Toronto
Parkdale Ontario ON
- Country Code
- CAN
- State Code
- ON
- Day Trips
- Niagara Falls
- Just over an hour out of town, you simply can't pass up a visit to the falls! As if the amazingly beautiful waterfalls weren't enough, the area is also full of other wonderful sites and activities, including a butterfly conservatory, botanical gardens, heritage sites, a casino, wineries, and much more. For more info, visit www.niagaraparks.com.
- Gay Info
- Community Centre 416/392-6874. 519 Church St (on Cawthra Park), 9am-10pm, till 5pm wknds, www.the519.org.
- Xtra! Gay/Lesbian Info Line 416/925-9872 (touchtone info).
- Aids Group
- AIDS Action Now 416/340-2437, www.actoronto.org.
- Hassle Free Clinic 416/922-0566, www.hasslefreeclinic.org.
- Gay Aa
- AA Gay/Lesbian 416/487-5591, www.aatoronto.org.
- Gay Pride
- June. 416/927-7433, www.pridetoronto.com.
- Annual Events
- April - International Gay & Lesbian Comedy & Music Festival 416/907-9099, www.werefunnythatway.com.
- May - Inside Out: Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival 416/977-6847, web: insideout.on.ca.
- June - Downtown Jazz Festival 416/928-2033, www.torontojazz.com.
- June - International Dragon Boat Race Festival 416/595-1739, www.dragonboats.com.
- June - Queer West Arts Festival 416/879-7954, www.queerwest.org.
- September - International Film Festival 416/968-3456, www.tiff.net.
- November - Mr Leatherman Toronto Competition, www.mrlt.com.
- Airport
- Lester B Pearson International. To get to many of the gay bars, take 427 South to Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) East. QEW becomes Gardiner Expressway. From Gardiner, exit on York St or Bay St.
- Taxi
- Co-op Taxi 416/504-2667, web: co-opcabs.com.
- Public Transport
- TTC 416/393-4636, www.3ttc.ca.
- Tourist Attraction
- Art Gallery of Ontario 416/979-6648, www.ago.net.
- Bata Shoe Museum 416/979-7799, www.batashoemuseum.ca.
- CN Tower 416/868-6937, www.cntower.ca.
- Dr Flea's International Flea Market 416/745-3532, www.drfleas.com.
- Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, 416/586-8080, www.gardinermuseum.on.ca.
- Harbourfront Centre 416/973-4000, www.harbourfrontcentre.com.
- Hockey Hall of Fame 416/360-7765, www.hhof.com.
- Kensington Market, www.kensington-market.ca.
- Ontario Place 416/314-9900, www.ontarioplace.com.
- Rogers Centre 416/341-1707, www.rogerscentre.com.
- Royal Ontario Museum 416/586-8000, www.rom.on.ca.
- St Lawrence Market, www.stlawrencemarket.com.
- Underground City.
- Visitors Bureau
- 800/499-2514, www.seetorontonow.com.
- Weather
- Summers are hot (upper 80°s-90°s) and humid. Spring is gorgeous. Fall brings cool, crisp days. Winters are cold and snowy, just as you'd imagined they would be in Canada!
- Best Views
- The top of one of the world's tallest buildings, of course: the CN Tower. Or try a sight-seeing air tour or a three-masted sailing ship tour.
- Where The Girls Are
- In “The Ghetto”-south of Bloor St., between Yonge and Parliament. The Cabbagetown area (Parliament St.) is more laid-back, while the intersection of Church & Wellesley is queer ground zero. The West Village draws a younger, mixed crowd.