Besides Toronto, fourteen other municipalities in Southern Ontario hosted competitions: Ajax, Hamilton, Innisfil, Markham, Milton, Minden, Mississauga, Mono, Oro-Medonte, Oshawa, Palgrave, St. Catharines, Welland and Whitby.
All venue capacities listed below are found in the strategic framework for transportation published by the Government of Ontario.
[2] Exhibition Centre had three different halls hosting events,[5] while the Ontario Place West Channel had two grandstands (one each for water and road based sports).
In addition there were venues located outside these zones in Barrie, St. Catharines, Palgrave, Minden and Welland.
[40] Ian Troop the CEO of the Organizing Committee said the venue plan was changed because, "the benefits of clustering are that you create economies of scale, the goal for our refined and improved venue plan is to reduce the operational complexities of the event, save costs, deliver an athlete-centred Games that facilitates great performance and create a much richer spectator experience.”[41] Among the changes included the city's largest arena the Air Canada Centre being dropped, due to the organizing committee feeling none of the events warranted that amount of seating (20,000) and the desire to have full venues.