Торонто, Канада
Travel stories and photos from Toronto, Canada. 86 posts.
#Toronto It's really surprising how the entire system here collapses due to seemingly rare, but clearly not extreme weather conditions. Did it snow 30cm? That's it - schools are closed, people spend hours digging out their cars, trains derail (literally…
The flight departs directly from #Toronto, and below you can see the runway on the island, opposite the very center of the city (which I photographed in the summer!) The flight only takes an hour. You could also take the train, if you don't mind spending…
#Toronto -> #Montreal We get up at 6 in the morning, arrive at the airport at 7, and depart at 8. Montreal, wait for us! We're lucky to have such a locally produced short-haul aircraft - the Dash 8-400. It can accommodate up to 90 people, but the load is…
#Toronto Another small update of the house - the Chinese corner In the middle, there's now a tea table with seats and a mini gong-fu set (essentially a tasting set) By the wall, there's a dresser with tea sets for all occasions, incense sticks, and a few…
#Toronto A walk along the waterfront.
#Toronto The planning of the city's budget for 2025 has begun, and on the official website, they're offering the opportunity to fill out a survey about how the city's money should be spent. I also filled it out, thankfully, you don't have to be a citizen to…
#Toronto More photos of downtown that I liked. In one of them, you can see a blocked street - this is how the film festival was going on in early September. It's cool when there are no cars, but unfortunately, all the trams were closed, so I had to walk 20…
#Toronto This is the harsh Canadian weather at the end of August Whoever guesses how the summer snow fell, I'll give them a pie😁
#Toronto Every year in early September, the Canadian Air Show takes place in Toronto. It's hard to miss, as the sounds of jet fighters flying over the city can be heard even through the windows of buildings. The event is highly controversial and not…
#Toronto Carpet factory, carpet factory... Why are you so beautiful?
#Toronto By the way, if you're thinking of studying in Canada, here's something to know: For residents (those with PR), the prices are several times lower than for foreigners. For bachelor's degrees, the difference is even more staggering - 5-10 times…
#Toronto University of Toronto. They say it's in the top 30 in the world. Is this just hype or showing off?
#Toronto It was a shock to me, but in Toronto, there's a state monopoly on alcohol sales. You simply won't find it in regular stores. Just a month ago, restrictions on the sale of low-alcohol drinks (up to wine) were lifted, but so far, they're not even…
#Toronto Tommy Thompson Park is a purely natural area, unlike the islands. There are no houses here at all, just a few bike paths with branches for pedestrians. The vegetation is really cool. In some areas, it seems like you're in the forest or in the…
#Toronto Finally found the time to take a bike ride and check out Tommy Thompson Park at the same time. Well, what can I say? Overall, it's possible to ride, there are bike lanes on major streets, and the park is really beautiful. In residential areas, it's…
#Toronto - A little dig at NYC It's considered one of the most famous buildings in the city, built at the end of the 19th century. I'd like to tell an interesting story about it, but there isn't one. It's just a cool corner building, which is already an…
#Toronto I'm absolutely obsessed with urban parks with views like this, even if they're just the size of a small square.
#Toronto Nearby, the tallest building in Canada is being built - an 85-story skyscraper called the One. It had a difficult history with the developer going bankrupt during the COVID pandemic, and the price tag exceeded $2 billion compared to the planned $1…
#Toronto My neighborhood in the early evening. Bloor & Yonge intersection.
#Toronto The main stage of furnishing the house is done👍. Yesterday was the day when I finally slept in a normal bed instead of an inflatable mattress. Today, I assembled the remaining furniture. Finally, I can live properly now!
#Toronto Canadian Innovations
#Toronto Evening vibe
#Toronto First encounter with raccoons. They only come out at night, so it's really hard to film them.
#Toronto 22 C$ for a half-liter of sake. Not a bad deal. Made, as usual, in California.
#Toronto Another interesting point about rent, or more specifically, the increase in rent prices. In the province of Ontario, there is rent control for all buildings built before 2019 (and this threshold is raised approximately every 20 years). Rent control…
#Toronto The first heavy package from Amazon has arrived!) The apartment is finally starting to make sense now.
#Toronto Now, let's talk a bit about how renting works and what rights a tenant has. For the entire province of Ontario (including Toronto), there is a standard lease form. All necessary information is included in this form, including payment, deposit,…
#Торонто No way is this real guys
#Toronto I want to do a series of posts about renting an apartment in Toronto. The first one will be about the candidate selection system. Despite the fact that Canada has an open housing market (where landlords can set any price and choose any tenant),…
#Toronto The street where I live.
