🇨🇦 Toronto, Canada
Traveling Toronto alone doesn't mean doing it by yourself. Here are 22 things worth doing solo — toronto islands, kensington market, distillery district and more — filterable by vibe, time and budget. The ones marked "great for meeting people" are where Suppertime comes in.
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Sightseeing · 📍 Downtown
The city's defining landmark and still the fastest way to get your bearings — the glass floor and observation deck give a full 360-degree view over the lake and skyline.
Morning · Afternoon · Evening · Budget $$$
Outdoors · 📍 Toronto Islands
A short ferry from the harbourfront lands you on a car-free chain of islands with beaches, boardwalks and skyline views — an easy, relaxed day to spend entirely on your own schedule.
Morning · Afternoon · Budget $ · Great for meeting people
Sightseeing · 📍 Kensington Market
A dense, colorful grid of vintage shops, murals and food stalls spilling out of converted Victorian houses — one of the best neighborhoods in the city to wander with no plan.
Morning · Afternoon · Free
Food · 📍 Chinatown
Dumpling counters, noodle shops and bubble tea stands line the streets just west of Kensington — an easy, unhurried solo meal is never more than a block away.
Afternoon · Evening · Budget $
Sightseeing · 📍 Distillery District
Cobblestone lanes running through a former Victorian-era distillery are now packed with galleries, boutiques and patios — atmospheric to photograph and easy to explore alone.
Afternoon · Evening · Free
Art & Museums · 📍 Queen West
One of the city's most walkable strips for independent galleries, record shops and street art — a natural stretch to lose an afternoon in on your own.
Afternoon · Free
Art & Museums · 📍 Grange Park
The Art Gallery of Ontario holds a serious collection spanning Group of Seven landscapes to contemporary work, in a building partly redesigned by Frank Gehry — easy to move through at your own pace.
Afternoon · Budget $$
Art & Museums · 📍 University Avenue
The Royal Ontario Museum's jagged crystal facade hides dinosaur skeletons, world cultures and a real bat cave replica — a solid rainy-day plan for one.
Morning · Afternoon · Budget $$
Food · 📍 St. Lawrence
A historic covered market with stall after stall of local produce, cheese and prepared food — a satisfying, low-key way to graze through breakfast or lunch solo.
Morning · Budget $
Outdoors · 📍 Harbourfront
A long paved path hugs Lake Ontario past marinas, parks and public art installations — good for an unhurried solo walk any time of day.
Morning · Afternoon · Evening · Free
Running · 📍 High Park
The city's largest green space has miles of wooded trails, a pond and open meadows — a favorite loop for runners escaping the downtown grid.
Morning · Free
Cycling · 📍 Waterfront
A flat, well-marked bike path runs for miles along the lakeshore connecting the Beaches to the western waterfront — easy to rent a bike and set your own pace.
Morning · Afternoon · Budget $
Sightseeing · 📍 Downtown
A moving glass tunnel through shark-filled tanks sits right at the base of the CN Tower — a memorable couple of hours whether you're traveling alone or not.
Morning · Afternoon · Budget $$$
Coffee · 📍 Trinity Bellwoods
This park anchors the trendy stretch between Queen West and Ossington, with cafes on every corner and a park lawn that fills with locals on any decent day.
Morning · Afternoon · Budget $ · Great for meeting people
Co-working · 📍 King West
Toronto's dense concentration of coworking spaces and coffee shops with laptop-friendly seating makes it simple to get a productive day in among other remote workers.
Morning · Afternoon · Budget $$ · Great for meeting people
Tech & Startups · 📍 Downtown
As one of North America's fastest-growing tech hubs, Toronto has a packed calendar of founder meetups and demo nights — a genuinely easy way to network solo.
Evening · Free · Great for meeting people
Basketball · 📍 Various
Raptors fandom runs deep here, and outdoor courts across the city fill with pickup games most warm evenings — an easy way to get a run in and meet people.
Afternoon · Evening · Free · Great for meeting people
Nightlife · 📍 Ossington
A tightly packed strip of cocktail bars, breweries and late kitchens that's become one of the city's go-to nightlife corridors — easy to bar-hop solo and strike up conversation.
Night · Budget $$ · Great for meeting people
Sunset · 📍 Riverdale
This hillside park east of downtown has one of the best unobstructed views of the CN Tower and skyline at dusk, and draws a relaxed crowd doing the same.
Evening · Free · Great for meeting people
Language Exchange · 📍 Downtown
One of the most multicultural cities in the world, Toronto has a steady rotation of language exchange nights that make it easy to meet locals and other travelers over a drink.
Evening · Free · Great for meeting people
Sightseeing · 📍 Niagara Falls
A straightforward bus or train ride south gets you to one of the world's most famous waterfalls — easily done as a full day out and back on your own.
Morning · Afternoon · Budget $$
Yoga & Meditation · 📍 Trinity Bellwoods
Outdoor yoga sessions pop up regularly in the city's parks through the warmer months — a calm, social way to start the day before it gets busy.
Morning · Budget $ · Great for meeting people
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