Direct Flights from San Francisco to Toronto
Toronto · Canada
Nonstop service from SFO to YYZ on Air Canada, Porter, United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
42 cities have a nonstop to Toronto, San Francisco among them.
How long to go to Toronto for, from San Francisco
5h in the air, 2,254 miles — past long-weekend range. Five days is roughly where the flying stops dominating the trip.
With roughly 6 departures a day, you are not tied to one flight: if a meeting overruns or the weather turns, there is another one behind it.
About Toronto
Toronto is a diverse, energetic and liveable city, home to many tourist attractions, and seemingly endless dining, shopping and entertainment possibilities. It's the most populous city in Canada, the centre of the country's financial sector, and the provincial capital of Ontario.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Toronto
- The CN Tower is a 553.3-metre-high (1,815.3 ft) communications and observation tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Completed in 1976, it is located in downtown Toronto, built on the former Railway Lands.
- The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is a museum of art, world culture and natural history in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the largest museums in North America and the largest museum in Canada.
- The Art Gallery of Ontario is an art museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located on Dundas Street West in the Grange Park neighbourhood of downtown Toronto, the museum complex takes up 45,000 square metres (480,000 sq ft…
- Casa Loma is a Gothic Revival castle-style mansion and garden in midtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that is now a historic house museum and landmark.
- The Toronto Zoo is a zoo located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Encompassing 287 hectares, the Toronto Zoo is the largest zoo in Canada averaging around 1.2 million visitors a year.
- The Aga Khan Museum is a museum of Islamic art located in the North York district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- The Bata Shoe Museum (BSM) is a museum of footwear and calceology in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The museum's building is situated near the northwest of the St.
- Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a walk of fame that acknowledges the achievements and accomplishments of Canadians who have excelled in their respective fields.
- HMCS Haida is a Tribal-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) from 1943 to 1963, participating in World War II and the Korean War. She was named after the Haida people.
- High Park is a municipal park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. High Park is a mixed recreational and natural park, with sporting facilities, cultural facilities, educational facilities, gardens, playgrounds and a zoo.
- Canada's Wonderland is an amusement park in Vaughan, Ontario, a municipality within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
- St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto, Canada, and one of the oldest churches in Toronto. It is located at 65 Bond Street in Toronto's Garden District. St.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Toronto weather, compared with San Francisco
10° cooler than San Francisco on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Toronto 30°F · San Francisco 57°F · 27° colder
- April
- Toronto 54°F · San Francisco 65°F · 11° colder
- July
- Toronto 81°F · San Francisco 72°F · 10° warmer
- October
- Toronto 59°F · San Francisco 71°F · 13° colder
January bottoms out near 30°F — a real coat, not a layer. Toronto also swings harder through the year than San Francisco does — 51° between its coldest and warmest months against 17°.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Toronto
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Toronto is May–September, when daytime highs are a comfortable 67–81°F.
- How long to stay
- Toronto rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from CN Tower, Royal Ontario Museum, and Art Gallery of Ontario and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from San Francisco to Toronto?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from San Francisco (SFO) to Toronto (YYZ) on Air Canada, Porter, United.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from San Francisco to Toronto?
- Air Canada, Porter, United fly nonstop between San Francisco (SFO) and Toronto (YYZ).
- How many nonstop flights are there from San Francisco to Toronto?
- There are about 6 nonstop departures per day (roughly 42 per week) from San Francisco to Toronto.
- How far is Toronto from San Francisco?
- Toronto is about 2,254 miles from San Francisco by air.
- Is there a direct flight from San Francisco to Canada?
- Yes — Toronto (YYZ) has nonstop service from San Francisco on Air Canada, Porter, United, making it a nonstop gateway to Canada.
- What is there to do in Toronto?
- Popular things to do include CN Tower, Royal Ontario Museum, Art Gallery of Ontario, Casa Loma, and more.
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