“For an average flight and hotel cost of $692, Toronto offers even more to see and do, from lively nightlife and sports events,” the article says.
It lists some of the main attractions of the city, including Old Town, Kensington Market, the Distillery District, and Casa Loma.
The list is created by the travel search engine Kayak and is based on flight searches from July 2023 through to December.
“The top 250 most-clicked destinations with the lowest average combined flight and hotel price were considered, excluding outliers based on certain criteria such as travel restrictions and security concerns,” Travel and Leisure said.
While the city was pegged as one of the cheapest for travellers, those who call Toronto home are financially struggling.
Between April 1, 2022, and March 31, 2023, Toronto food banks saw 2.53 million client visits—a 51 percent increase over the previous year. The report said it was “the highest annual increase ever reported,” adding that the number could climb to three million visits by the end of December if the usage rate continued.
In the same time period there were also 120,000 new users who had accessed a food bank for the first time, the report noted, which is a 154 percent year-over-year increase.
Other Canadian cities that made the list of cheapest places to travel include Montreal and Vancouver.
In Vancouver, a family of four would need $5,747 a month, while a single individual needs $1,576 to cover their costs.
Housing costs in all three cities are some of the highest in Canada, according to recent research.
