Toronto vibrates as a cosmopolitan financial, commercial and cultural center, blending urban chic with its multicultural heritage (some 100 ethnic groups speak more than 100 languages). It has a busy stock exchange, plus a large film and TV industry. Toronto sports fans love their Blue Jays and Maple Leafs, and children learn to play hockey at an early age.
Toronto has soaring contemporary architecture alongside Victorian and Edwardian gems, museums, performing-arts companies, fine restaurants and relaxed cafes, trendy shopping complexes and a people-friendly waterfront. Hundreds of parks keep it green (for most of the year). Visitors can speak English or French, as they wish. Toronto is officially bilingual.
