Toronto Zoo

Toronto Zoo Vision: The Toronto Zoo is Canada’s premier Zoo, known for its interactive education and conservation activities. As a unique wildlife experience, we inspire people to live in ways that promote the well being of the natural world.

Location: The Toronto Zoo is set in the beautiful Rouge Valley. The Main Entrance is located on Meadowvale Road, Scarborough, north of Highway 401 (Exit #389 eastbound and westbound). The Zoo is accessible by car and public transit.

For T.T.C. information call (416) 393-4636 or visit ttc.ca.
For Go Transit call (416) 869-3200 or visit gotransit.com.

Animals: The Zoo has over 5,000 animals representing over 500 species.

Attendance: Approximately 1.3 million visitors per year.

Walking trails: There are over 10 km (six miles) of walking trails.

Size: 287 hectares (710 acres). One of the largest zoos in the world.

Zellers Discovery Zone*: Explore Zellers Discovery Zone, featuring the Kids Zoo, a dynamic, interactive children’s wildlife experience, Splash Island, an exciting two-acre water play area and the Waterside Theatre, home of exciting family entertainment.

Food: Open daily – Peacock Café (variety of hot and cold light fare, assorted snack foods and frozen treats), Africa Restaurant (Harvey’s). Open seasonally – Americas Restaurant (Harvey’s, Mr. Sub and Yogen Fruz) including our outdoor Polar Patio (draft beer, coolers, Pizza Pizza) and Beavertails (hot pastry), Africa Restaurant (Pizza Pizza), Simba Safari Lodge (North American and African fare), Simba Patio (draft beer, coolers), Twiga Duka snack bar (Pizza Pizza). A variety of snack bars and frozen treat carts are located throughout the site.

Gift Shops*: There are seven gift shops and kiosks located throughout the Zoo site.

Toronto Caribana 2009

The Main event at Toronto Caribana 2009. This showcase event features an incredible display of colour and pageantry, commencing at Exhibition Place and proceeding west along Lake Shore Boulevard. Exhibition Place and Lake Shore Boulevard will come alive with the sights and sounds of Carnival!

Caribana is a festival of Caribbean culture and traditions held each summer in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Annually Caribana draws hundreds of thousands of tourists from around the globe to Toronto’s lakeshore. Caribana is a Caribbean Carnival event, that has been billed as North America’s largest street festival, frequented by over 1.3 million visitors each year for the festival’s final parade.

The entire Caribana event, which is one of the first Caribbean Carnivals along with those in New York City, Notting Hill and Boston to be held outside of the Caribbean region, brings in over one million people to the shores of Toronto pumping an estimated $100 million into the local economy.

Climate and Clothing

You will enjoy four distinct seasons. Spring (April – June) is very pleasant, with temperatures from 10 C to 25C. Summer (July – August) is hot and sometimes humid with temperatures reaching to 30C. Fall (September – October) is sunny, but cool with temperatures from 0C to 15 C. Winter (November – March) is snowy and cold, with temperatures sometimes dropping to minus 20C. Canada is famous for its great winter sports activities such as skiing, snowboarding, sledding and skating. We suggest that you bring warm coats, boots, mitts and scarves for the winter months, and jackets and sweaters for spring and fall.

Learn English now

With a population of 4.7 million people, Toronto is Canada’s largest city and the 5th largest city in North America after Mexico City, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Geographically, Toronto is one of Canada’s southernmost cities; it has nearly the same latitude as northern California.

As one of the world’s most multicultural cities, it is no surprise that there are over 100 languages spoken in the city. Students find they quickly fit in to the friendly neighbourhoods and green spaces of the city.

Things to Do
Toronto has six professional sports teams – hockey, baseball, basketball, football, soccer and lacrosse. It is also home to the Toronto Zoo, the Ontario Science Centre and the CN Tower.

Toronto’s vibrant arts scene includes the best of mainstream and alternative theatre, dance and music. The city has the third largest English language theatre centre in the world and hosts a variety of events throughout the year, attracting visitors from around the globe. Major arts venues include the Art Gallery of Ontario, Canadian opera Company, Canadian Stage Company, National Ballet of Canada and Royal Ontario museum.

Each year Toronto is host to major festivals that include: Caribana (Caribbean festival), Toronto International Film Festival, Pride Toronto (lesbian, gay and bisexual parade), Taste of the Danforth (Greek festival), Toronto International Jazz Festival, Caravan (multicultural festival), and the Canadian National exhibition.

Intensive English

Most of our students choose our Full-Time Intensive course of 20 hours/week – this is 4 full hours a day of classes, from Monday to Friday.  Classes will be either in the morning or in the afternoon depending on your level of English and the classes you choose (see schedule below).  Classes will either start at 8:30am or at 1:30pm.

We recommend our Full-Time Intensive Program for any long-term students (3 months or more) and for anyone wanting to take full advantage of their time in Canada to explore the cities.  Students take a combination of Communication Skills and Specific Skills classes.  

Start dates: every 2 weeks

Class choices available:

• Communication Skills
• Listening & Vocabulary
• Grammar & Writing
• Reading & Vocabulary Strategies
• Listenening conversation & Pronunciation
• Oral Production & Fluency
• Reading Dynamics
• Grammar & Accuracy
• Advanced Oral & Listening
• Advanced Writing & Reading
• Advanced Accuracy

  Classes can be in the morning or afternoon depending on your level of English and class choice.

Living in Toronto

With a population of 4.7 million people, Toronto is Canada’s largest city and the 5th largest city in North America after Mexico City, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Geographically, Toronto is one of Canada’s southernmost cities; it has nearly the same latitude as northern California.

As one of the world’s most multicultural cities, it is no surprise that there are over 100 languages spoken in the city. Students find they quickly fit in to the friendly neighbourhoods and green spaces of the city.

Things to Do
Toronto has six professional sports teams – hockey, baseball, basketball, football, soccer and lacrosse. It is also home to the Toronto Zoo, the Ontario Science Centre and the CN Tower.

Toronto’s vibrant arts scene includes the best of mainstream and alternative theatre, dance and music. The city has the third largest English language theatre centre in the world and hosts a variety of events throughout the year, attracting visitors from around the globe. Major arts venues include the Art Gallery of Ontario, Canadian opera Company, Canadian Stage Company, National Ballet of Canada and Royal Ontario museum.

Each year Toronto is host to major festivals that include: Caribana (Caribbean festival), Toronto International Film Festival, Pride Toronto (lesbian, gay and bisexual parade), Taste of the Danforth (Greek festival), Toronto International Jazz Festival, Caravan (multicultural festival), and the Canadian National exhibition.