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Ideas for spending Christmas alone in Toronto: what’s open, community dinners, volunteering, solo-friendly activities, treating yourself and where to find support.

How to get rid of your Christmas tree in Toronto: City curbside pickup on garbage days in January, rules for real and artificial trees, condos and drop-off depots.

Christmas in Montreal from Toronto: the Grand Marché de Noël in the Quartier des spectacles, Old Montreal’s lights and markets, skating and getting there by train.

Christmas at Blue Mountain Village near Collingwood: holiday lights, festive events, skiing and a winter getaway about two hours from Toronto.

Christmas in Hamilton, Ontario: the Santa Claus Parade, the CPKC Holiday Train at Gage Park, the Hamilton Farmers’ Market, lights and festive shopping, an hour from Toronto.

Christmas in Elora and Fergus: a storybook stone village on the Grand River, a nighttime Santa Claus parade, holiday markets and cozy shops, about 90 minutes from Toronto.

Christmas in Stratford, Ontario: a festive Victorian downtown, holiday markets and lights, chocolate shops, cozy restaurants and a day trip about two hours from Toronto.

A Christmas weekend in Ottawa from Toronto: the free Ottawa Christmas Market at Lansdowne (weekends from Nov 20, 2026), Parliament Hill lights, skating and more.

Christmas in Etobicoke: the Colonel Samuel Smith Park skating trail, holiday tea at the Old Mill, CF Sherway Gardens, Montgomery’s Inn and Bloor West Village shopping.

Christmas in Scarborough: the city’s best residential Christmas lights, Glow in the Wild at the Toronto Zoo, skating at Albert Campbell Square, malls and global food.