City overview
Toronto is Canada's largest city, home to about 3 million people on the shore of Lake Ontario, with world-class museums, a lively waterfront and Niagara Falls within day-trip range. It also has one of North America's largest Jewish communities, about 187,000 people across the Toronto region. Orthodox life runs along Bathurst Street, from Forest Hill and Bathurst–Lawrence north through Bathurst Manor and North York into Thornhill, a corridor lined with shuls, kollels, kosher restaurants, bakeries and groceries and covered by a community eruv. Downtown, where most hotels are, has a Chabad house but little kosher food and no eruv, so observant visitors often base themselves uptown.
Activity providers
Harbourfront Canoe & Kayak Centre
Toronto, ON · Kayak: solo $50 / tandem $70 up to 2 hours, $70 / $90 up to 4 hours, $90 / $100 full day, safety gear and tax included, CAD (2026 season rates)
Rent a kayak, canoe or paddleboard on Queens Quay and paddle across the harbour toward the Toronto Islands, with the skyline behind you.
Time needed
2–4 hours
Hours
Seasonal (late May to early October); rentals start weekdays 12:00 PM (return by 8:00 PM June–August, 7:00 PM September) and weekends 10:00 AM (return by 5:30 PM)
Tips
Closed for the season until May 29, 2027. It sits on Queens Quay just south of the Rogers Centre.
Phone
416-203-2277Neighborhood
Harbourfront
Kosher map of Toronto, ON
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