#Toronto Some streets in the city center give the impression that you've ended up in Detroit.
The real #Toronto moment is when you're walking down a run-down street past old two-story buildings, you see a poster, approach it, and there it is... "So basically, we've bought this piece of land and want to build a 76-story residential complex here. What…
#Toronto I installed the internet in my house. I submitted an application yesterday evening, and today two guys came over, spent a couple of hours setting everything up, and then left. The installation process and the router itself are free, included in the…
#Toronto Hallucinations again today.
#Toronto A full view of the apartment + balcony and the views from it + a photo of the bassinet. For those who have been to Asia, there's no need to explain this - it's standard for condos. On the common floor, there's also a 24/7 gym, a meeting room, a…
#Toronto The promised tour of the apartment. I'm moving in today, and so far the only things I've brought are an inflatable mattress and various small items I managed to buy. The rent is 2,250 CAD/month (1,656 USD / 151,000 RUB) + insurance (~30 CAD) +…
#Toronto Over the past month, I've collected a lot of photos of old/strange housing here. I don't really see the point of summarizing them, so I'll just post them as they are.
#Toronto Addition to the housing post The price of a house in Toronto and Vancouver is almost 80% tied to the price of the land plot (this includes the land itself, and various taxes and fees). And yes, the average house in both cities costs >1 million…
#Toronto Why is Canadian housing in cities so expensive? Canadian housing is traditionally considered overly expensive (though where is it cheap nowadays?). The country attracts 400,000 people a year, who mainly settle in the three largest cities: Toronto,…
#Toronto Expenses for the first month of living in Canada For the entire month, I meticulously entered figures into a spreadsheet to understand the cost of living here. Especially for me, who's used to eating out at restaurants while traveling and not really…
#Toronto Planes land directly on the island, separated from the runway by just a two-layered fence. There used to be a ferry to the airport too, but now you can get there on foot through an underground tunnel.
#Toronto And these are the views of the city from the pier at sunset and at night.
#Toronto An island fire station. On the right, you can see a firefighter's golf cart! This is also where the only emergency vehicle is located, which transports people to the dock, from where they are then picked up by a rescue boat. The nearest hospital is…
#Toronto On the islands directly opposite the city center lies a true village. There are no shops or roads here, only golf carts and a few fire trucks. The only way to get here is by ferry (9 C$) and water taxi (60 C$), unless you're a local with your own…
#Toronto What the hell is this, the Canadian VDNKh??
#Toronto Is this some kind of wellness program, or is the city's budget just not enough? But some of the police here are actually riding bicycles around)) And to top it off, they're wearing shorts in their uniforms - that's just hilarious. I remember…
#Toronto When I opened an account at TD Bank a month ago, they told me that new customers were eligible for some kind of bonus. I had to meet a few conditions, like setting up salary payments and paying for mobile services... I had already forgotten how to…
#Toronto The mystery - how to transfer money to an account in another bank without a fee, if the amount exceeds the local SWIFT limit? The correct answer - CHEQUE. You get it in one bank, and then walk to another bank to hand it over there. The great…
#Toronto Of course, Canadian geese also ended up in the collection! Geese are often considered aggressive animals, but these ones turned out to be more timid than squirrels. I barely managed to capture their faces in close-up shots.
#Toronto It's already +16 degrees outside, and it's raining in the evenings... It seems that autumn has arrived in Toronto.
#Toronto Finally signed a lease for an apartment in this dump)) I'll do a review once I move in in a week. For now, here are the best views I've managed to check out. This is one of the most prestigious areas, as two metro lines intersect here (and there…
#Toronto How much do they pay for something like this today?
#Toronto Great works of art from this place.
#Toronto The reaction of a person who saw a skunk for the first time (!) We're adding to our collection of Canadian wildlife!
#Toronto The old Toronto airport is also located on these islands. Every 10 minutes, a regional plane lands here.
#Toronto Near Toronto, there are islands that can be reached by ferry for 9 C$. One of the best places in the city, without cars, and with simply amazing views of the city. It brings back memories of Hong Kong - the same ferry crossing, the same bay dotted…
#Toronto I fucking hate it! Why does the local government service center look like a shawarma stall from the outside?))) Of course, they don't provide the only service that a newcomer needs (obtaining a Health Card). Fuck it! Go to the main office and wait…
#Toronto Fortunately, in Canada, you can almost everywhere pay via NFC, but for some small shops that evade taxes, cash is still useful. Recently, I withdrew a hundred from an ATM for the first time and also checked out the local polymer banknotes. The…
A typical #Toronto moment is when you're standing waiting for the tram home on a Sunday evening, and a 60-year-old man approaches you and asks for directions. You give him the directions, after which he says, "I'm heading to a music club, do you want to join…
#Toronto Downtown this afternoon
#Toronto It was just yesterday that I posted a couple of posts, and today all kinds of nonsense started again😂 Guys are going around and knocking on every house where Chinese people work.
