Sit on the Left side of the plane for the best views on flights from Toronto to Taipei. The left side delivers the more dramatic and iconic departure view — Toronto's skyline and Lake Ontario are genuinely spectacular on climb-out. The landing views on the right are good but more urban and less distinctive. For the long transpacific cruise, neither side has a significant advantage as the flight tracks over northern Canada, Alaska, and the North Pacific where both sides see similar ocean and occasional coastline.

During takeoff from Lester B Pearson International (YYZ), sit on the Left side for the best views. YYZ's most common departure is runway 23 (heading southwest), which puts the left side facing southeast toward downtown Toronto and Lake Ontario. You get a clear view of the Toronto skyline including the CN Tower, and the broad expanse of Lake Ontario stretching to the horizon. Notable sights include: CN Tower and downtown Toronto skyline, Lake Ontario, Toronto Islands, Scarborough Bluffs along the lake's north shore.

When landing at Sungshan (TSA), sit on the Right side for the best views. TSA sits in central Taipei and typically receives arrivals from the northeast over the Keelung River corridor, heading southwest on runway 10/28. A right-side seat on approach from the northeast faces southeast, giving views over the Taipei Basin, the dense urban grid of the city, and the surrounding volcanic mountains including Yangmingshan to the north. Notable sights include: Taipei Basin urban grid, Keelung River winding through the city, Yangmingshan volcanic range to the north, Taipei 101 tower in Xinyi District.

The flight from Lester B Pearson International (YYZ) to Sungshan (TSA) takes Approximately 15 to 16 hours nonstop.

The great circle route tracks northwest from Toronto over Georgian Bay and Lake Superior, then across northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan, over the Yukon and Alaska Range, across the Aleutian Island chain into the North Pacific, then southwest over the open Pacific Ocean before descending toward Japan and the Taiwan Strait. Notable features include the Canadian Shield's lake-dotted boreal terrain, the Alaska Range including Denali visible on clear days, the volcanic Aleutian Islands as scattered dark specks in the grey Pacific, and the Japanese archipelago coastline on approach to Taiwan.