Hotels in Toronto

Hotels in Toronto

Toronto has many hotels to offer as accommodation. Some tourists may need accommodation in the city so therefore want to use one of the hotels. Some may want to visit the city to see the entertainment, cultural, sporting or historic landmarks of the city. Some may want to see onf the sports sides. Some tourists may want to use the city as a base to explore the region.

Toronto is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario. It is located on the north-western shore of Lake Ontario.

Many tourists many want a luxury hotel, some may want a cheap hotel. Some may want ahotel that is large some may want a small hotel. Some may want a hotel that has good parking facilities. Some may want a hotel that can offer good views.

When Europeans first arrived at the site of present-day Toronto, the vicinity was inhabited by the Huron tribes, who by then had displaced the Iroquois tribes that occupied the region for centuries before c. 1500. The name Toronto is likely derived from the Iroquois word tkaronto, meaning "place where trees stand in the water". It refers to the northern end of what is now Lake Simcoe, where the Huron had planted tree saplings to corral fish. A portage route from Lake Ontario to Lake Huron running through this point, the Toronto Carrying-Place Trail, led to widespread use of the name.

As Canada's economic capital, Toronto is considered a global city and is one of the top financial cities in the world. Toronto's leading economic sectors include finance, business services, telecommunications, aerospace, transportation, media, arts, film, television production, publishing, software production, medical research, education, tourism and sports industries. The Toronto Stock Exchange, the world's seventh largest, is headquartered in the city, along with a majority of Canada's corporations.

French traders founded Fort Rouillé on the current Exhibition grounds in 1750, but abandoned it in 1759. During the American Revolutionary War, the region saw an influx of British settlers as United Empire Loyalists fled for the unsettled lands north of Lake Ontario. In 1787, the British negotiated the Toronto Purchase with the Mississaugas of New Credit, thereby securing more than a quarter million acres of land in the Toronto area.

In 1793, Governor John Graves Simcoe established the town of York on the existing settlement, naming it after Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany. Simcoe chose the town to replace Newark as the capital of Upper Canada, believing the new site would be less vulnerable to attack by the Americans.[22] Fort York was constructed at the entrance of the town's natural harbour, sheltered by a long sand-bar peninsula. The town's settlement formed at the eastern end of the harbour behind the peninsula, near the present-day Parliament Street and Front Street.

In 1813, as part of the War of 1812, the Battle of York ended in the town's capture and plunder by American forces. The surrender of the town was negotiated by John Strachan. American soldiers destroyed much of Fort York and set fire to the parliament buildings during their five-day occupation.

The city is intersected by two rivers and numerous tributaries: the Humber River in the west end and the Don River east of downtown at opposite ends of the Toronto Harbour. The harbour was naturally created by sediment build-up from lake currents that created the Toronto Islands. The many creeks and rivers cutting from north toward the lake created large tracts of densely-forested ravines, and provide ideal sites for parks and recreational trails. However, the ravines also interfere with the city's grid plan, and this results in major thoroughfares such as Finch Avenue, Leslie Street, Lawrence Avenue, and St. Clair Avenue terminating on one side of ravines and continuing on the other side. Other thoroughfares such as the Bloor Street Viaduct are required to span above the ravines. These deep ravines prove useful for draining the city's vast storm sewer system during heavy rains but some sections, particularly near the Don River are prone to sudden, heavy floods. Storage tanks at waste treatment facilities will often receive too much river discharge causing them to overflow, allowing untreated sewage to escape into Lake Ontario closing local beaches for swimming.

During the last ice age, the lower part of Toronto was beneath Glacial Lake Iroquois. Today, a series of escarpments mark the lake's former boundary, known as the Iroquois Shoreline. The escarpments are most prominent from Victoria Park Avenue to the mouth of Highland Creek, where they form the Scarborough Bluffs. Other observable sections include the area near St. Clair Avenue West between Bathurst Street and the Don River, and north of Davenport Road from Caledonia to Spadina Avenue; the Casa Loma grounds sit above this escarpment. Although not remarkably hilly, Toronto does have elevation differences ranging from around 75 metres above-sea-level at the Lake Ontario shore to around 270 m ASL near the York University grounds in the city's north end.

Much of the current lakeshore land area fronting the Toronto Harbour is actually artificial landfill. In the mid-19th century the lakefront was set back up to 1 kilometre further inland than it is today. Much of the Toronto harbour (the quays, formerly known as wharves) and adjacent Portlands are also fill. The Toronto Islands were actually a landspit until a storm in 1858 severed its connection to the mainland, creating a channel later used by shipping interests to access the docks.

