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MNL → YYZ · 🇨🇦 TRV/eTA Required
Cheap Flights Manila to
Toronto 🇨🇦
Piso fare deals, seat sales, and cheapest prices on MNL → Toronto. Philippine Airlines nonstop — tracked 24/7, updated daily.
From
₱105,000
roundtrip incl. taxes
~13h 00m
direct flight
❌ Required
TRV or eTA
5
deals found
Direct flight
~13h 00m
Airport
YYZ
Currency
USD ($)
Time difference
-15/-16 hrs (LA behind PHT)
Best weather
Mar–May, Sep–Nov
Best to book
2–3 months + visa lead time
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❌ TRV or eTA required for Philippine passport holders
Most Filipinos need a Temporary Resident Visa (TRV) before flying to Toronto — CAD 100 (~₱4,380), biometrics, and several weeks of processing. If you've held a Canadian visa in the past 10 years or currently hold a valid US non-immigrant visa, you may qualify for the cheaper eTA instead (CAD 7, often approved in minutes) — but only when flying in, and airlines confirm eligibility at check-in. Confirm which category applies to you well before booking, especially given this route's thin 3-flights-a-week schedule.
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Cheapest roundtrip fares from Manila Ninoy Aquino (MNL) to Toronto Pearson (YYZ) · Prices in PHP
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📅 MNL → Toronto Price Calendar
See the cheapest days to fly — click any date to book at that price.
Best time to fly MNL → Toronto
Month-by-month price guide for Manila to Toronto flights
💡 Pro tip: The cheapest month is October — often ₱105,000–₱125,000 roundtrip without needing a seat sale, though given this route's thin 3x-weekly schedule, even "cheap" fares here are far higher than any other route on this site. Avoid mid-December through early January and Holy Week (March–April) at all costs — Christmas/New Year draws both Filipino families and the GTA-based Filipino-Canadian community at once, pushing fares past ₱155,000–₱195,000 roundtrip if you leave it late.
📅 Toronto events & fare surges
MNL → Toronto fares spike hard around these dates — book early or avoid entirely
🎄 Christmas & New Year
December 15 – January 5
+30%
avg fare surge
The single biggest surge on MNL–Toronto, and on a route with only 3 weekly flights and a single carrier, there's almost no spare capacity to absorb it. Filipino families flying out to spend Christmas with relatives collide with the roughly 272,000-strong Filipino community in the Greater Toronto Area — Canada's largest by far — flying home for the same holidays. Normal ₱120,000–₱155,000 fares routinely climb to ₱155,000–₱195,000 roundtrip, and the cheapest cabins sell out months in advance.
💡 Book by August for December travel — this route's thin schedule means waiting even a month longer than you would elsewhere can mean no seats at any price.
✝️ Holy Week
Late March – April (dates shift yearly with Easter)
+22%
avg fare surge
Philippine Holy Week is the second-biggest surge on this route — Filipino families travelling for the long weekend, plus GTA-based Filipino-Canadian families bringing kids home to Manila during a school break, both compete for a schedule that only has 3 flights a week to begin with. Fares typically move from a ₱120,000–₱150,000 baseline to ₱155,000–₱195,000 roundtrip.
💡 Book 4+ months ahead if your dates are fixed around Holy Week — the combination of thin capacity and high demand is unforgiving here.
🇵🇭 PH Independence Day & Summer
June – early August
+15%
avg fare surge
Philippine Independence Day (June 12) kicks off a summer travel season that overlaps with Toronto's warmest, most tourist-friendly months — both PH and Canadian summer breaks drive family visits in both directions. It's a milder, longer bump rather than a sharp spike: fares drift up gradually from June through July before easing off in September.
💡 October is the real release valve — fares drop to the cheapest levels of the year once summer demand fully clears.
🎊 Taste of Manila & Pinoy Fiesta
Summer months · Scarborough, Toronto
+8%
avg fare surge
Toronto's annual Filipino cultural festivals draw the local Filipino-Canadian community and visitors from across Ontario rather than direct Manila travellers, so the effect on MNL–Toronto fares is mild — this route's pricing is dominated by the thin schedule and the Christmas/Holy Week surges far more than by any single festival weekend.
