The City of Burlington is located on the western shore of Lake Ontario, in the heart of Ontario’s "Golden Horseshoe" and just 45 minutes from Toronto. Burlington is a very picturesque city, ideally situated about mid-point between Toronto and Niagara Falls, boasting clean safe family neighborhoods, convenient shopping, excellent schools, a modern city transportation system and first rate cultural and recreational facilities. It’s just a great enviroment in which to live, work and play.