Summer in Toronto equals hot, sweaty, complicated fun. Complicated because, unlike a small town where the big decision is whether to go to the park or the restaurant, this big city reacts to heat and sun by exploding in a million different directions.
There will be moments of sun-kissed bliss and dappled delight. Also, boiling anger in traffic gridlock and endless ferry lines, and everything in between.
Almost 1,700 bathers came to this pool on its busiest day last year.
Due to E coli levels, the city deemed Marie Curtis beach safe to swim at only 49 out of 91.
This is the city’s smallest park. But it does have a water fountain.
The busiest day for traffic last year summer, back when the Gardiner was still three lanes in each direction, was a day when the Blue Jays played.
Pink is this summer’s hottest ticket at the Rogers Centre.
Biggest non-storm day for Toronto sewer system was during a heat wave last year, with 1,400 million litres in a single day.
The city grows about one million flowers annually in its parks.
The patio of The Morning After cafe drew the most noise complaints of any Toronto patio last summer. A manager there said the eatery is open shorter hours this year and also has a louvred roof to help limit sound going up to surrounding condos.
It’s a rite of passage in a Toronto summer: waiting in a seemingly interminable lineup at the Toronto Islands ferry docks.
The night before Canada Day proved to be the busiest for LCBO sales last summer.