However, it is the second-largest country in the world, and you won't be able to visit it all on one trip. Some sacrifices have to be made, which might include making a choice between the two largest cities. Should you base yourself in arty, festive Montréal, with its beautiful parks and welcoming vibe? Or should it be the diverse and energetic city of Toronto, with its delightfully varied food scene?
We asked two travel writers to make the case for the Canadian city closest to their hearts.
Though born in Ottawa, Joel Balsam has spent more than a decade living in Montréal on and off, and his father was born there. Joel also wrote the Québec chapter in the upcoming Lonely Planet Canada guidebook.
As Canadians like to say: Toronto is where you work, Montréal is where you live. So as a traveler are you trying to dive into the grind or live it up? The latter? Yep, that’s what I thought.
Toronto is all go, go, go, with huge skyscrapers and people who won’t stop to chat because they’re hustling to afford their rent or mortgage. It’s like Manhattan, but not quite as cool. Sadly, this has made Toronto the loneliest city in Canada. Meanwhile, Montréal has joie de vivre. A je ne sais quoi, as it were. Instead of talking about housing unaffordability, Montrealers discuss art, concerts and fun (also the ever-present road construction and language laws, but nobody’s perfect). Montréal’s streets are filled with free festivals all summer long, including Complètement Cirque, Mural and Festival International de Jazz. There’s always something fascinating to see at Musée des Beaux-Arts or Quartiers des Spectacles, and there are a near-infinite number of hip bars and clubs. Some people even call Montréal “Little Berlin,” affirming its happening status.
Since Montréal was built mostly before cars, it’s more walkable than Toronto and many of its main thoroughfares are pedestrianized every summer. Just try and walk around Old Montréal’s tiny alleys without feeling a tingle of romance. The ruelles vertes (literally “green streets”), back alleys in neighborhoods like the Plateau and Villeray, are verdant, semi-secret ways to get around town.
In Toronto, parks are few and over-crammed – Trinity Bellwoods on a sunny Saturday is a zoo. On the other hand, Montréal’s parks are in abundance and have plenty of space to stretch out a picnic blanket filled with fine cheeses, a baguette and a bottle of wine. There’s nothing in Toronto like the long-running hippie dance party called Tam Tams, every Sunday at Parc Jeanne-Mance, and Parc du Mont-Royal is an unparalleled way to behold the city, and its giant Leonard Cohen mural, in awe.
Sure, Toronto has terrific restaurants, especially Asian cuisine,
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