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Where to stay in Toronto

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Places to stay in Toronto

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About Toronto

Pearson is in Mississauga, 20 km northwest of downtown Toronto and about 33 km from the core by road. Rooms in Toronto carry a 6% Municipal Accommodation Tax, back down from 8.5% since 1 August 2026, and 13% HST, which also applies to the MAT.

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Facts and rules

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Airport
Toronto Pearson (YYZ), in Mississauga, 20 km northwest of downtown Toronto. Source
Municipal Accommodation Tax
6% on the room since 1 August 2026, when the temporary 8.5% rate ended. It applies to hotel stays of 30 continuous days or less and to short-term rentals. Source
HST
13% in Ontario, charged on the MAT as well as on the room. Source
Short-term rentals
Lets of less than 28 consecutive days, allowed only in the host's principal residence. Hotels and motels are not short-term rentals. Source
Registration number
Listings must show the City registration number in the format STR-0000-XXXXXX. The City tells guests not to rent without it. Source
Night cap
A whole home can be let short term for at most 180 nights a calendar year; up to three bedrooms in it without a cap. Source
Tenancy
Ontario's Residential Tenancies Act does not apply to accommodation for the travelling or vacationing public, or for a seasonal or temporary period, in a hotel, inn, vacation home or similar. Source
City streets
Where no sign says otherwise, a public road has a three-hour parking limit. Tickets on rush hour routes and permit streets are not eligible for the City's parking consideration. Source
Green P meters
About 21,500 metered spaces, paid in the Green P app or at machines. Most allow three hours, and enforcement runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Source
Permit streets
Temporary 24-hour, 48-hour or weekly permits for visitors are sold where space allows, online up to two weeks ahead. Source
Entry
UK and EU air travellers need an eTA, CAD 7, valid up to five years or until the passport expires. US citizens need none. Most visitors can stay up to six months. Source
Emergency number
911 Source

Areas of Toronto

A King St W street sign in Toronto's Financial District with signs banning turns from 7 AM to 7 PM on weekdays, TTC vehicles excepted, in front of office towers
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Downtown (Financial and Entertainment Districts)

The Financial District, Toronto's central business district between Queen Street West, Yonge Street, Front Street and University Avenue, and the Entertainment District around King Street West, with theatres, the Blue Jays and Union Station on Front Street. It suits business trips, shows and rail connections.

Pearson airport
about 33 km
Union Station
under 1 km

Car and parking

Green P meters mostly allow three hours and are enforced around the clock, at mostly CAD 1.50 to 7.00 an hour (via GetCar). On King Street, between Bathurst and Jarvis, streetcars have priority and cars must turn off at most intersections (via GetCar). A garage takes the car off the three-hour clock.

Harbourfront Centre on Queens Quay West with apartment towers around it and the CN Tower behind, under a clear sky
Photographed in 2017. Photo: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Harbourfront

The downtown neighbourhood on the lake along Queens Quay, south of the Gardiner Expressway from Bathurst Street, a former harbour and industrial district that is now mostly residential and leisure. It suits a lakeside stay a short walk from Union Station.

Pearson airport
about 33 km
Union Station
about 1 km

Car and parking

Green P meters with three-hour limits on most spaces, enforced 24 hours a day, and the City's three-hour limit where no sign says otherwise. Ask whether the hotel or building has its own garage.

Low-rise shops and wreath-hung lamp posts on a wet Cumberland Street in Yorkville, with parked cars and towers behind
Photographed in 2018. Photo: Enoch Leung from Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Yorkville

A former village north of downtown between Bloor Street, Davenport Road, Yonge Street and Avenue Road, with homes, offices and the Mink Mile shops on Bloor Street. It suits shopping and a base close to the centre.

Pearson airport
about 36 km
Union Station
about 4 km

Car and parking

Green P meters and the City's three-hour limit apply on the street. A towed car is traced on 416-808-6600, the City's number for towed vehicles.

Red-brick former distillery buildings on the brick-paved Gristmill Lane in Toronto's Distillery District, with a residential tower behind
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Old Town and the Distillery District

The first of Toronto's named neighbourhoods, with many 19th-century buildings and St. Lawrence Market on Front Street East, next to the Distillery District, whose Victorian industrial buildings hold cafés, restaurants and shops. It suits walking and food markets.

Pearson airport
about 34 km
Union Station
about 2 km
Distillery District
under 1 km

Car and parking

Green P meters with three-hour limits on most spaces, enforced around the clock. Pay in the app or at the machine, never through a QR code stuck on it; Green P warns about fake ones (via GetCar).

Paddleboarders on Lake Ontario off a sandy beach in The Beaches, with a lifeguard hut, and the CN Tower and downtown towers in the distance
Photographed in 2014. Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Beaches

A neighbourhood east of downtown named for its four beaches on Lake Ontario, between Victoria Park Avenue, Kingston Road, Coxwell Avenue and the lake. It suits a lakeside stay away from the core, in a flat or a house.

Pearson airport
about 40 km
Union Station
about 9 km

Car and parking

On permit parking streets, a guest's car needs a temporary permit, sold for 24 hours, 48 hours or a week where space allows; ask the host whether the street is a permit street and whether the home has a driveway.

Guides

Questions

How much tax is added to a hotel room in Toronto?

A 6% Municipal Accommodation Tax on the room, down from a temporary 8.5% since 1 August 2026, and 13% HST, which is also charged on the MAT.

How can a guest check that a Toronto short-term rental is registered?

The listing must show the City's registration number, in the format STR-0000-XXXXXX, and the City advises not to rent one without it. Short-term rentals are allowed only in the host's principal residence.

Where can a guest park in Toronto?

At Green P meters, where most spaces allow up to three hours and enforcement runs around the clock, or in a garage. On permit parking streets, temporary 24-hour, 48-hour or weekly permits are sold where space allows.

Do UK and EU visitors need an eTA for Canada?

Yes, when flying: it costs CAD 7 and is valid for up to five years or until the passport expires. US citizens need none, and nobody needs one arriving by car, bus, train or boat.