The Toronto skyline
with North America's tallest structure, the "CN Tower", and SkyDome-Rogers Stadium illuminated.
Skyscrapers are dwarfed by the Canadian National {CN} Tower in Toronto's financial district.
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Toronto aerial view of the CN Tower and SkyDome Stadium now known as Rogers Centre, Toronto
Toronto is Canada's largest city and home to over 5.7 million people. Toronto "GTA" is the capital city of the province of Ontario.
Toronto is in Southern Ontario which has shorelines on four of the five, Great Lakes
and located, further south than ten of the northern states of the USA.
The province of Ontario (415,000 sq. miles) is larger than the state of Texas (267,000 sq. miles) in southern USA.
Toronto residents hold more university educations than in any other country, in the world, based on percentage of population. Source OECD - 2003
Within an afternoon drive from Toronto, seven million, more Canadians live and prosper. Toronto, Ontario highways are well maintained and link with major freeways connecting Toronto, Ontario, with all of Canada and with the USA. Look on left, at a map of Toronto from cities located in central and north-eastern USA.
Toronto is the largest, financial centre in Canada and fourth largest, economic centre in North America. New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, USA are larger economic centres.
Toronto is Canada's cultual, educational, entertainment, financial, high tech, commercial and industrial centre. Toronto is the "Silicon Valley" of Canada, and Toronto is also, known as "Hollywood North". Los Angeles and New York are larger film and television centres.
Toronto's theatre district is second in size, only to New York city. Award-winning, theatre productions enjoy long runs, large audiences and world premieres in the theatre district of Toronto.
Toronto's Police Force is one of the most efficient, friendly and respected of all police forces in the world. With respect to your safety and security, the city of Toronto is one of the most peaceful, large, cosmopolitan cities in the world.
All major Canadian banks have their world headquarters in downtown Toronto, including, the world headquarters of the "Bank of Montreal" which is located at "First Canadian" Tower, in Toronto's downtown, financial district.
All foreign banks have their Canadian headquarters in Toronto.
Canada's largest general, life and re-insurance companies and other financial institutions have their world headquarters in downtown Toronto. Canada's version of "Wall Street" is called "Bay Street" and located in the centre
of Toronto's powerful, financial and business district.
Within an hour's drive of downtown Toronto is the greatest concentration of industry and auto manufacturing in Canada. General Motors, Ford, Chrysler and Honda have Canadian head offices and large manufacturing plants in the Toronto GTA.
Toronto has the only, real castle in all of North America. You will never forget "Casa Loma" (home on hill) with vista views of both, the downtown, skyline of Toronto and of Great Lake Ontario.
Toronto has beautiful islands protecting its natural harbour. The islands are a mix of parklands, nature reserves and protected wetlands, maintained by the city Parks Department responsible for this unique, natural resource.
Private vehicles are not permitted on the Toronto islands.
The Toronto Islands are reached by public ferry boats crossing the Toronto harbour. On the islands, the city seems far removed, and a feeling of being in the country prevails, just a mile offshore from Toronto's exciting and vibrant downtown.
English is the primary and first language spoken in Toronto and in Canada. "French-Canadian" (an old dialect) is Canada's second, official language. Other minorities speak over 100 languages in the Greater Toronto Area.
The laws of Toronto and Canada are based on British law and the English parliamentary system of government with the exception of the separatist "state" of French Quebec, located over three hundred miles to the north-east from Toronto.
Less than a two hour drive, north of Toronto in the "Muskoka Lakes" Region are beautiful lakes, rivers and forests, looking as it did hundreds of years ago.
One of the wonders of the world, Niagara Falls is just over an hour away by car from Toronto. You will be amazed at the amount of water that spills over the Canada, Niagara Falls, each second, standing less than 20 feet from the "Brink".
PersonalTours® plans and provides personally escorted, guided, VIP, private party-group tours that highlight Toronto's history, culture, residential-street shopping districts as well as geography and worthwhile, sightseeing points of interest.
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