Old City of Toronto

The Old City of Toronto refers to the City of Toronto and its boundaries from 1967 to 1997. It is sometimes referred to as the "South" or "Central" district, and includes the "downtown core". Some of these names such as "The Fashion District" are (or were) used as marketing for the areas or by BIAs; this area is actually called "King-Spadina" by locals. Another example is the "Old Town of York", known also as "King and Parliament". Many were recreated or branded to reconnect the areas with their past history, early beginnings, or even recent use and prominence. Some historical city 'wards' used in the 19th century are no longer used, St. David's, St. John's, St. Paul's, St. Georges and St. Patrick's wards. The use for St. Lawrence's ward has remained, known today just as "St. Lawrence".

For the purposes of geographic distinction, the neighbourhoods of the Old City are broken down into four sub sections;
Downtown Core (Central) ; Alexandra Park, The Annex, Cabbagetown, CityPlace, Chinatown, Church and Wellesley (The Gay Village), Corktown, Discovery District, Distillery District, The Entertainment District, The Financial District, Harbourfront, Garden District, Kensington Market, Mirvish Village, Moss Park, Queen Street West, Regent Park, St. James Town, St. Lawrence, Toronto Islands, University, Yorkville

East End ; The Beaches, Blake-Jones, Gerrard Street East (Little India), Greenwood-Coxwell, Greektown, Leslieville, Playter Estates, Port Lands, Riverdale, Upper Beaches

North End (the southern portion is also referred to as Midtown) ; Bedford Park, Casa Loma (neighbourhood), Chaplin Estates, Toronto, Davisville Village, Deer Park, Forest Hill (and Forest Hill Village), Forest Hill South, Hogg's Hollow, Lawrence Park, Lawrence Park South, Midtown, Moore Park, Mount Pleasant East, Mount Pleasant West, North Toronto, Rathnelly, Rosedale, Summerhill, Wychwood, Yonge and Eglinton (considered centre of Midtown Toronto), Yonge and St. Clair

West End ; Bloordale Village, Bracondale Hill, Brockton Village, Corso Italia, Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson, Dufferin Grove, High Park, The Junction (formerly West Toronto), Koreatown, Liberty Village, Little Italy, Niagara, Parkdale, Palmerston-Little Italy, Pelham Park, Portugal Village, Roncesvalles, Runnymede-Bloor West Village, Swansea

East York ; Broadview North, Crescent Town, Danforth Village, East End Danforth, Leaside, O'Connor-Parkview, Old East York, Pape Village , Thorncliffe Park , Woodbine Corridor , Woodbine-Lumsden

Etobicoke ; Alderwood, Eatonville, The Elms (Old Rexdale), Eringate-Centennial-West Deane, Etobicoke West Mall, Humber Heights-Westmount, Humber Valley Village, Islington-City Centre West (Six Points), The Kingsway, Long Branch, Markland Wood, Mimico, Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown, New Toronto, Princess-Rosethorn, Rexdale, Richview, Stonegate-Queensway, Sunnylea, Thistletown, Thorncrest Village, West Humber-Clairville, West Deane Park, The Westway, Willowridge

Scarborough ; Agincourt, Armadale, Bendale (Cedarbrae), Birch Cliff, Bridlewood, Centennial Scarborough, Clairlea-Birchmount, Cliffside, Cliffcrest, Dorset Park, Eglinton East, Golden Mile, Guildwood, Highland Creek, Hillside, Kennedy Park, Ionview, L'Amoreaux, Malvern, Maryvale, Milliken, Morningside Heights, Morningside, Oakridge, Orton Park, Port Union, Rouge, Scarborough City Centre, Scarborough Junction, Scarborough Village, Steeles, Tam O'Shanter Sullivan, West Hill, West Rouge, Wexford, Wishing Well Acres, Woburn

North York ; Amesbury, Banbury-Don Mills, Bathurst Manor, Bayview Village, Bayview Woods-Steeles, Black Creek, The Bridle Path, Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills, Brookhaven-Amesbury, Clanton Park (Dublin Heights), Don Mills, Don Valley Village, Downsview, Emery, Englemount-Lawrence, Flemingdon Park, Glen Park, Glenfield-Jane Heights, Henry Farm, Hillcrest Village, Hogg's Hollow, Humber Summit, Humbermede, Jane and Finch, Lawrence Heights, Lawrence Manor, Lytton Park, Newtonbrook, North York Centre, O'Connor-Parkview, Parkway Forest, Parkwoods-Donalda, The Peanut, Pelmo Park Humberlea, Pleasant View, Rustic, St. Andrew-Windfields, Uptown Toronto, Victoria Park Village, Village at York, Westminster-Branson, Willowdale, Wilson Heights, York Mills, York University Heights

York ; Beechborough-Greenbrook, Briar Hill-Belgravia, Caledonia-Fairbanks, Eglinton West (Little Jamaica), Humewood-Cedarvale, Keelesdale-Eglinton West, Lambton Baby Point, Mount Dennis, Oakwood-Vaughan (Five Points; Northcliffe), Old Mill, Rockcliffe-Smythe, Silverthorn, Weston, Weston-Pellam Park

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