Canada » Ontario » Toronto | 🏛 Helicopter Tour Toronto

Toronto Helicopter Tour: CN Tower & Skyline 15-Min Flight

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.60 (10 reviews)

Free cancellationTravelers' pickLikely to sell out

1/51

Duration10m

GroupUp to 3

Mobile ticketAccepted

See Toronto's Entire Skyline in 15 Minutes From 2,000 Feet

You check in at Polson Pier, board a 3-passenger helicopter with your pilot, and spend 15 minutes at 2,000 feet seeing the CN Tower, Rogers Centre, Royal Ontario Museum, Scotiabank Arena, and the Distillery Historic District from angles you can't get any other way. Bottled water is included, and you choose your departure time between 11am and 8pm.

10m

Step-by-step itinerary

Check in at Polson Pier helipad
Meet your pilot and board helicopter
Ascend to 2,000 feet
Fly over CN Tower
Pass above Royal Ontario Museum
Fly over Rogers Centre stadium
Glide above Scotiabank Arena
Drift over Distillery Historic District
Land back at heliSIX helipad

The Experience

You're standing at Polson Pier on the waterfront, and the pilot walks over to shake your hand before you board the 3-passenger helicopter. That moment — when you realize this is actually happening, and you're about to lift off from the helipad — is when it hits you that a Toronto helicopter tour changes how you see the city. The engine fires up, and within seconds you're rising to 2,000 feet, and the whole downtown spreads out below you in a way no street-level view can match.

The CN Tower passes directly beneath you, and you get the angle that no observation deck can give you — the tower from above, the city radiating out from it in all directions. Then you're drifting over the Royal Ontario Museum with its dramatic crystal façade catching the light, and the Rogers Centre with that famous retractable roof visible in a way that makes you understand why it's such an engineering landmark. The Scotiabank Arena slides past next, home to the Maple Leafs and Raptors, sitting right in the heart of the sports and entertainment district. After that, the Distillery Historic District appears below with its Victorian industrial buildings and cobblestone streets — a whole neighborhood that looks like it stepped out of another era. The whole flight is 15 minutes, and then you're touching down back at the helipad, still processing what you just saw.

The concierge team reaches out after you book to lock in your time, and availability runs from 11am to 8pm, so you can fit it around the rest of your Toronto plans. Bottled water is included, and the whole experience is designed around small groups — it's not a crowded tour bus in the sky. You're not arranging your own transport to some distant airfield; Polson Pier is right on the waterfront, and public transportation options are nearby if you need them.

What’s included

15-minute helicopter flight from Polson Pier helipad.
views of the CN Tower, Rogers Centre, Royal Ontario Museum, Scotiabank Arena, and Distillery Historic District from 2,000 feet.
bottled water.
pilot and concierge support to confirm your scheduled departure time.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPets welcomePublic transport nearbyNot for heart conditionsNot for back problemsInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Great Lakes Helicopter

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see Toronto's major landmarks and skyline in one flight without spending hours on a bus tour or planning multiple ground-level visits — 15 minutes in the air covers what would take all day to see from street level.