1.Websites
Share an important information on the city of Toronto and province of Ontario is ready for you to check out.
http://www.toronto.ca/
http://www.ontariotravel.net/
http://www.ontournet.com/
2.Currency
The canadian unit of currency is the Canadian Dollar,
which is divided into 100 cents. Coins come in deno-
minations of $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, and $500.
Plan to arrive with at least $50 to $100 in local currency
and accquire change as soon as you can for tippping
and transit.
3.Consulates
In case an emergency, please contact your consulate
may give assistance.
UK:77 Bay st, US:360 Univesity Ave,
Japan: 100 King st W.
4.Drinking
The legal drinking age in Ontario is 19. Ontario has
strict laws about drinking in public: are not allowed
in public places. Fenced-off areas are set aside for
selling and consuming alcohol at large events.
5.Entertainment Lists
Variety of cafes, bars, bookshops, libraries, and
street boxes all over the city and are the best sources
for checking the happenings in the local music and
art scene. The monthly magazine Toronto Life is also
helpful.
6.Media
Both largest Canadian newspapers are published
in Toronto: The Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star,
along with a daily tabloid, Toronto Sun. Popular
radio stations include CBC Radio One FM99.1
news update, CBC Radio Two FM92.1 for classical
music, Jazz, CHFI FM98.1 for easy-listening music,
CHUM FM104.5 and CILQ FM107.5 for rock
music. The most popular Canadian TV stations are
CBC, CTV, GLOBAL, BRAVO and City TV,
and Ontario, TVO.
7.Taxes
In canada, taxes are no included in the listed price
unless specified, so when making a purchase reckon
with a furniture percent for PST provincial sales
tax and 7 percent for GST goods and services tax.
Some taxes are refundable when you leave Canada
8.Telephones
Public telephones are often both coin and care operated.
Local calls cost $0.25; director assistance 411 is free.
Post Offices, moste convenience stores, and specially
marked Bell machines sell phone cards. Within Toronto
you must prefix the local telephone number with the area
code 416, or with 905 for calls to Greater Toronto.
For a long-distance number in North America, dial the
prefix 1 and then the city code. To dial abroad, dial 011
+ country code +city code(dropping any 0)
9.Public Holidays
New Year's Day January 1
Good Friday and Easter Monday March or April
Victoria Day normally the 3rd Monday in May
Canada Day July 1
Civic Holiday the first monday of August
Labour Day the first monday of September
Thanks giving the second monday of October
Christmas Day December 25
Boxing Day December 26
Remembrance Day November 11
all of the above is a holiday of banks
and goverment offices
10.Disabled Visitors
Bathrooms in many establishments in older
buildings are located up or down a flight
of stairs and are not easily accessible; large
entertainment venues are. Toronto's streetcars
are now are not wheelchair accessible, but lift
buses designed for people with mobility aids
run on many routes, and 10 subway stations
have elavators. Transit on the free cit Wheel-
Trans can be reserved, but you must register first.
