TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto skyline, with its distinctive CN Tower, has been an urban backdrop for residents as autumn settles in.
What might have been a gradual, golden transformation became a sudden shedding. The city has been abnormally dry, according to the government’s Canadian Drought Monitor. The lack of water causes leaves to brown and fall more quickly, as parts of the neighboring northeastern U.S. have seen this year.
A dog padded through a carpet of red leaves, and Indigenous people camped under a tree as part of a demonstration. The changing trees made a lovely canopy for people enjoying a bike ride or walking through Moore Park Ravine, savoring the last warm weather before winter.
People work out with the city skyline in the background at the Riverdale Park East, in Toronto, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
Colorful trees are visible at the Park Drive Reservation Trail in Toronto, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
A man casts a line while fishing at Lake Wilcox in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
A dog plays on colorful dried leaves in Toronto, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
A colorful tree is visible at a park in Toronto, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
Colorful trees are visible at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
An Inukshuk sculpture statue stands in Toronto, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
A cow grazes at a farm in Caledon, Ontario, Canada, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
A woman runs at the Trillium Park by Lake Ontario, Toronto, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
Indigenous peoples set up tents to protest the government in Toronto, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
Vehicles are reflected on a residential project advertising billboard under the colorful trees in Toronto, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
People ride their bikes at the Moore Park Ravine in Toronto, Sunday, Nov.2, 2025. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
A couple pack their belongings after they spent a night in a tent by the Lake Wilcox in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
People enjoy walking on a colorful trail in Toronto, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
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