💡 These festivals don't meaningfully move the needle on fares — plan around the bigger surge windows first, then fit a festival visit in if timing allows.
📊 How to read this: Surge percentages are averages vs the same route in a non-event week. A +30% surge on a ₱150,000 base fare means roughly ₱195,000. Unlike short-haul Southeast Asian routes, MNL–Toronto surges are amplified by the route's thin 3x-weekly, single-carrier schedule — there's simply no spare capacity to absorb a demand spike the way a daily multi-airline route can. The single best thing you can do: subscribe for alerts and book MNL → Toronto at least 4–6 months ahead of Christmas or Holy Week travel.
💸 What Filipinos actually spend in Toronto
Real daily breakdown in USD with PHP equivalent — LA is not a budget destination, and no travel blog will tell you that upfront
Budget Filipino Traveller
C$100–140 / day (~₱4,380–6,130)
🍜 Food (grocery/turo-turo)C$15–25
🚆 PRESTO card / day passC$7–12
🏨 Kensington/Annex hostel bedC$45–65
🎡 Waterfront / parks (free)C$0–15
💧 Snacks & tipping bufferC$10–15
5 days + flights (₱105,000 piso-adjacent fare)
~₱127,000–₱136,000 all-in
Comfortable Filipino Traveller
C$220–320 / day (~₱9,635–14,015)
🍜 Sit-down + Filipino restaurantsC$40–60
🚆 Rideshare / rental carC$40–70
🏨 Downtown/Entertainment District hotelC$190–260
🎡 CN Tower + ROM/AGO dayC$45–100
🛍️ Shopping & pasalubongC$30–50
5 days + flights (₱150,000 normal fare)
~₱198,000–₱220,000 all-in
Is Toronto cheaper than Singapore? No — Toronto runs noticeably more expensive than Singapore once you account for mandatory Canadian tipping (15–20% on every meal, not built into the price like Singapore's service charge) and Ontario's 13% HST at checkout. A fast-food combo meal that costs C$13–16 (~₱570–700) in Toronto costs the Singapore-dollar equivalent of roughly ₱350–420 in a Singapore hawker centre. Filipinos don't fly this route for a cheap city break — they fly it for family, and that changes how you should budget: plan for Toronto prices, not Southeast Asia prices, on top of the highest flight cost on this entire site.
🇵🇭 Filipino traveller intel — Toronto edition
Things a Skyscanner page would never tell you
The visa/eTA question is the real gatekeeper on this route — not the fare. A cheap PAL seat sale is worthless if you haven't confirmed whether you need the full TRV or just the eTA. If you don't already hold a recent Canadian visa or a valid US non-immigrant visa, you need the standard TRV — biometrics, CAD 100, and weeks of processing, on top of a route where you already need to book months ahead just to get a seat. Don't book a specific travel date until your entry document is sorted — non-refundable fares and a pending TRV application don't mix.
The "piso fare" trick barely works on MNL–Toronto at all. Unlike Bangkok or Singapore, where a ₱1 base fare promo can produce an all-in roundtrip under ₱4,000, this ultra-long-haul, single-carrier, 3x-weekly route carries heavy fuel surcharges and almost no competitive pressure to discount. Even Philippine Airlines' best seat sales on this route rarely clear below roughly ₱105,000–₱120,000 all-in roundtrip. Chase the sale anyway — a ₱25,000-30,000 drop off the ₱150,000 normal fare is real savings — just don't expect anything close to SEA-route pricing.
Tipping in the US is not optional, and skipping it gets noticed. Standard is 18–20% at sit-down restaurants, $1–2 per bag for hotel staff, and roughly 15–20% for rideshare drivers. Filipino visitors who under-tip out of habit (not malice) get awkward looks from servers who rely on tips as real income. Build an extra 20% into every restaurant bill before you land, not after the check arrives.
