DK Travel : Toronto

Torontonians are justifiably proud of their vibrant and exciting metropolis. Canada’s largest city and its financial hub, Toronto has a tremendous amount to offer, including a thriving theater, music, and arts scene, top museums, world-class restaurants and shops, a beautiful lakeside location with lovely beaches, and streets safe and inviting to walk in. Its cultural diversity – over 90 ethnic groups are represented in Toronto – enhances the urban experience.

Toronto Music Garden

This playfully elegant garden, a collaboration between famed cellist Yo Yo Ma, landscape architect Julie Moir Messervy, and Toronto landscape architects, was inspired by J. S. Bach’s First Suite for Unaccompanied Cello . Each dance movement in the suite – allemande, courante, sarabande, menuett, and gigue – plus a prelude, is represented by the plantings in one of the six sections of the garden. Summer concerts are held in the grassy amphitheater.
Toronto Music Garden

One of the city’s most unusual gardens, each of its six sections is inspired by a movement in J.S. Bach’s First Suite for Unaccompanied Cello . The cumulative effect of swirling paths, undulating hills, and secretive groves is dazzling (see Toronto Music Garden).
Toronto Police Museum and Discovery Centre

Interactive displays, fascinating police artifacts, and exhibits chronicling infamous crimes.
Toronto Raptors

NBA team that delights fans from November to May.
Toronto Rock

Players of lacrosse, the country’s official national sport.
Toronto Sculpture Garden

Rotating exhibits of contemporary site-specific works.
Toronto Symphony Orchestra

This world-renowned orchestra delights audiences with the classics.
Toronto videos

Below is a list of videos that I have taken around toronto and posted to you-tube. You can access them by going to you-tube/trawnta I hope there's something there that will interest you.

Beaches blues festival
Big soap bubbles
Black creek Boron drum, Scottish dancing, Sheep shearing by hand
Black creek Revolutionary war, civil war, re-enactment, Pie eating contest
Black creek dixieland, Metis Dancing Drumming, music, Clog dancing
Bloorstock 2005 country, south american, jazz, Belly dancing
Bloorstock 2005 Mariachi
Buskerfest Australian didgeridoo, drummers, comedy, acrobats, jugglers Buskerfest Face painting, Elvis presley in movable tin, Movable tin soldier
Canada'a Wonderland Caribana
China's Grand Canal Chinatown festival 2004 CNE Balancing rocks,
CNE balloon ride, bike jumpers, fire breather-comedy bit, games, rides Dance to the sun
Distillery 2004,2005 roots festival, escape artisit, folk music
Distillery skateboarder, yo-yo, fire juggler, fire karate, knives, torches
Distillery tumblers, dixieland, reggae, jazz, gymnasts, blues, puppeteer
Dundas square French comedy mimes, reggae, indian,
Dundas square Roumanian celebration, arabic, jewish, reggae, jazz music
Dyke march 2004. 2005
Easter parade 2006
Gay pride parade 2004,2005
Girls on the beach
Harbourfront
Harbourfront Drummers and girls in Caribana costumes, jazz Harbourfront Portuguese music, Prado, Chinese dancing, music, country
Harbourfront Bollywood dancing, Don Ross, IYASA (Zimbabwe)
Harbourfront Kahurangi Maori Dance Theatre, native music, dances
Harbourfront Old Mush Singers, Susan Aglukark, Toronto Tabla Ensemble
Harbourfront reggae, philippine dancing, music, South asian music, indian
Harbourfront Spanish dancing, Nice Cuppa Tea, Ukrainian quartet, dancers
Harbourfront Thanksgiving dance, belly dance instruction, Harvest dance Harbourfront Uaajeerneq ("ooaayinerk"), African dances, Drummers
Harbourfront Willie Dunn, Magic of the 3 cups, Masala Mehndi Masti 2004,5
July 2004 Festival Zacatecas
Junction fair Drummers in red, country western, acrobats, clown
Junction fair Marilyn Monroe statue Library jazz
Lion dance
Little Italy Italian accordion, latin,
Mel Lastman square Hispanic fiesta 2005, jazz, Martial arts
Molson indy Muscle & model show 2005,2006
Native dances at the C.N.E. New city hall 40th anniversary
Ontario place Fireworks for 2005
Parrots Queen’s park Afrofest 2004, Canada day 2005,
Roncesvalles ave. Polish festival 2005
Simcoe day at Fort York Song from Pochahontas
St Patrick's day parade 2006
Sunnyside Finnish folk dance, songs Taste of the danforth Flying canucks, Kids playing games
Taste of the danforth Greek music, Georgian music, belly dancers,
The chi machine The kid joins in
Tin man Toronto harbour Toronto zoo Wheelchair dance
Woofstock
World of dance
Yonge street festival 2004, 2005.2006
Toronto WinterCity Festival

This festival fills two mid-winter weeks with lots of reasons to head outdoors, among them kids’ events, circus performances, concerts, and fireworks. Many top attractions and restaurants offer special discounts.
Toronto Zoo

Exhibiting animals in their natural habitats is the policy of this zoo, which aims for meaningful education over theme-park spectacle. Seven geographic areas are represented in pavilions filled with over 450 species; large outdoor enclosures allow animals to roam freely (see Toronto Zoo).