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Mississauga's centre is growing up to look like North York Centre with many condominium towers rising around the lowrise Square One shopping mall. If only they can build a GO train connection here but I guess that's a bit too greedy. Its long-time mayor Hurricane Hazel was just as good at seeing...

Tourists may not have Hamilton high on their radar as they pass by en route from Toronto to Niagara Falls. The city's image had long been mired by its heavy industry as you see the ugly steelworks driving past on the QEW, but this city of about 800,000 people is not just a commuter town, but...

Named after Elizabeth Cornell who owned and farmed the land in the early 1800s, Cornell is a planned community in the eastern part of Markham with new urbanism principles. Development began in the 1990s with walkable streets, diverse and affordable housing options for 27,000 residents, and rear...

Just east of the Don River along Gerrard Street is an offshoot of the main Chinatown around Spadina and Dundas. This small Chinatown East dates from the 1970s when rising property prices pushed the community to Riverdale. You will find the typical mix of Chinese restaurants, small supermarkets...

The Cheltenham Badlands are about an hour northwest of downtown. Formed at the bottom of an ancient sea some 450 million years ago, the unique colours of the Queenston shale were exposed by deforestation and farming in the early 1900s. Human activity removed the top soil layer, making them...

Here are a few more snowstorm aftermath scenes from a community park along the Rouge River further north from the observatory. More photos on my website : https://www.globalphotos.org/toronto.htm

David Gibson was a Scottish immigrant who made a living as a surveyor, helping the British colonial government settle this part of the colony. His original farmhouse was burned down after he fled following a rebelion in 1837, rebuilt into what we see today when he returned from the United...

Little Canada is a miniature world inspired by Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg. The dream began in 2011 when the founder reached out to model railway clubs for help. This 2 floor attraction across from Yonge-Dundas Square is still growing with more sections due to open in the coming years...

On Jan 25, 2023, a major winter storm swept through southern Ontario. Between 11am and 8pm that day, 10cm of snow fell at Pearson Airport, while northern and eastern suburbs received more with 15cm in Brampton and Whitby. The forecast called for up to 20cm in the Greater Toronto Area into...

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Many Canadian cities are experiencing a condo building boom downtown, and the blocks east of downtown have seen incredible activity in recent years. Now that so many condos line the waterfront, the community is seeing more restaurants and supermarkets although it might take a bit...

Toronto is a very multicultural city, with immigrants comprising about 47% of the city's population. The top 3 countries of birth for recent immigrants were the Philippines, China, and India, while there are sizeable communities from many other countries. Supermarkets catering to the diaspora...

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