60-Minute Toronto Sightseeing Harbour Tour

Toronto, Canada

Very popular!

10+ bookings in the past 6 hours.

1 hour (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

Why travellers loved this

4.2

· Peter_L ·

May 2026

Great trip out, great views of Toronto and excellent guide. Boat was comfortable and great value. Highly recommend

· davidhitchman ·

June 2026

Good value. Very informative and enjoyable. Would recommend. Plenty of photo opportunities. Would recommend

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Overview

Relax on a 1-hour sightseeing cruise through Toronto’s scenic harbor and island parklands. Take in skyline views from a replica steamship while enjoying a multilingual audio tour. Capture photos of highlights like the Toronto Islands, Island Airport, CN Tower, and the historic Gibraltar Point Lighthouse. It’s the perfect way to unwind and see the city from a fresh perspective.

Listen to a GPS-triggered multilingual audio tour
Sit comfortably inside or head to the outdoor viewing decks
Purchase drinks or snacks on board from the cash bar
See many of Toronto's attractions on an easy hour-long cruise

What's Included

Board Oriole, a two-level Great Lakes steam ship replica for an 60-minute tour of Toronto’s harbour.
Enjoy lively commentary provided by your onboard live narrator.
Cruise past the CN Tower, HTO Park, Rogers Centre, Redpath Sugar Factory, Sugar Beach, and more.
Get a unique perspective of the city and some of the best views of Toronto's skyline.
Restroom on board
Boarding begins 15-minutes prior to the departure time listed on your booking.

Snacks

Fully licensed cash bar and snacks available on board
Alcoholic Beverages

Fully licensed cash bar and snacks available on board

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

City Cruises
207 Queens Quay W, Toronto, ON M5J 1A7, Canada
The meeting point is City Cruises Toronto, at South-East docks of Queens Quay Terminal located at 207 Queens Quay West, in Toronto - Departs from Queens Quay: Pier 6, 207 Queens Quay West aboard the Oriole vessel. Please note vessel is subject to change without advance notice.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

This sightseeing cruise departs from Toronto Harbour on the north shore of Lake Ontario. Climb aboard the elegant Oriole, a 76-foot, Great Lakes steamship replica. Choose from the spacious, open-air observation deck or settle into the air-conditioned cabin. Either way, the views will be up-close and incredible from the tranquil waters of Toronto’s naturally protected harbour.

Enjoy this entertaining and educational 60-minute sightseeing tour of Toronto, cruising past the city’s newly revitalized harbor-front and the Toronto Island parklands. Some of the sites include the iconic CN Tower and adjoining Rogers Centre, Queens Quay Terminal, Toronto Island Airport, Harbourfront Centre, HTO Park, Air Canada Centre, the Gibraltar Point Lighthouse, and more.

This multilingual audio tour offers informative narrations in seven languages (English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Japanese, and Mandarin). Find out about the history of Toronto and all the aforementioned points of interest along the way.

A fully licensed cash bar provides a variety of beverages and snacks available for purchase on board. Restrooms are also available.

CN Tower (Pass By)

Harbourfront Centre (Pass By)

Canada's Sugar Beach (Pass By)

Gibraltar Point Lighthouse (Pass By)

CN Tower (Pass By)

Rogers Centre (Pass By)

Scotiabank Arena (Pass By)

Redpath Sugar Museum (Pass By)

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Pushchair accessible
Service animals allowed

Near public transportation
Most travellers can participate
Please note that our cruises will take place rain or shine. However, if severe weather or unsafe water conditions arise and we determine it is unsafe to sail, we will cancel the cruise.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 150 travellers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.2

based on 374 reviews

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Great time:)

Julie_E, Aug 2026

Ryan (our guide) was great. Very knowledgeable and at times just let us enjoy the tour. I learned that you can’t swim in the lake!

100% Recommended! Awesome views!

Abelardo_B, Aug 2026

Great customer service! The crew was awesome. Very informative. The views were spectacular! They also had a bar service. The announcer was great funny, and super friendly.

Great views of the city

Joe_L, July 2026

About an hour, lots of info about ask the buildings we passed. Fun time. Would recommend to others!!

Good day tour

Marcia_S, July 2026

It was a good first time experience. The tour guide Marc was very informative. The captain did a good job.

Fabulous experience

Gerri_J, July 2026

The commentator was exceptional very entertaining and quite well informed The boat was clean organized and well put togetherb

Show up 15 mins early!!!!

Sunni_D, July 2026

Read the whole reservation, need to show up 15 minutes early to board, showed up at 8pm and the boat was already leaving, waste of $115.

Response from Host, July 2026

Thank you for your review. Our goal is to create an amazing experience for all guests and based on your feedback we did not meet your expectations. Please note we highly value all comments and feedback from our guests, whether they’re positive or critical. Through this process of collecting and reviewing valuable feedback on a regular basis, we can improve the overall guest experience. While your review provides us with some insight about your experience, please feel free to send us an email at info@citycruisescanada.com and let us know in more detail what we can do better next time. Thank you in advance for helping us improve. We look forward to hearing from you. City Cruises

It was an amazing...

Manali_A, July 2026

It was an amazing experience! It’s definitely worth taking it ! Can’t explore Toronto in a better way …

Educational information that provided facts about Toronto.

Terry_C, July 2026

Nice tour! If you’re in the area give this tour a try. The tour guide (Julie from The Love Boat) was great at her job!

