Street and luxurious shops in Yorkville
(www.bloor-yorkville.com),
or unique
boutiques and galleries in the restored
Victorian-era buildings of the Distillery
District (
www.thedistillerydistrict.
com). Teeter 116 storeys above the city on
the CN Tower's EdgeWalk (www.edgewalk
cntower.ca). Relax on the shore of Lake
Ontario at Harbourfront Centre (www.
harbourfrontcentre.com), or on the green
parkland of the islands across the city
harbour (www.torontoisland.com).
Luxurious hotels, noted restaurants, and
professional baseball, hockey, basketball,
football and soccer—Toronto has it all.
In Ottawa, the fi rst stop for many is
Parliament Hill, where you can enjoy
everything from a sound-and-light show to
yoga on the lawn (
www.parl.gc.ca). The Hill
overlooks the Rideau Canal, a UNESCO
World Heritage Site that draws cyclists,
boaters and skaters (
www.parkscanada.ca/
eng/lhn-nhs/on/rideau/index.aspx ).
Nearby, farmers' stalls, independent
boutiques and popular nightclubs keep the
ByWard Market humming from morning to
night (
www.byward-market.com). TD Place
at Lansdowne Park is home to the city's
Canadian Football League franchise, the
Ottawa REDBLACKS (www.ottawaredblacks.
com), as well as the Ottawa 67's of the
Ontario Hockey League (www.ottawa67s.
com). And Ottawa will be a focal point of
the country's 150
th
birthday celebrations
this year (www.ottawa2017.ca).
Don't miss the excellent attractions in
the province's smaller cities, which range
from the Art Gallery of Hamilton (www.
artgalleryo amilton.com), the Canadian
Canoe Museum in Peterborough (www.
canoemuseum.ca ) and the Canadian
Bushplane Heritage Centre in Sault Ste.
Marie (www.bushplane.com),
to historic
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