular neighborhoods and a soundtrack of 150 languages, Toronto is anything but straight-laced. New architecturally bold museums, a celebrity-packed international film festival, and top-notch dining give the city plenty to brag about. But even with a population of five million in the greater metro area, Canada's largest city boasts an emerald netherworld of parks and ravines for unpeopled moments with nature. Before a visit to Toronto, browse Traveler's picks for the ultimate blogs, podcasts, newspapers, magazines, maps, and more essential resources. More

On to Toronto

I love my home state of Texas. But let's face it: The heat at this time of year can induce dreams of escape in the minds of even the hardiest Texans. Fortunately, American Airlines' network includes lots of cooler destinations worldwide, and I'd like to devote this month's column to one of my favorites, Toronto. The capital of the Canadian province of Ontario, Toronto is Canada's foremost financial and business center. Its economy is widely diversified, thanks to a robust manufacturing sector, the region's immense natural resources, and the city's trade-friendly location on the north shore of Lake Ontario. More

Traveling Collector: Canadian Content

In 2004, British architect Will Alsop's Sharp Centre for Design launched Toronto's art and architecture renaissance. This funky black-and-white checkered structure built on stilts on top of the Ontario College of Art & Design building—at the time called "courageous, bold and just a little insane" by the Royal Institute of British Architects—awakened the city to the idea that a strikingly unconventional building can be both functional and a tourist magnet. More

An Illuminating Spectacle

The highly impressive LuminaTO festival in Toronto jumped out of nowhere straight to the top of its game, thanks to imagination and some realistic funding. More

A Taste of Toronto

Sure, garnish your trip north of the border with a few days in Montreal or Vancouver, but if you're hungry to discover the absolute best of Canada, choose Toronto. As each new wave of immigration dilutes the steely reserve left over from centuries of polite British dominance, Canada's friendliest metropolis gets more and more appealing. More

You will fall for Toronto

When you're talking about a city of extremes, it's hard to find words to describe it adequately. But the facts speak for themselves: The world's tallest complete structure (the CN Tower, 553m), the start of the world's longest street (Yonge Street, 1,896km), the world's largest underground shopping centre (PATH, 371,600 square metres), the most ethnically diverse city in the world...We're talking about Toronto in Canada, a city of around 2.7 million people and just a six-and-a-half-hour direct flight from Newcastle. More