Balikbayan boxes are actually easier from Toronto than from most origin cities on this site. The Greater Toronto Area, home to Canada's largest Filipino community, has well-established consolidator drop-off points serving Scarborough, North York, and Mississauga directly — you don't need to route boxes through Manila the way travellers from Cebu or Davao often do. Sea cargo typically runs 6-9 weeks transit given the extra distance, usually far cheaper than paying Philippine Airlines' excess baggage fees for an extra checked bag of pasalubong.
CBSA can confiscate or fine you for food items brought from the Philippines. Fresh fruit, meat products, and many packaged Filipino snacks are restricted or banned under Canadian agricultural import rules, and CBSA officers at YYZ do check. Declare anything questionable rather than risk a fine — and know that the safer move for bringing food back home is shipping via a Toronto-based balikbayan consolidator rather than packing it in your carry-on.
Airlines flying MNL → Toronto
Philippine Airlines is the only nonstop carrier — one-stop alternatives listed for comparison
Toronto travel guide for Filipinos
Everything you need to know before you fly — written from a Filipino perspective · See the full Toronto guide →
Toronto trip budget for Filipinos
Typical costs in USD with PHP equivalent — 1 USD ≈ ₱61.70 as of mid-2026
6 tips to get the cheapest MNL→Toronto flights
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Frequently asked questions — MNL to Toronto flights
Content reviewed 2026-07-30 · Prices update automatically every day
Usually yes. Most Filipino passport holders need a Temporary Resident Visa (TRV, CAD 100, biometrics required) to enter Canada. If you've held a Canadian visa in the past 10 years or currently hold a valid US non-immigrant visa, you may qualify for the cheaper eTA (CAD 7) instead, but only when flying in — airlines confirm eligibility at check-in. Everyone else must apply for the standard TRV, which can take several weeks to process, so apply well before booking, especially given this route's limited weekly schedule.
Direct flights from Manila (MNL) to Toronto (YYZ) take approximately 15 hours 20 minutes to 16 hours 20 minutes, among the longest scheduled nonstop flights in the world. Philippine Airlines is the only airline operating this route nonstop, using its new Airbus A350-1000 since June 2026, with just 3 weekly flights.
October is typically the cheapest month, with roundtrip fares dropping to roughly ₱105,000–₱125,000 — still the highest "cheap" price on this site given the route's single-carrier, 3x-weekly schedule. The most expensive windows are mid-December through early January (Christmas and New Year) and Holy Week in March–April, when fares can climb past ₱155,000–₱195,000 roundtrip as both Filipino families and the GTA's Filipino-Canadian community travel to reunite.
Philippine Airlines is the only carrier flying nonstop from MNL to YYZ, using its new Airbus A350-1000, just 3 times a week. There is no direct low-cost carrier option on this route. Filipinos can also fly one-stop itineraries via Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong), EVA Air (Taipei), Korean Air (Seoul), or Qatar Airways (Doha) — these connections sometimes undercut Philippine Airlines' fare but add 6+ hours of total travel time.
A piso fare is a promotional fare — popularised by Cebu Pacific and used occasionally by Philippine Airlines — where base fares drop to as little as ₱1 or a few dollars. On short-haul Southeast Asian routes this produces roundtrip tickets under ₱4,000, but MNL–Toronto doesn't work the same way at all: a single carrier, an ultra-long-haul sector, and heavy fuel surcharges mean even a genuine piso-style promo rarely brings this route below ₱105,000–₱120,000 all-in roundtrip. It's still a real discount off the ₱150,000 normal fare — just don't expect anything close to Southeast Asia-style pricing on this route.
You need a valid Philippine passport, an approved eTA or TRV depending on your eligibility, a return or onward ticket, and documentation showing the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officer at YYZ that your visit is temporary — proof of accommodation, a rough itinerary, and evidence of ties to the Philippines (job, property, family) are commonly requested. All CBSA screening happens on arrival at YYZ.
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