Who is the most numerous group in #Toronto ? The correct answer is Chinese. As many as 12% 😁 To be more serious, it's obvious that the largest group here are English speakers, making up about 35%. But it's still funny - only 6.7% consider themselves…
#Toronto How strong is the Chinese diaspora here that they've built TWO Chinatowns in the city! I actually liked the Eastern one even more. It's more compact, not very crowded, but most importantly, much cheaper than its Western counterpart. 10 bucks for a…
#Toronto The old meets the new How absurdly, in some places of the city, buildings from different eras coexist, completely ignoring each other's existence.
#Toronto The biggest surprise was that they don't sell alcohol here without a passport. I'm so used to being able to buy everything in Asia (and even in Europe) without carrying my ID, which I'd never dare to lose. (And yes, I don't have a driver's license,…
#Toronto I love finding something painfully familiar in other parts of the world.
#Toronto Scams in housing rentals Sooner or later, everyone faces divorces, and it's important to be able to recognize them effectively. After talking to people, I realized that it's not obvious to everyone how to quickly spot red flags in correspondence,…
#Toronto Toronto also has its own "winery". More precisely, a former whiskey factory that was converted into a public space after a wave of deindustrialization in the late 20th century. Now, it houses classic art spaces, restaurants, and pubs where the…
Just #Toronto
#Toronto I also got myself some local belyashes and sugarcane juice. Turned out it was more profitable to come at closing time - they gave me five buns instead of three.
#Toronto Anywhere else, but definitely not in Canada, I was ready to experience that "authentic" smell of Chinese cuisine again.
#Toronto Last weekend, I successfully attended the Chinese Summer Festival in Chinatown. The street food was amazing, but the overall vibe felt like a children's morning event 😁
#Toronto Private houses != suburbia There are many low-rise neighborhoods in Toronto that remain despite the city's growing urbanization. A good half of them are townhouses - private 2-3 story houses joined together with a small plot in front and a…
#Toronto Today, I stumbled upon the Riverdale City Farm, located east of downtown. Although, it would be more accurate to call it a zoo, as the animals here are purely for people to admire - you can't even buy eggs or milk from them. One interesting thing…
#Toronto Toronto squirrels in close-up. Since Canada is a country that is tolerant of all nationalities, there are both red and black squirrels here. I managed to film one of them, which was nibbling on sunflower seeds by the roadside, from an unacceptably…
#Toronto The time I learned that Russian SIM cards don't work in Canada. At all. I can't even receive SMS for 2FA. All Russian operators are under sanctions. So far, this is the first country where such bullshit happens. Thanks for the sanctions, eh👍 Now…
#Toronto LOL (Laughing out loud)
#Toronto As soon as you leave the city, the infrastructure hell begins. In the photo - the center of Mississauga, a suburban city to the west of Toronto. The center, as usual, consists of thousands of square meters of parking lots, several Walmart-type…
#Toronto Who came up with this ridiculous idea?😂 Just FYI, this is the shortest route.
#Toronto Welcome to the 20th century, where there's no wifi in the subway car and the mobile connection drops out.
#Toronto You may refuse to admit it, but the peak of Chinese cuisine happens exclusively in such places.
#Toronto There's certainly no shortage of food diversity in Canada. When 75% of the population are descendants of immigrants, national cuisine blurs, and everyone eats whatever they please (usually dishes from their homeland). In Toronto, ~10% of the…
#Toronto Opening a bank account Opening an account turned out to be quite straightforward. The required documents include: - a passport with a work visa - a work permit certificate - a SIN number All of these can be obtained at the airport. And that's it.…
#Toronto My schedule is completely messed up. I went to bed at midnight and, despite not getting enough sleep after the flight, I woke up at 6:30. Well, there's nothing else to do, so I decided to take a walk around the downtown area in the morning.
#Toronto At least I'm grateful that there's an express train to the city center for a reasonable 9 C$!
#Toronto Immigration here is a total pain in the ass. At the entrance, you need to get a work permit - as if my work visa wasn't enough! (I thought there would at least be a card, but it's just a simple A4 certificate). And you have to show it every time you…