Explore The Beaches in Toronto: Sandy lakefront, boardwalk, surfer vibes, Jazz Festival, and the city's most chilled summer vibe
The Beaches is Toronto's most self-contained neighbourhood — a 4km boardwalk along Lake Ontario, four sandy beaches, and a Queen Street strip of independent restaurants and shops that feels like a small town that happened to get absorbed by a major city. It's the address Torontonians move to when they want to feel less like they're in Toronto. The Jazz Festival in July fills the boardwalk with free outdoor performances for four days and draws 750,000 people to what is otherwise one of the city's quietest areas.
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