"The visit is an ideal opportunity to showcase the many qualities of our Bid and to show Paso that Toronto is the ideal city to host the 2015 Pan / Parapan American Games," said Jagoda Pike, President and COO, Toronto 2015 Bid Committee.

"We will ensure that PASO members leave knowing that we can stage an exceptional Games."

The Evaluation Commission will assess key elements of the bid and report back to Paso, which manages the Games and whose member nations vote to award hosting rights. The vote is expected in early November.

The Evaluation Commission is visiting 2015 bid competitors Lima, Peru and Bogota, Colombia immediately before the Toronto visit.

Toronto 2015 is finalizing the two-day itinerary to meet Paso requirements, introduce the evaluators to people and organizations critical to the Games, and to highlight important elements related to Games operations.

The Pan Am Games is a major international multi-sport event, held every four years for athletes of the 42 Paso member nations.

The Pan American Games consists of all Summer Olympic sports, plus other events selected by the Pan American Sports Organization, and serve as an Olympic-qualifier for a number of the participating sports.

The last edition of the Games was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in July 2007 and the next will take place in Guadalajara, Mexico in October 2011.