My First Time Travelling To Canada 🇨🇦 Airport Vlog

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After a brief return home to the UK from my 6-week backpacking trip around Europe, I'm off again ✈️ This time, to Toronto, Canada, my first ever time ever in the country 🇨🇦 Two of my friends Courtney and Jamie (from my New Zealand working holiday visa nearly SIX years ago) are getting married and so the whole NZ crew are back together to take Toronto by storm.
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[@WhenAdventureKnox]

On the off chance you're sticking around in Toronto, I'd highly recommend taking the ferry out to the Toronto Islands for a day, either walk around or rent a bike. Stunning views of the skyline, but you feel out in the countryside. St. Lawrence Market has a nice vibe, and one block over from the market is the Gooderham Building - wouldn't suggest going to it for it alone, but if you're at the market, it's worth it for the photo) I would have suggested Kensington Market, but given that you ate at Film Cafe, you've obviously already found that! I used to love whiling away hours in the Distillery District on weekends, all indie businesses, very artsy vibe.

[@BackpackingBananas]

Thanks so much for the recommendation! It was a very short trip this time but I'll definitely keep in mind for when I go back 😊

[@meldrethcelery4463]

Just finished a year working in Canada! It’s my favourite country I’ve ever been to! If you get the chance, head to Quebec City, or do the rockies in the west and Vancouver!! I fell in love with Canada this year 🍁

[@relaxingandstress-freesoun2443]

We are in Montreal Quebec and want to say Hi and welcome to Canada! Congrats to your friends on their wedding. ❤️

[@simuppal9709]

I backpacked solo from coast to coast this year and it was so much fun!! Met so many kind people, and saw some pretty pretty views.

[@raymonortiz3084]

Nice to meet your folks in Canada. Have fun! 🥂🥳

[@bobbbxxx]

Hope you had fun!! "Eh" is more of a rural/smalltown thing. It comes from Britain, where "eh" is also used, although not so much in London. 🙂

[@bethmeredith]

Loved the video and your new sunglasses. Your friends seem fun. Congrats to the newlyweds. Be safe. xx

[@kristib9432]

Omg I loved seeing my city, my country on your channel! Come back soon and explore more! X

[@suzannehawkins383]

welcome to Canada! Im actually in Ontario about 45 minutes south west of toronto, so glad you are in our wonderful country! i've done the Canada/London trip about 10 times now, this brought back memories lol.

[@lamont8343]

Hopefully, you get a chance to try some of the amazing restaurants in Toronto. Toronto has many great options besides the traditional Canadian traditional dishes. I recommend Pai Northern Tai restaurant or Byblos Turkish restaurant as a few options. There are several wineries outside of the Toronto GTA area. The ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) is one of the best museums in Canada. For live music, the Reservoir Lounge in downtown is a great place to visit as well. Hope you have fun!

[@MacTravellers]

Welcome, looking forward to seeing where you get to!

[@MelissaLearns]

Haven't even watched yet but as a Canadian! WELCOME! Even if your trip here is short due to not being overly cheap for backpackers! I do hope you enjoy your time

[@seandesmond5560]

Enjoy Toronto and the wedding wonderful Christie!!! 💖

[@nienkebastiaannet7789]

Hiii! I’m on a 3 week backpacking trip in Ontario and Quebec right now! Honestly three to four days in Toronto is enough to see it al.. apt. 200 was nice for going out for drinks. I would highly recommend visiting Quebec (1 hour by plane), it has a lot of history and is so beautiful! We took WAY more pictures in Quebec than in Toronto and overal had a better time there :)

[@AlexandraFraser679]

Omg no way!!! As if the first time you come to Canada I’m out of the country… so cool to see you in Toronto!

[@Daydreameruk]

Love a travel day vlog. They never get old.

[@BackpackingBananas]

Glad you enjoyed 🤗

[@mendjelire8392]

Hope you had a good time in our country. About the flight north vs on the parallel, the reason is that contrary to popular belief the Earth is not a perfect sphere, like an orange, it is actually an ellipsoid, squashed at its poles and swollen at the equator, like a clementine. That is why it is a shorter distance to go north vs following the parallel.

[@ZillaZilla100]

Saw your All Trails commercial on Instagram. Pretty cute lol.. Keep up the great vids!

[@HELLASOLID]

hi there, I am wondering if there was any travel restrictions into Canada especially for unvaxed travellers from the UK? Hope you'll reply, thank you...

[@Marc-lr1jz]

What Camera are you using here? Is it the DJI pocket 2? Would love a tech update!

[@7of9]

Ooh Kensington and Chinatown! Both super fun intros to Toronto :) You should try to go see the Toronto islands, Dundas Square... Ah tons of fun things. The CNE is on, that's pretty fun. Welcome! 🇨🇦

[@BackpackingBananas]

Thanks for the recs ☺️

[@melanieovalles5254]

Welcome to Canada! 🇨🇦

[@BackpackingBananas]

Thank you thank you 🇨🇦

[@MargoRooks]

Also I LOVE the film cafe, I lived down the street from there for school at UofT :)

[@BackpackingBananas]

Small world!

