Raw dairy IS illegal in Ontario, however many stores are allowed to sell fully-raw aged cheeses for SOME reason (I have seen it in a few supermarkets, many healthfood stores, and at Costco lol) I already had one from Switzerland (emmental) and one from Quebec (strong cheddar)...both were great. It's cool because I hate milk in any form anyway (so it wouldn't make me want to buy it even if it was raw) but although I don't like to consume a lot of dairy, I really really enjoy some good aged cheese it can be the best, especially if you want to have some type of comfort-food you can't beat a chunk of good aged cheese yummm!
I didn't realise that raw cheese was permissible. That's great! I agree that aged cheese can be one of the finest foods on occasion. Some of the European artisan cheeses are quite wonderful. Do you have access to any French or Spanish raw cheeses?
I am in Toronto, its a concrete jungle but I live on the outside of it so I have 2 huge parks on either side of my house each a five min walk away, with deer foxes etc. so I have the privilege of having some nature and being close to my beloved concrete jungle lol (I actually enjoy biking on busy streets and downtown it can be very mentally stimulating for me and fun, like a video game, go fast and between the cars and race with cars and other bikers, sense of danger too lol)
I stayed in Toronto for a couple of weeks as I actually really enjoyed the City. I think it's a wonderful compromise to live on the edge of a City as you do so one gets to enjoy the best of both worlds. I live in a similar location. I'm surrounded by fields, woodland, off-road cycle tracks, wildlife etc yet am just a 30 min cycle ride from the City Centre and a 45 min drive from some heritage coastline.
I think Ontario has some beautiful nature around, we always drive down various lakes to swim on the summer weekends.
However for nature vacations we usually head to Quebec and Nova Scotia, where the nature can be just breathtaking to say the least... I never get why Canadians go to Cuba for the summer or something like that, wtf, there is such beauty around here nature-wise, and I prefer the ruggedness of it as a pose to a tropical beachy-banana place anyway.
You're certainly surrounded by far more breathtaking scenary than I am in my particular region of England. I didn't see much of Quebec or Nova Scotia unfortunately but hope to on a return trip one day.
Although I, too, wonder at the attraction of 'beach holidays' I would very much like to visit Cuba for political and musical reasons. But, I think Canada offers a lifetime of travel, adventure and discovery on it's own and there's probably little reason to ever leave!