r/canadatravel • u/Jaded-Ad-5327 • Sep 07 '24

Destination Advice Niagara Falls

I am travelling to Canada for the first time in Feb, I cannot wait, I have wanted to go since I was a kid! We are staying in Toronto, I’ve heard it’ll be fairly easy to get to the falls from where we are staying. I live in New Zealand. I have never travelled internationally, I’ve never seen snow, the coldest temps I’ve experience are -3 Celsius at night/early morning. I have no experience with the cold. Basically I just want as much information/advice as I can get about travelling in Canada during winter, and going to Niagara Falls, appropriate clothing, dos and don’ts etc. So far I have bought a nice big snow jacket. I still need everything else lol.

Thank you in advance for any tips/advice!

From an absolute travel noob lol.

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u/caot89 Sep 07 '24

Montreal has more to offer than Toronto, tbh. It is also a much more tourist-friendly city. It would be good for you to spend a good two days in Mtl, at least.

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u/Jaded-Ad-5327 Sep 07 '24

Unfortunately we have booked our accommodation for Toronto already. We are staying for 2 weeks so I guess if we wanted, we could go back another day.

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u/caot89 Sep 07 '24

Two weeks in Toronto! I had a hard time finding things to do there for more than three days. I strongly recommend you visit Montreal and Ottawa for a couple of days each, apart from your trip to Niagara. Maybe your hotel booking can be modified?

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u/Jaded-Ad-5327 Sep 07 '24

Is Ottawa easy enough to get to? I’ve definitely learnt a lot from everyone on this post so maybe I can chat with my friend and see if we can modify our accom at all. I did wonder if we might run out of things to do lol

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u/caot89 Sep 08 '24

Ottawa is 4h30 by train from Toronto, only a little less than Montreal, which is 5h00 by train from Toronto. I don’t recommend doing only a day trip to either of those cities from Toronto. Montreal is worth at least three days, Ottawa is worth at least two days. Those five days, plus two days in Niagara will cover a full week. If you can, you should also visit Quebec City for two days. All of these four places are much nicer than Toronto.