Browsing: Toronto Christmas 2026

What to do on New Year’s Day 2027 in Toronto: polar bear dips, levees, skating, brunch, winter walks and movies, plus what’s open on Friday, January 1.

How Toronto’s Christmas traditions began: Eaton’s Santa Claus Parade from 1905, the famous department store windows, the Cavalcade of Lights since 1967, the Royal Winter Fair and the Distillery market.

Canadian Christmas traditions explained: Santa’s H0H 0H0 postal code, Boxing Day, tourtière and réveillon, butter tarts and Nanaimo bars, mummering, the Holiday Train and more.

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

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.

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

Christmas in Toronto’s Beaches: the Beaches Santa Claus Parade along Kingston Road, Queen Street East shops, boardwalk winter walks and holiday events.