See the ISS from Toronto, Canada

The International Space Station is visible from Toronto 6 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 11 Nov at 18:46 (bright, 38° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Tue 3 Nov
05:12–05:14
Bright
mag -2.2
Appears SSW, 26° up
Highest 26° up in the SSW
Disappears SSE, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov
18:44–18:44
Fairly bright
mag -1.1
Appears S, 10° up
Highest 12° up in the S
Disappears S, 12° up
Tue 10 Nov
19:31–19:32
Faint
mag -0.8
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 13° up in the SW
Disappears SW, 13° up
Wed 11 Nov
18:44–18:46
Bright
mag -2.8
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 38° up in the S
Disappears S, 38° up
Thu 12 Nov
17:57–18:01
Bright
mag -2.5
Appears SSW, 10° up
Highest 26° up in the SE
Disappears E, 19° up
Thu 12 Nov
19:33–19:34
Fairly bright
mag -1.0
Appears W, 10° up
Highest 18° up in the W
Disappears W, 18° up

Times are local to Toronto (America/Toronto). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.

Also for Toronto: dark-sky calendar, the moonless hours each night.

How to spot it

Be outside a few minutes early, facing where it appears. The ISS looks like a bright, steady star moving across the sky. It doesn’t blink, and it crosses in a few minutes. It often vanishes before reaching the horizon as it passes into Earth’s shadow.

Other cities in Canada

Updated 3 November 2026 at 04:00 UTC, from ISS orbit elements 0.4 days old. The station sometimes fires its engines to raise its orbit, which shifts times by a few seconds or more, so check again on the day. How these predictions are made.