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TransCanadaHighway.com Toronto Ontario
Toronto, recently amalgamated from five municipalities, is Canada's largest city with a population of 4.3 million, and is the capital of the province of Ontario. "Toronto" is the Huron Indian word that means "place of meeting" Toronto is the head office capital of Canada, the financial centre of he country, home of the second largest stock exchange in North America, and home to the country's busiest airport. Toronto is also home to the world's tallest building, the CN Tower (which dominates the skyline). If that isn't BIG enough, the city's last mayor, Mel Lastman has voiced an interest in making Toronto a province.
Residents have plenty to do! The city has plenty of major league sports with teams that include the Blue Jays, Leafs, Raptors, and Argonauts. The city has over 5,000 restaurants and eateries and nightlife to match. The city is a multicultural mecca, and has more than 100 ethnic groups speaking approximately 100 languages. Yonge Street, the main north-south thoroughfare, is the longest street in the world (about 1,200 miles/ 1,800 km long). You can also head underground for shopping in the world's biggest underground city, which is connected to train stations and subways stations. At any one time, there are some 40 productions playing - including Broadway musicals, classical concerts, ballet and opera, plus a range of "leading edge" productions!
Despite many residents' thoughts to the contrary, Canada's largest city, Toronto is NOT on the Trans-Canada Highway! While the very busy Highway 401 (in parts, over 8 lanes wide!) bisects the metropolitan area, this highway known as the "Macdonald Cartier Freeway" connects Detroit & Windsor, Toronto and (as highway 20 in Quebec) Montreal and Quebec City. The closest the Trans-Canada gets to Toronto is a corner on Highway 7 east of Lake Simcoe, closer to Peterborough, which is on the "Southern Route". You can't even see the CN Tower from here, that's how far away it is. Nevertheless, Toronto is both a popular Canadian arrival & departure point for international and American visitors, and is home to millions of Canadian who want to see the rest of their country, so we've included route itineraries for getting to & from Toronto and the Trans-Canada Highway. We've identified two key connection points: Montreal for points east, and Sudbury for all points west.
Itineraries to & from Toronto
Link to Toronto.
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