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Toronto's population is cosmopolitan and international, which reflects its role as an important destination for immigrants to Canada. Toronto is one of the world's most diverse cities, as about 49 percent of the population were born outside of Canada. Toronto is consistently rated as one of the world's most livable cities, and it's a great place to visit.

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DISCOVER TORONTO: Art Gallery of Ontario, Casa Loma, City Hall, CN Tower, Distillery District, Downtown Toronto, High Park, Ontario Place, Rogers Centre, Royal Ontario Museum, Roy Thompson Hall, Spadina House, Toronto Harbour, Toronto Islands, Union Station, Yonge-Dundas Square,

ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) is an art museum on the eastern edge of Toronto's downtown Chinatown district, on Dundas Street West. The AGO is the tenth-largest art museum in North America. Its collection includes more than 68,000 works spanning the 1st century to the present-day. It includes the world's largest collection of Canadian art ...

CASA LOMA Casa Loma (Spanish for Hill House) is a Gothic Revival style house in midtown Toronto, that is now a museum and landmark. It was originally a residence for financier Sir Henry Mill Pellatt. Casa Loma was constructed over a three-year period from 1911-1914. The architect of the mansion was E. J. Lennox, who was responsible for the designs of several other city landmarks ...

CITY HALL OF TORONTO The City Hall of Toronto, Ontario is one of the most distinctive landmarks of the city. Designed by Finnish architect Viljo Revell and engineered by Hannskarl Bandel, the building opened in 1965; its modernist architecture still impresses today. It was built to replace Old City Hall which was built in 1899 ...

CN TOWER The CN Tower, located in Downtown Toronto, is a communications and observation tower. It was the tallest free-standing structure in the world for 31 years. It remains the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere, the signature icon of Toronto's skyline, and a symbol of Canada, attracting more than two million international visitors annually ...

DISTILLERY DISTRICT The Distillery District is a historic and entertainment precinct located east of Downtown Toronto. It contains numerous cafes, restaurants and shops housed within heritage buildings of the former Gooderham and Worts Distillery. The 13-acre district comprises more than 40 heritage buildings, and is the largest collection of Victorian era industrial architecture in North America ...

DOWNTOWN TORONTO Downtown Toronto is the central business district of Toronto, Ontario. It is approximately bounded by Bloor Street to the north, Lake Ontario to the south, the Don River to the east, and Bathurst Street to the west. The district contains the headquarters of many Canadian companies as well as a large residential population ...

HIGH PARK High Park is the largest park entirely within Toronto. It spans 161 hectares. It is a mixed recreational and natural park, with sporting facilities, cultural facilities, educational facilities, gardens, playgrounds and a zoo. One third of the park remains in a natural state, with a rare oak savannah ecology. The park is located to the west of downtown, north of Humber Bay ...

ONTARIO PLACE Ontario Place is a multiple use entertainment and seasonal amusement park. Located on the shore of Lake Ontario, just south of Exhibition Place, it is approximately 4 km west of downtown Toronto. Opened in 1971, it consists of three artificially constructed, landscaped islands. Attractions are spread throughout the park, as well as walking trails and food and drink concessions ...

ROGERS CENTRE Rogers Centre, formerly known as SkyDome, is a multi-purpose stadium in Toronto, Ontario, situated next to the CN Tower near the shores of Lake Ontario. Originally opened in 1989, it is home to the American League's Toronto Blue Jays, the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts. While it is primarily a sports venue, it also hosts other large-scale events ...

ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is the largest museum in Canada for world culture and natural history, and among the largest museums in North America. With its main entrance facing Bloor Street in Downtown Toronto, the museum is situated north of Queen's Park and east of Philosopher's Walk in the University of Toronto. Founded in 1912 ...

ROY THOMPSON HALL Roy Thomson Hall is a concert hall located at 60 Simcoe Street in Toronto, Ontario. It is the home of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Opened in 1982, its circular architectural design exhibits a sloping and curvilinear glass exterior. It was designed by Canadian architects Arthur Erickson and Mathers and Haldenby ...

SPADINA HOUSE Spadina House (built 1866) is a historic manor on Spadina Road in Toronto, that is now a museum. Signs directing traffic and pedestrians to the house now call it Spadina Museum. It was built by James Austin, founder of The Dominion Bank and Consumers Gas, on land that had previously been owned by the Baldwin family ...

TORONTO HARBOUR Toronto Harbour is a bay on the north shore of Lake Ontario. It is a natural harbour, protected from Lake Ontario waves by the Toronto Islands. It is a commercial port on the Great Lakes as well as a recreational harbour. Waterfront uses include shipping, residential, recreational and cultural. Toronto Harbour is both a commercial port and a recreation area ...

TORONTO ISLANDS The Toronto Islands are a chain of small islands in the city of Toronto. They are located in Lake Ontario just offshore from the city centre, and provide shelter for Toronto Harbour. The islands are a popular recreational destination, and are home to a small residential community and to the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport. They are connected to the mainland by several ferry services ...

UNION STATION Union Station is the major inter-city rail station and a major commuter rail hub in Toronto, located on Front Street West and occupying the south side of the block bounded by Bay Street and York Street in the central business district. Serving 200,000 passengers a day, it is the busiest passenger transportation facility in Canada ...

YONGE-DUNDAS SQUARE Yonge-Dundas Square, also simply known as Dundas Square, is a commercial public square in Toronto, at the intersection of Yonge Street and Dundas Street. One of the busiest intersections in Toronto, the square was created from the demolition of a block of commercial buildings and opened as a public square in November 2002 ...

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