Popular guide books include:
- John Must, Everything you want to know about Toronto
- Dan Levine, Avant-Guide Toronto: Insiders' Guide for Urban Adventurers
- Hilary Davidson, Frommer's Toronto , published in 2006
- Scott Mitchell and Linda Rutenberg Secret Toronto: The Unique Guidebook to Toronto's Hidden Sites, Sounds and Tastes
- Sara Benson, Lonely Planet Toronto , published in 2004
- David E. Scott and Helga Loverseed, Quick Escapes Toronto, 2nd Edition
- Green Tourism Association, The OTHER Guide to Toronto : Opening the Door to Green Tourism
- Fodor's, Fodor's Toronto 2006: With Niagara Falls & the Niagara Falls region (Fodor's Gold Guides)
- Phil Lee, The Rough Guide to Toronto, Edition Four , published in 2006
- Schmap, Schmap Toronto Guide
- John Sewell, Doors Open Toronto: Illuminating the City's Great Spaces
Toronto lacks a comprehensive scholarly history. Useful works include:
- the popular history by Bruce West, Toronto (Toronto: Doubleday, 1979)
- Victor L. Russell (ed) Forging a Consensus: Historical Essays on Toronto (Toronto: U of T Press, 1984)
- Frederick H. Armstrong, A City in the Making: Progress, People, and Perils in Victorian Toronto (Toronto: Dundurn, 1988)
- J. M. S. Careless, Toronto to 1918: An Illustrated History . (Toronto: James Lorimer and Company, 1984) and the companion volume James Lemon, Toronto Since 1918. An Illustrated History . (Toronto: James Lorimer and Company, 1985).
- William Dendy and William Kilbourn, Toronto Observed: Its Architecture, Patrons and History. (Toronto: OUP, 1986) attempts a history of Toronto through its buildings
- Eric Arthur Toronto: No Mean City (Toronto: U of T Press, 1964) 3 rd edition revised by Stephen A. Otto 1986 is a history of Toronto architecture.
For a long list of web sites, see Inside Toronto: Useful Web Sites.
