Sit on the Left side of the plane for the best views on flights from Toronto to Paris. Left side wins both ends of the flight. During the transatlantic cruise at 35,000 feet the views are largely ocean and cloud, but the left side also picks up the southern coast of Greenland's ice sheet and Iceland's volcanic terrain if the routing goes that way, plus the English Channel crossing and the English coastline before descending into France.

During takeoff from Buttonville Muni (YKZ), sit on the Left side for the best views. Buttonville's primary departure runway (03/21) means northbound departures swing left over the Don Valley and Lake Simcoe. A left seat gives you the Toronto skyline and Lake Ontario to the south as you climb out, which is the money view. Southbound departures on runway 21 put the CN Tower and downtown Toronto clearly on the left side during the climbing turn. Notable sights include: Toronto downtown skyline and CN Tower, Lake Ontario shoreline, Don Valley ravine system, Lake Simcoe to the north.

When landing at Charles De Gaulle (CDG), sit on the Left side for the best views. CDG's most common arrival runways are 27L/27R (westbound approaches) or 09L/09R (eastbound). On the standard westbound approach from the east, a left seat gives you Paris city center — the Seine, Eiffel Tower, and the dense Haussmann grid — off to the south. The right seat on this approach faces north toward flat agricultural Île-de-France with little of interest. Notable sights include: Paris city center and the Seine river bends, Eiffel Tower visible as a thin spike, the dense Haussmann boulevard grid of central Paris, Stade de France near Saint-Denis.

The flight from Buttonville Muni (YKZ) to Charles De Gaulle (CDG) takes Approximately 7.5 to 8.5 hours (this route would typically operate via a connecting hub as YKZ is a general aviation airport; a charter or private flight direct would be roughly 7.5 hours).

Typical North Atlantic routing from Toronto area tracks northeast over Quebec and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, then across southern Labrador or Newfoundland, over the North Atlantic with possible proximity to the southern tip of Greenland, across Iceland's airspace, then over Scotland or northern England, the English Channel, and into northern France. Key visible features on clear days include the St. Lawrence River estuary, Newfoundland's rugged coastline, Greenland's ice cap edge on the horizon, and the patchwork farmland of southern England before the Channel crossing.