Harbourfront Alert

2024 Courses now updated! Start planning now to make the most of your summer.

Group tours or team building event? groups@paddletoronto.com

Website now Updated!

Happy Spring! Our 2024 programs are now available for booking. For Intermediate Kayak Paddlers, check out the Spring Kayak Excursions beginning April 6th. Boat rental reservations begin May 1 for the start of the season June 1st. We look forward to connecting you to our paddling community and Toronto’s Waterfront as we become your source … Continued

Boat Storage, Paddling & Lakefront News

If you store a boat for the winter we have a few tips for you. Plastic kayaks love a good coating of Synthetic 303 (available at most boat shops) which protects against UV damage and takes the dryness out of rubber hatches. Kayaks and Canoes should be stored upside down with hatches removed to let … Continued

Healthy Living Everyone…Keep Stretching

You have over 96,000 Km of blood vessels, enough to circle the globe twice. A hummingbird flaps its wings up to 90 times per second. Your heart will beat about 2.6 Billion times over the course of your lifetime, about 100,000 times per day when lightning strikes it can reach up to 30,000 degrees celsius … Continued

Photos from this past summer

What a great summer of paddling photos we captured this year. Thanks to all who took photos to spread the paddling joy, and sent them in. If you have more photos then email them to us at ask@paddletoronto.com. Thanks so much!

David Johnston

Watch Free Weather & L. Huron Classes

If you’re itching to get out on the water as bad as we are then watch the free online zoom clinics today that were previously put on by one of our sea kayak instructors, David Johnston. Introduction to Weather for Sea Kayakers Join us for this previously recorded hour and a half online zoom clinic … Continued

Celebrate Paddling Visually

CELEBRATE PADDLING VISUALLY!  Check out some 1985 location photos in our photo gallery , most recent photos on Facebook, and the 30 min. film THE CANOE by Film-maker and Harbourfront Alumni, Goh Iromoto. You’ll be sure to see see some familiar footage, and check out other Toronto waterfront footage there too. Be sure to like us on Facebook for updated photos as our docks get … Continued