Toronto's size rewards a focused area each day. Keep one big indoor attraction and one waterfront or park block in the plan.
Parent tip: Verify ferry schedules and water safety; check any attraction's current location and status.
Read our Toronto family guide: areas, where to stay and tips
Broad collections let dinosaur, art, history and science interests overlap.
A large aquarium at the foot of the CN Tower. A moving walkway carries you through an underwater tunnel beneath sharks, sawfish and sea turtles, and there are jellyfish galleries, a stingray pool and touch tanks with horseshoe crabs.
A large animal-focused day for families who put wildlife high on the list.
A museum of hockey in a former bank building, where children can see the Stanley Cup up close and shoot, save and call plays in the Model Rink.
An indoor LEGO attraction at Vaughan Mills mall with more than a dozen rides and play areas, a 4D cinema and building zones with millions of bricks, designed for children aged 3 to 10.
Canada's tallest free-standing tower, with fast lifts to observation levels that look out across the city and Lake Ontario.
Ferry ride and open space provide a slower contrast to downtown.
An outdoor village of 1800s buildings in north Toronto, where costumed interpreters work in the homes, shops and trades of a pioneer community.
Canada's biggest theme park, with Snoopy rides for little ones and big coasters; seasonal.
Gentle rides and a petting farm on Centre Island, reached by ferry; seasonal.