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Where to stay in Ontario
This guide covers 43 destinations in Ontario, a first-level administrative division of Canada, with 586 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Toronto, Ottawa and Mississauga. Across its destinations, June and August are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ).
- Destinations in this guide
- 43
- Places to stay
- 586
- Comfortable in the most places
- June and August
- Main airport
- YYZToronto Pearson International Airport
- Currency
- CADCanadian dollar
- Time zone
- America/Toronto
Destinations
Destinations in Ontario
Every destination in this guide in Ontario, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 2,794,356 | 63 | YTZ · 5 km |
| Niagara Falls | 88,071 | 61 | IAG · 10 km |
| Ottawa | 1,017,449 | 59 | YRO · 6 km |
| Mississauga | 717,961 | 40 | YYZ · 9 km |
| Greater Sudbury | 166,004 | 35 | YSB · 22 km |
| London | 422,324 | 26 | YXU · 10 km |
| St. Catharines | 136,803 | 22 | YCM · 5 km |
| Kingston | 132,485 | 22 | ART · 45 km |
| Etobicoke | 365,143 | 17 | YTZ · 10 km |
| Vaughan | 323,103 | 16 | YYZ · 20 km |
| Richmond Hill | 202,022 | 15 | YYZ · 27 km |
| Windsor | 229,660 | 14 | YQG · 8 km |
| Sault Ste. Marie | 73,368 | 14 | YAM · 13 km |
| North Bay | 51,553 | 12 | YYB · 7 km |
| Belleville | 50,716 | 12 | YPQ · 78 km |
| Brampton | 656,480 | 11 | YYZ · 11 km |
| Oakville | 213,759 | 10 | YYZ · 26 km |
| Burlington | 186,948 | 10 | YHM · 20 km |
| Guelph | 143,740 | 10 | YKF · 14 km |
| Hamilton | 569,353 | 9 | YHM · 11 km |
| Thunder Bay | 108,843 | 9 | YQT · 6 km |
| Peterborough | 81,032 | 9 | YPQ · 8 km |
| Sarnia | 72,320 | 9 | YQG · 90 km |
| Oshawa | 175,383 | 8 | YTZ · 53 km |
| Waterloo | 121,436 | 8 | YKF · 11 km |
| Kitchener | 256,885 | 7 | YKF · 9 km |
| Barrie | 147,829 | 7 | YLK · 15 km |
| Cambridge | 138,479 | 7 | YKF · 12 km |
| United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry | 113,429 | 6 | MSS · 27 km |
| Markham | 338,503 | 5 | YTZ · 31 km |
| United Counties of Leeds and Grenville | 100,546 | 5 | OGS · 23 km |
| Ajax | 126,666 | 4 | YTZ · 39 km |
| Brantford | 104,688 | 4 | YHM · 27 km |
| Chatham-Kent | 103,988 | 4 | YQG · 65 km |
| Caledon | 66,502 | 4 | YYZ · 37 km |
| Whitby | 138,501 | 3 | YTZ · 46 km |
| Welland | 52,293 | 3 | YCM · 24 km |
| Milton | 132,979 | 2 | YYZ · 28 km |
| Pickering | 91,771 | 1 | YTZ · 38 km |
| Newmarket | 84,224 | 1 | YYZ · 45 km |
| Kawartha Lakes | 75,423 | 1 | YPQ · 54 km |
| Halton Hills | 61,161 | 1 | YYZ · 26 km |
| Aurora | 55,445 | YYZ · 38 km |
Where to stay
Hotels in Ontario
586 hotels in Ontario recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit Ontario
From the climate of 43 destinations in Ontario with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: June and August.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 43 | -2 °C | 74 mm |
| February | 0 of 43 | -1 °C | 59 mm |
| March | 0 of 43 | 4 °C | 68 mm |
| April | 0 of 43 | 12 °C | 76 mm |
| May | 20 of 43 | 19 °C | 80 mm |
| June | 29 of 43 | 24 °C | 77 mm |
| July | 18 of 43 | 27 °C | 85 mm |
| August | 28 of 43 | 26 °C | 79 mm |
| September | 16 of 43 | 22 °C | 84 mm |
| October | 0 of 43 | 14 °C | 85 mm |
| November | 0 of 43 | 7 °C | 76 mm |
| December | 0 of 43 | 1 °C | 80 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Ontario
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Ontario name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
YYZ · Toronto Pearson International Airport
YTZ · Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
YKF · Region of Waterloo International Airport
YHM · John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport
YPQ · Peterborough Regional Airport
YQG · Windsor International Airport
YCM · Niagara District Airport
YLK · Barrie-Lake Simcoe Regional Airport
YXU · London International Airport
IAG · Niagara Falls International Airport
YYB · North Bay Jack Garland Airport
YSB · Sudbury Airport
OGS · Ogdensburg International Airport
MSS · Massena International Airport Richards Field
ART · Watertown International Airport
YRO · Ottawa / Rockcliffe Airport
YQT · Thunder Bay International Airport
YAM · Sault Ste Marie Airport
YQA · Muskoka Airport
YOW · Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
BUF · Buffalo Niagara International Airport
YND · Ottawa / Gatineau Airport
DTW · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
FNT · Bishop International Airport
And 5 more airports named by fewer destinations.
Good to know
Public holidays in Ontario, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Canada
Regional holidays observed in Ontario
Nearby
Regions near Ontario
Other regions of Canada with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.