About City                                             

Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario, located in Southern Ontario on the north western shore of Lake Ontario in the heart of the Greater Toronto Area. Toronto is considered as an alpha world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network and is placed among the Global Leaders in the Global Financial Centres Index. The city is also consistently rated as one of the world’s most livable cities by the Economist Intelligence Unit and the Mercer Quality of Living Survey.

The city is well known for its educational expertise with its University of Toronto, established in 1827 acknowledged as the Canada’s largest university, with two satellite campuses, one located in the city’s eastern district of Scarborough while the other in the neighbouring city of Mississauga. Toronto is an international centre for business and finance. Generally considered the financial capital of Canada, Toronto has a high concentration of banks and brokerage firms on Bay Street, in the Financial District. The Toronto Stock Exchange is the world’s seventh-largest stock exchange by market capitalization. The five largest financial institutions of Canada, collectively known as the Big Five, have national offices in Toronto.

Toronto is a welcoming host for its tourists hosting varied attractions including The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), of world culture and natural history. The Toronto Zoo is home for over 5,000 animals representing over 460 distinct species. The Art Gallery of Ontario holds a large collection of Canadian, European, African and contemporary artwork, and also plays host to exhibits from museums and galleries all over the world. The Gardiner Museum of ceramic art is the only museum in Canada entirely devoted to ceramics, and the Museum’s collection contains more than 2,900 ceramic works from Asia, America and Europe.

City shopping areas include the Yorkville neighbourhood, Queen West, Harbourfront, the Entertainment District, the Financial District, and the St. Lawrence Market neighbourhood. The Eaton Centre is Toronto’s most popular tourist attraction with over 52 million visitors annually. Greektown on the Danforth is home to the annual “Taste of the Danforth” festival which attracts over one million people in 2½ days.Toronto is also home to Casa Loma, the former estate of Sir Henry Pellatt, a prominent Toronto financier, industrialist and military man. Other notable neighbourhoods and attractions include The Beaches, the Toronto Islands, Kensington Market, Fort York, and the Hockey Hall of Fame.