Toronto is the number one city in one of the world's top-ranked countries.  It offers many opportunities for the largest and most diverse population in the country.  There's space here for you too.

• Toronto is Canada's largest city and the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in North America
• Toronto leads all North American cities in residential, office, and mixed-use development
• Toronto is Canada's most popular tourist destination, with 21 million visitors a year
• Many Canadian companies have their head offices in Toronto
• The country's premier stock exchange, the Toronto Stock Exchange, is located in Toronto
• The name Toronto is thought to stem from a Huron word translated as 'meeting place'
• Toronto anchors Canada's arts scene including the newly-renovated Roy Thomson Hall with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the National Ballet Company at the Walter Carson Centre and the Canadian Opera Company
• The world's longest street, Yonge Street, starts at Toronto's lakeshore and stretches 1,896 kilometers (1,178 miles) north to Rainy River, Ontario, near the Minnesota border

• Chinatown: The largest of Toronto's three Chinatowns runs along Spadina Ave., from Queen St. W. to College St.
• The Gay Village: Church St., between Bloor St. E. and Gerrard St.
• Greektown: Along Danforth Ave., from Broadview Ave. to Pape Ave.
• Koreatown: Along Bloor St. W., from Bathurst St. to Christie St.
• Little Italy: Along College St., from Bathurst St. to Ossington Ave.
• Little India: Along Gerrard St. E., from Greenwood Ave. to Coxwell Ave.
• Portuguese Village: Along Dundas St., from Bathurst St. to Dufferin St.
• Little Poland: Roncesvalles Ave., between King St. and Dundas St. W.

• Ontario is Canada's most heavily populated province.  One-third of all Canadians - over 12.5 million people - live in Ontario
• Ontario is the economic engine that powers the Canadian economy.  This one province contributes about 40 percent of Canada's total employment
• Ontario's key industries include agriculture, mining, automotive manufacturing, and leading-edge software development
• Ontario welcomes approximately 100,000 new immigrants each year - 40% of all Canadian immigration
• Over a third of the world's fresh water - spread out over 250,000 lakes - is found in Ontario

• There are 10 provinces: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan, plus three territories: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon
• Canada is the largest of the group of seven leading industrialized nations, but has the smallest population
• The United Nations has recognized Canada many times over the past decade as the best place in the world to live
• Canada has a high standard of living, thanks to universal access to health care, long life expectancy, and a strong education system, as well as low crime and violence rates
• Canada has one of the world's most developed economies
• The population of Canada reached over 32,698,477 in July, 2005
• Most of Canada's population is situated along the southern border with the United States
• Canada is a highly urbanized country - 79.4% of Canadians live in an urban centre of 10,000 people or more
• Canada is a multicultural society whose ethnic makeup has been shaped over time by different waves of immigrants and their descendents, as well as by the Aboriginal peoples of the country