Canada's most iconic restaurant room — Canoe occupies the 54th floor of the TD Bank Tower with unobstructed views over Lake Ontario, the Islands, and the CN Tower. The Canadian tasting menu here is a love letter to this country's ingredients: Arctic char, Manitoba bison, Ontario heritage vegetables, and wine from every province that makes it. A bucket-list Toronto meal.
Neighbourhood: Financial District · Address: 66 Wellington St W, 54th Floor (TD Bank Tower), Toronto, ON M5K 1A1 · Hours: Mon–Fri lunch 11:45am–2:30pm | Mon–Sat dinner 5–10:30pm | Closed Sunday
Why Visit
Canoe is Toronto’s only restaurant where you can sip Okanagan wine while eye-level with the CN Tower, watching planes take off over the lake. The kitchen is obsessed with Canadian ingredients you’ll never find in one place anywhere else in the city.
What Makes It Unique
No other Toronto spot has floor-to-ceiling 54th-floor views—every seat feels like a postcard or a helicopter ride. The menu reads like Canadian geography homework: think East Coast seafood, Northern game, and foraged Ontario produce, all plated by chefs who treat dinner like a research project. Wine from every Canadian province isn’t something you’ll see twice.
Canoe Restaurant & Bar has occupied the 54th floor of the TD Bank Tower at King and Bay since 1995, and in three decades it has never stopped being the most distinctive restaurant in Toronto's fine dining constellation — not because of Michelin stars or international rankings, but because of what it represents: a serious, consistently excellent room built around celebrating Canadian ingredients and the Canadian landscape visible through every window.
The restaurant faces south and west, and on a clear evening the view takes in Lake Ontario, the Toronto Islands, the western harbour, and the CN Tower close enough to feel like part of the dining room. This is not incidental scenery — it is the setting that gives context to a menu built entirely on Canadian produce: Arctic char from Northern waters, bison from Manitoba ranchers the kitchen has worked with for years, Ontario heritage vegetables sourced through relationships with local farms, Quebec foie gras, Atlantic shellfish. The wine list is structured around Canadian producers with a depth and breadth that is the most impressive all-Canadian cellar in the country.
The cooking is ambitious and technically accomplished without being theatrical. Executive chef Oliver Gee's team produces refined Canadian dishes that manage to feel contemporary and rooted at the same time — a difficult balance that the kitchen has maintained through several chef generations. The room itself is warm: leather seating, warm wood surfaces, curved booths that provide privacy despite the open floor plan. Dress code is business casual; the restaurant accepts this as the minimum and most guests dress further up. Reservations at peak dinner times (Thursday through Saturday) require 4–6 weeks of lead time.
Frequently Asked Questions
What floor is Canoe Restaurant in Toronto?
Canoe Restaurant & Bar is on the 54th floor of the TD Bank Tower at 66 Wellington Street West, at the intersection of Bay and Wellington in Toronto's Financial District. The elevator entrance is inside the TD Bank Tower lobby off Bay Street. The restaurant has panoramic south and west views over Lake Ontario, the Toronto Islands, and the CN Tower.
How much does dinner at Canoe cost?
Dinner at Canoe runs approximately $100–130 per person for food (three courses). With wine pairing, expect $180–240 per person. With tax and gratuity, a dinner for two with wine is typically $500–600. It is among Toronto's top three most expensive dinner experiences. Lunch is significantly more accessible at $60–90 per person.
Do you need a reservation at Canoe Toronto?
Yes — reservations are essential at Canoe. Weekend dinners book 4–6 weeks in advance; weekday dinners are more accessible with 1–2 weeks notice. Lunch (Monday through Friday) is easier to book and offers the same view and kitchen quality at a lower price point. Book via OpenTable or the restaurant's website.
What is the dress code at Canoe Toronto?
Canoe's stated dress code is business casual — no athletic wear, casual shorts, or sports jerseys. In practice, most dinner guests dress at the business-formal to cocktail-attire level given the price point and occasion. Suits and blazers are common for dinner; smart casual (dress pants, collared shirt) is appropriate and welcome at lunch.