Canada is a North American country stretching from the U.S. in the south to the Arctic Circle in the north. Major cities include massive Toronto, west coast film centre Vancouver, French-speaking Montréal and Québec City, and capital city Ottawa. Canada may be very different from your home country, which means there is a great deal to learn about and explore before you arrive here. These pages will introduce you to important features of this country, such as the Canadian climate and way of life. Canada's vast swaths of wilderness include lake-filled Banff National Park in the Rocky Mountains. It's also home to Niagara Falls, a famous group of massive waterfalls.

 

 

Toronto, the capital of the province of Ontario, is a major Canadian city along Lake Ontario’s northwestern shore. It's a dynamic metropolis with a core of soaring skyscrapers, all dwarfed by the iconic, free-standing CN Tower. Toronto also has many green spaces, from the orderly oval of Queen’s Park to 400-acre High Park and its trails, sports facilities and zoo. Toronto is located on the shore plain beside its harbour. There is a fairly abrupt rise 4 km inland which marks the shoreline of Lake Iroquois, a lake formed by glaciers 12,500 years ago that had a much higher water level than Lake Ontario.

 

French fur traders had known about the Toronto Passage since the early 1600s, and in 1720 they built a small store on the Humber River. This post failed financially and was abandoned in 1730. In 1750 the French built another small trading post. Fort Rouillé (or Fort Toronto), located in Toronto’s present-day Exhibition Grounds, was burned in 1759 by its French garrison during a retreat from British forces.

 

Toronto’s economy has gone through the stages of commercial lake port, railway and industrial hub, financial nexus, and high-level service and information centre. At present its port and commercial functions remain important, though relatively less so, apart from heavy retail activity. Its railway role persists, but has been modified by air and automotive transport.

 

Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario in Canada. Toronto is the largest population centre in Ontario by population over 5 million. It is situated on the north-west shore of Lake Ontario. There are more people reside in the regions around it. Toronto Area is the great metropolitan area in Canada. Toronto also has many green spaces, the oval of Queen’s Park is 400-acre High Park with consist of trails, sports facilities and zoo. Toronto is a dynamic county town with a core of soaring skyscrapers, and free-standing CN Tower. Toronto is a popular destination for tourists. Toronto’s motto is “Diversity Our Strength. Toronto has North America’s third largest concentration of private companies. This city is a global finance, commerce as well as transportation hub. It has always been ranked highly in the fields of life expectancy, personal safety, healthcare, education etc.

 

 

CN Tower

Royal Ontario Museum

Art Gallery Of Ontario

Nigra Fall

Ontario Science Centre

Toronto zoo and Canada’s Wonderland

Toronto Island’s

Fabulous shopping in Toronto

 

 

According to Forbes 2017 survey Toronto has the tenth-best reputation among 100 major world cities. Toronto placed behind Milan and was the only Canadian city to crack the top 10. It’s the most multicultural city in the world. Toronto known for excellence in land use planning because of the Central Area Plan and neighbourhood planning. A big world class cosmopolitan city with Very few pollution, Parks everywhere, with a beautiful view of Lake Ontario, a large world-class metropolitan city is almost no crime, and the best humble people on earth. The city’s a big economic engine for Ontario and the rest of the country. Toronto’s motto is “Diversity Our Strength. Toronto’s prestige was also remarkable due to the improvement of more than 11% improvement over the previous year.

 

 

Toronto covers an area of 630 square kilometres (243 sq mi), with a maximum north-south distance of 21 kilometres (13 mi) and a maximum east-west distance of 43 km (27 mi). It has a 46-kilometre (29 mi) long waterfront shoreline, on the north-western shore of Lake Ontario. The city lies on largely flat land, with little in the way of hills.

 

 

The University of Toronto is one of the world’s most prestigious post-secondary institutions, ranking 24th in the Academic Ranking of World Universities. Many of Canada’s universities are well known for promoting a global outlook through enrolling international students, hiring international faculty and encouraging international collaborations, meaning that you can expect a cosmopolitan feel on campus.  Toronto is also home to two other universities, Ryerson and York University as well as several community colleges. The University of Toronto has many pioneering achievements to its name, including Canada’s first academic publishing house, the first forest science faculty in the country, and becoming the first Canadian university to reach more than C$1 billion in endowment. Toronto attracts investment due to the size of their economy, their projected future prosperity, cost of living and quality of life, Opportunities for the educated. Toronto's expat lifestyle is filled with fantastic restaurants, loads of shopping options, and great entertainment and nightlife venues.