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.
Toronto Island Park & Ferry
Toronto, ON · Round-trip ferry: Adult (20–64) $9.57, Senior (65+) $6.15, Youth (15–19) $6.15, Junior (2–14) $4.51, under 2 free. CAD
A short ferry ride from downtown, the car-free Toronto Islands offer beaches, gardens, the 200-year-old Gibraltar Point Lighthouse and the classic skyline view.
Time needed
Half day to full day
Hours
Ferries run year-round; from mid-October to mid-April only the Ward's Island route runs (6:30 AM–11:30 PM from the city); Centre Island and Hanlan's Point routes run mid-April to mid-October
Tips
Buy ferry tickets online (valid to December 31 of the year bought) to skip the ticket line; summer peak waits can exceed 30–60 minutes; Centreville amusement park runs May–September only, and bikes can be rented on the island in season (Toronto Island Bicycle Rentals and Bike Share Toronto).
Neighborhood
Toronto Islands
Activity providers
Kosher map of Toronto, ON
Pick a place on the map or search an address or hotel to see what is kosher around it.