[@jaybtwopointoh7499]

Living in Canada, the west is the place to be. The mountains and the ocean is the best! 😎

[@nigelhorsley7395]

I stayed in Canada when my dad worked there but sadly I can't really remember it as I was only 2. I should go back. Also flying off soon to a wedding but closer to home in Ireland. Hope you has a great trip.

[@alexandrat698]

the globe shape really makes air travel weird! you can fly over the whole of Atlantic in like 7 hours and it takes almost 3 hours to fly from Bali to Singapore which are seemingly very close to each other if you look on the map

[@BackpackingBananas]

ahh, I find it so fascinating haha!

[@rgmm8888]

Friends make the world better!! 🌺🌼🌺

[@EscapeToExploreTravel]

Toronto was one of our favourite cities to visit. I think you’ll have the best time there 😍

[@BackpackingBananas]

Thanks so much - it was short but very sweet! Can't wait to go back to Canada one day 😊

[@williamwalksTO]

That is great to hear!

[@amdelorey]

Wow, just watching you hiking and swimming and now you are on your way to Canada! Welcome from Nova Scotia!

[@BackpackingBananas]

Thanks 🥰🥰

[@meaghanmacfarlane9557]

Welcome to Canada! I'm glad you didn't have too much trouble in Pearson! Also yes... we say "eh". Don't let other salty Canadians tell you otherwise.

[@etainkearsey5479]

Wow you're in my country. Hope you enjoy!!!

[@haxter3]

Awesome video Christianne😊👍👍

[@BackpackingBananas]

Thank you very much 🥰

[@peterdnreynolds777]

Enjoy your time in Canada

[@BackpackingBananas]

Thanks Peter ☺️

[@trippyerinsd]

My mom made me watch E.T. with her recently 🤪 but it was honestly so cute 🥰🥹 (editing to say it was one of the airplane choices 🤣 anyway, recommend)

[@lisavanoort3107]

What are the COVID restrictions in Canada right now? Do you need to have a PCR test or do a PCR test at the airport? Or is it no longer obligatory?

[@BackpackingBananas]

We didn’t have to do any of that ☺️

[@pobalex]

ohhh as a Canadian (Montreal) this made me excited to see the video haha, I hope you like our country :)

[@BackpackingBananas]

It was wonderful! Canadians definitely live up to the friendly stereotype haha 🇨🇦

[@sidsid2389]

Hey! this is awesome, you're in my city! Best poutine place is "Smoke's Poutinerie," there are a few places in your area downtown. Let me know if you want any recommendations, I'm born and raised here and have worked or lived in most areas in Toronto, so I know it well. Cheers!

[@christineanderson925]

Enjoy your time in Canada. I assume you are staying in Toronto the whole time. Great city. I live near Toronto and you will enjoy it.

[@billmccaleb7481]

Canada is an interesting place, eh. I've been a few times and always enjoyed the area and the people are super friendly. Time to geek out: the flight path was called great circle navigation. The shortest distance between two points on a globe is a great circle. Long flights are navigated using that method. ok, geek time over... Can't wait to see the rest eh!

[@irfanali8100]

Just love your videos 👍

[@BackpackingBananas]

Thanks so much 💗

[@PM-ld4nn]

maple syrup, poutine, it is potatoes with sauce, amazing gastronomy from a 10 milions of squared kilometers country.

[@marjan6008]

Toronto is a lovely city. And please visit the Niagara Falls

[@jeffreymore6799]

Very cool headed to oh Canada. Have fun swing on into the Adirondacks area of New York your backpacking trip here could take a year to complete.fried Bologna sandwich very Canadian

[@holdinourown]

YOU'RE IN CANADA!!?? PLEASE tell me you're coming out west. Welcome!!!!! And have the best time in the most beautiful country. Please make sure to come out to banff/jasper, go to revelstoke, ETC and Vancouver Island is A MUST!

[@BackpackingBananas]

Unfortunately, it was a super quick trip for a friend's wedding! I'm desperate to come back at some point and travel it properly, especially the west side! 🤗

[@holdinourown]

@@BackpackingBananas I can't wait for the day you do a series on Canada!!! There's so much to see and do here!!

[@markeisner318]

Will you come East to Nova Scotia ?

[@ashleyburley7129]

Be careful drinking our beer, it's delicious but much stronger Hahaha watch out for the alcohol percentages!

[@ssarahbennett]

Gotta travel the rest of Canada next!

[@BackpackingBananas]

I will be in a few months! Can’t wait 😍😍

[@ssarahbennett]

@@BackpackingBananas Oh heck yes!!!! Make sure to check out Vancouver Island. My little home!!!!

