Canadian Roadstories

Stories & Pictures about Canadian People, Places and Things

Social

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • Home
  • Canadian People
  • Canadian Places
  • Canadian Things
  • Canada’s First Peoples
  • About
Toronto's CNE

Toronto's CNE

It’s time for the CNE! The Canadian National Exhibition takes place along Toronto’s waterfront for 18 days every year leading up to and including Labor Day. There’s live entertainment, a wide variety of events, a working farm, parades and sports, lots of international food, a Kids World, an airshow and best of all, a huge midway.

Shakey’s – a Toronto hockey hang out

Shakey’s – a Toronto hockey hang out

It’s the first game of the new hockey season and my beloved Habs (Montreal Canadiens) are in town to face their rival the Toronto Maple Leafs; a perfect time to talk about a Toronto hockey hang out.

Central Canada meets western Canada

Central Canada meets western Canada

Judy comments on some differences between urban Toronto and the Canadian Badlands.

Out and About in Toronto

Out and About in Toronto

When I first met Kelly and she expressed an interest in doing a couple of posts for roadstories.ca, I didn’t realize she was such a Lady About Town.

Dundas Square party

Dundas Square party

Everybody in Toronto calls it “Dundas Square”, but its proper name, although a bit more cumbersome, is “Yonge-Dundas Square”.

Hollywood North

Hollywood North

If you’re planning a visit to Hollywood North (aka Toronto), you’ll likely end up on a former movie set.

Canada’s urban wildlife

Canada’s urban wildlife

As urban sprawl grows so do the number of unusual wildlife sightings in Canada’s urban areas.

Halloween in Canada

Halloween in Canada

Halloween is big business in Canada. Just ask Statistics Canada.

A Canadian hockey road story

A Canadian hockey road story

Weekend hockey road trips are legendary in Canada. This post is by a 14 year old goalie. He and his hockey team, their coaches, and a bunch of hockey moms and dads recently traveled by bus five hours to Sudbury, Ontario for a weekend tournament. This is his story…

Toronto likes our Niagara grapes

Toronto likes our Niagara grapes

This is a bit of a different type of road story today but one I think is worth telling…

RANDOM ROADstories

Agua Caliente Band-Ancient mortar ground out of granite boulder

Agua Caliente Band – Progressive and Proud

Walking-the-beach-at-Cox-Bay - Ultimate BC Ferries Coastal Trip – Destination Tofino by Jamie Ross for Roadstories.ca

Ultimate BC Ferries Coastal Trip – Destination Tofino

hotdog steame

Getting Steamed – Quebec’s Hotdog Steamé

Pictou Island by Brian Robert

Pictou Island

YVR – Gateway to Vancouver

YVR – Gateway to Vancouver

Hotel X Toronto

Hotel X Toronto

surface of the moon during Apollo 11 mission

Chris Hadfield Canadian Astronaut

Vimy Ridge Monument, France

Remembrance Day Pilgrimage

Over the edge at Niagara Falls – photo courtesy of Bobby Mikul

How Niagara Falls became the Honeymoon Capital of the World

The Canada Letter – New York Times – Why A.I. First Spoke With a Canadian Accent:

Canadian War Museum

Remembrance Day, Canadian War Museum, poppies & John McCrae

historical view of Sandon from Idaho Mountain c 1896 clearly shows the Methodisy church in relation to the rest of the city

Valley of the Ghosts – Sandon, B.C.

lancaster bomber

Restored 1945 Lancaster Bomber Flight

This-lift-bridge-opened-in-1917- Kingston third crossing bridge by Pat Brennan

Kingston’s Third Crossing Bridge

Canada's First Peoples
  • Home
  • Canadian People
  • Canadian Places
  • Canadian Things
  • Canada’s First Peoples
  • About