Perfect customer service!!

Filiberto_E, July 2026

Even if you don't get there on time....they will accommodate and have you as standby for the next one!!

Well worth the price!

Shari_H, July 2026

They sell some alcohol and snacks and hotdogs on the boat. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and shared interesting facts about the Waterfront, buildings and history of Toronto. It was very relaxing and enjoyable and not too crowded. I would do it again!

A nice informative boat...

Patrick_S, July 2026

A nice informative boat tour of the Toronto skyline. Better signage from the garage where we park to the dock would be nice, had trouble finding the right boat.

Great excursion

Emmanuel_T, July 2026

Great excursion. Worth it. I’m a local and so glad I did it. I learned things on this excursion. Thanks.

City Cruise Is a Good Deal

Andrew_A, July 2026

It's a very pleasant hour-long cruise on Lake Ontario mostly viewing Toronto's magnificent skyline. It's a little light on facts/history but, since there were a lot of kids, maybe it's designed that way so that it doesn't seem like 'school'. :) Still, our tour operator was friendly, approachable, and peppered the cruise with a few bits about the skyline. Regardless, even on a hot smokey day (I took this on a visit which unfortunately coincided with the wildfires) it was nice to be on the water. There is a short trip to one of the islands, although the boat doesn't make a stop there.

Ryan was funny and...

Sangeeta_C, July 2026

Ryan was funny and knowledgeable. Well put together hour, did the 330 tour, was a bit hot in the summer but the views were worth it.

Good Tour , Fair Boat

JOHN_M, July 2026

The travel host was very nice and well spoken: funny and kind. The boat however is tired. It needs a remodel and face lift .

Horrible experience

Shabbir_K, July 2026

The tour operator initially said they would refund 2 senior citizens that were 85 and 80 years old out of 13 people in our group because there was heavy rain and the elderly family members could have slipped on their walkers and broken their hips. They rejected it when we asked. Extremely poor service and no humanity

Response from Host, July 2026

A must when visiting Toronto

Erica_T, July 2026

Beautiful experience to see the city skyline from Lake Ontario and the tour guide was very informative and gracious.

Tara rocks!!

Edward_D, July 2026

Great tour guide. Tara is the best!! Very informative and seemed very knowledgeable of the area. Made some funny jokes and kept everyone's attention. The boat itself was fine but chairs a little uncomfortable for 60 minutes

Toronto Boat Tour

Barbara_Y, June 2026

So worth it!! Get there early so you can line up for the best seats. The tour guide was so fun and the views were amazing at sunset!

15 seconds wouldn't have hurt.

Robert_S, June 2026

It wasn't clear when arriving at the Harbour as to where to go. I asked one person and they directed me to one area of the Harbour. When I got to the ship the captain of that ship told me to go to other end of the Harbour where there was a blue and white boat. I have a bad knee so I was trying to get over there as quickly as possible. We arrived and they were pulling stairs from the boat. They could have just put stairs back on, but the agent for that cruise told me we had missed it and next one was at 2pm. We were there to kill some time before the Jays game, so we missed that cruise. I was told that I could come back after the game and be on standby. I live in Montreal so I was leaving after the game. So I was out $72 all because they didn't put stairs back on. Would have taken 2 seconds.

Response from Host, July 2026

Good value. Very...

davidhitchman, June 2026

Good value. Very informative and enjoyable. Would recommend. Plenty of photo opportunities. Would recommend

Marc did an outstanding...

Debbie_S, June 2026

Marc did an outstanding job telling us all about Toronto! He is very knowledgeable and has a great sense of humor.

Beautiful view of Toronto’s skyline

Laurie_C, June 2026

We enjoyed our boat ride view Toronto’s skyline. Our tour guide Ryan was very informative and friendly. I would recommend this tour!

A Toronto must do.

Ryan_K, June 2026

Fantastic 1 hour trip around the harbour. Great photo ops and the narrator was very knowledgeable and even made a funny or two.

Make sure you get there...

Barbro_S, June 2026

Make sure you get there before the time on your ticket. We got there at two and the boat was already leaving.. We had to wait another half an hour for the next cruise. To the tour company I suggest that you have somewhere on the ticket an earlier boarding time.

Fun experience

Kyra_D, June 2026

Nazek was amazing! My mom and I both had a really good time! We got held up on the train coming in but they were able to wait for us until we came in, Recommended 10/10 :)

Nice trip

ashley_o, June 2026

Nice trip. Informative and lovely. Views were pretty and narrative was informative. Nice way to pass the afternoon.

It was a gorgeous day in...

Chris_C, June 2026

It was a gorgeous day in Toronto. This is a comfortable, easy boat ride for about 45-50min. There is a narration too, though it was a bit difficult to hear. The guide was speaking fine, it's just that the sound system didn't carry so well all the way to the back of the boat which is where we sat. Combined with the wind, it was tough to hear. Despite that, there's a drink/snack bar and this was a great way to spend an hour on the lake during a summer afternoon.

This was a quick 60...

Carmen_R, June 2026

This was a quick 60 minute ride around the harbor. The boat was hot and unhygienic. The guide was excellent, though.

Response from Host, June 2026

Must Do in Toronto

Corey_P, June 2026

Great experience from start to finish. Scanned your tickets as you get aboard the boat, fast and easy. Tour guide was fantastic and very knowledgeable of the area. Very nice vibe overall.