[@JustTasteMe]

This video is amazing i missed in my country show me more of these videos thank you for showing me this video Love From Pakistan

[@rachelh930]

Try a Bloody Caesar! They will rock your world.

[@PearseAshley]

If you come to Alberta I have some must see places you have to visit!

[@Shonkat]

Try a Beavers Tail....enjoy Toronto!

[@monnomonnom]

You should try beavertail too.

[@ReadByJess]

Next time you should get a beavertail, that’s a Canadian meal!

[@droid2D2C3P0]

She did in a later video

[@dlgashdoski]

Wow canada, can you stay there for when you want or not??

[@slipperyjoker2659]

I'm currently in Canada!! I'm here on a Working holiday. Definitely go to Vancouver it's so cool. Also the Rocky mountains Banff and Jasper. If you are around Vancouver drop me a message :)

[@BackpackingBananas]

Would love to visit Vancouver one day! Hope you’re having a fab time ☺️

[@maklorm5381]

I love canada

[@adw2010able]

I am surprised that you haven't been there before now, have been there twice.

[@BackpackingBananas]

Wild I know 😅 still many places in the world I haven’t been

[@jacobsundu323]

Hi everybody how are you my name is Jacob and need a job in Canada how can I go about it

[@terryomalley1974]

Welcome to the Great White North! 🇨🇦 🍁 It's long overdue. While there's plenty if cool.things to see and do in Toronto itself, since you're so close, you & your friends should try to get down to Niagara Falls. It's only about 100 miles from T.O. Have fun at the wedding and enjoy the rest of your trip in Canada!

[@valeriegagnon4819]

The only place you can find REAL poutine is in the province of Québec. In Ontario they do not have the real ''squishi'' cheese curds. Hope you enjoyed you trip anyway ✌️

[@BackpackingBananas]

I will have to visit Quebec one day, by the sounds of it, y’all are quite competitive about the best poutine 😅

[@valeriegagnon4819]

@@BackpackingBananas hahahah we are very proud if our national dish ;)

[@suzannehawkins383]

beavertails!! you gotta have a beavertail!

[@BackpackingBananas]

Stay tuned!!

[@JustTasteMe]

Congrats best of luck love from pakistani food

[@NASAvideos355]

When are you going to Pakistan 😞

[@ishaqkhana]

Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰

[@danallard]

If you have time, a quick trip to Ottawa and then Montreal is highly recommended! (And if you make it to Ottawa, you're going to want to try BeaverTails in the Market area downtown.)

[@BackpackingBananas]

Thanks for the rec! This was a few weeks back now but I'll definitely be back in Canada again, I've had a few recommendations for BeaverTails now 😋

[@danallard]

@@BackpackingBananas I was wondering if it was a while back. Oh well, I'll look forward to a potential Canuck return trip in the not-so-distant future. Hope you and your friends had a blast in T.O.!

[@travelswithLiz.8817]

Hiya hun! Love your channel for a few years now! Excited to see you coming to Canada! (Though next time come a little further west (; VANCOUVER- BC) Most beautiful place in our country! ( to be fair Toronto does have a better city /art/music scene vibe- but for pure natural beauty Vancouver and all of British Columbia can't be beat! You'd love it here! Also, hope your flight was ok! I"m actually a Vancouver based flight attendant with Air Transat (: Really happy to see you flying us! Just to clarify- we have no affiliations with Air Canada. We are Vacation/ Family airline, with flight attendant crew bases in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal (another amazing Canadian city- highly recommend). Air Canada is more of a business airline with their own smaller vacation wing. I personally think we are the BEST (Transat) . Also maybe on your flight vlog back you can clarify that the meals on our International flights to Europe+ UK , are complimentary (as well as a glass of wine or a beer).. Anyways hun again thank you so much for flying with us! I might even be your crew on your flight home! ! Can't wait to see your next Canada trip vlogs! xx Jess

[@sajjukmla5109]

lots of love from Pakistan

[@CD3MC]

Canada doesn't really have a budget international airline. They're all almost exactly the same price.

[@MargoRooks]

Yo I'd love to meet you if you're still in Toronto!

[@BackpackingBananas]

I’m afraid I’m not 🥲

[@malikaqeelofficial8600]

Big like Great vlog I Fully Support New KZbinrs.

[@RoamingTheWorld]

Welcome to Canada 🇨🇦!!! You probably got your agendas packed, if you feel the need to escape the city and venture into our beautiful cottage country, hit me up, I can be your tour guide for a day. Love you videos and vibes…. Enjoy your stay !!! 🍁🌲🌿😘

[@BackpackingBananas]

Thank you 🥰 I’ve left Canada now unfortunately but did get to see a bit of the countryside! It’s so beautiful ☺️

[@israelshabtay6226]

COMING TO ISRAEL TEL AVIV

[@kl3579]

This was utter ballicks.

[@frawldog]

🍌

[@wyan69]

youre wearing your mask wrong, it goes over your nose