1. It’s North America’s boom-town.
Toronto has tripled its number of skyscrapers from 13 to 44 in the last 9 years.
2. Toronto just became bigger than Chicago.
Toronto’s 2,791,140 (and growing) vs. Chicago’s 2,707,120 (and shrinking).
3. It’s the world’s most multicultural city.
Nearly half the city’s population was born outside of Canada
4. Toronto does post-industrial in style.
The Distillery District.
5. It even does sewage treatment in style.
The R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant.
6. Toronto is clean. Like, really clean.
7. It’s safe. Like, really safe. Maybe too safe.
Toronto police during the 2010 G20 summit.
8. Toronto rappers are polite and wholesome…
Started from Toronto now we here.
…while the mayor smokes crack in the projects….
…and gets cranked in public…
… and uses foul language on the regular…
Rob Ford: always enough to eat.
… and nobody seems to see anything wrong with this picture.
9. Toronto’s street meat is superior to yours.
Put me in your mouth.
10. And it’s amazing washed down with the city’s plentiful micro-brews.
11. St. Lawrence Market is one of the best in the world.
12. Pea-meal (Canadian bacon) sandwiches rocks.
Carousel Bakery.
13. Brunch is the closest thing to religion they have.
The County General.
14. Toronto makes better poutine than Montreal. Yeah I said it.
Classic poutine = fries, hot beef gravy and melty cheese curds.
15. Toronto’s food scene gives any city on the planet a run for its money.
Bar Isabel.
16. Indy coffee shops outnumber Starbucks by a long shot.
Te Aro coffeeshop.
17. Toronto was tolerant before it was trendy.
18. Its big hometown bank never goes bust.
19. Social housing looks like this.
20. It’s Canada but Torontonians party on the beach every weekend.
Cherry Beach.
Okay, not EVERY weekend.
21. It gets pretty cold, but they don’t seem to mind one bit.
… sometimes they mind.
22. The city has secluded islands just minutes away by ferry.
23. Kensington Market rocks…
Street music on Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington.
…and needs to keep fighting gentrification for Toronto’s sake.
24. There’s a neighborhood for pretty much everyone.
And anyone.
And everyone.
25. They’ve managed to condense all of Asia into a single mall.
26. Toronto has six Chinatowns.
27. …which is great because Torontonians are crazy for Chinese dumplings.
Mother’s Dumplings restaurant.
28. Caribana is the continent’s biggest bash.
29. There’s a museum dedicated to shoes.
Bata Shoe Museum.
30. The wildlife is always sharply dressed.
The stranded Ikea Monkey waits for his ride.
31. … and helps with recycling duties.
32. The old-fashioned streetcars.
33. It’s New York… in the movies.
34. There’s a whole other city underneath the city.
35. (Some) Torontonians will always admit their faults (kinda)…
…like the fact that their public transport is a bit sad…
…and the fact that the government is the sole provider of booze…
… and the soul-sucking sprawl eating up the surrounding farmland.
36. But just past that mess is wine country…
37. …and cottage country…
38. …and some big waterfalls.
39. Jane Jacobs knew that Toronto was a great place to live…
40. …but still too few know how cool this place really is.
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Absolutely stellar post! Well done! Ah, I see Toronto has surpassed Chicago in population. I agree with everything in your list! But I must say that living here in Chicago makes me realize this place does have the best pizza on the planet! However, Toronto is a gem indeed. Cher xo
I miss Toronto
Delightful post! Thank you for following me at Triggershorse. – Fawn
Thanks for the fun and pictures. I lived in Toronto during the mid 80s and if not for the icy cold would not have left to go back to AZ, USA.
Love Toronto. Of course, I’m a Chicago native, so I love grit, too. Thanks for following me on Cold.
“… and nobody seems to see anything wrong with this picture.”
I do and it explains a lot.
I’ve always wanted to visit Toronto and looking at your photos make we want to book my vacation for this summer.
Fascinating post ,the pictures are exceptional.
In 1985 I was on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls(the falls were frozen solid) and visited Vancouver. What a refreshingly clean and well kept city and the people were ever so friendly. I have always wished to visit Nova Scotia and live there part of the year perhaps. Thanks visit my blog.
. . . that is, not from the link in your header. It’s from the link at the end of this post.
i am fixing it now. thank you!
Yes, It is one of the best country in the world.
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Thank you for following me. I’ve never been to Toronto, but would love to visit your city.
What a fun post!
I can’t wait to go there
Wow, what a post! Thank you for following WordBowlbyMsCharlieS.com and introducing me to your site — EXCELLENT reasons to book a trip (or contemplate a move) to Toronto…
Thanks for stopping by and the follow. I love this post about my fair city.
What a great post – after the winter we’ve had, it’s too easy to forget the good things sometimes. Thanks for the reminder! (And beautiful photos – are they all your own photography?)
Thank you for your comment , it is not my own photography. i collected this post from google , to make the blog more fun to browse .
This post is unfair, very unfair because it’s making me miss Toronto in a major way. As for cities in the world, Toronto is my first love and having moved to Chicago from Toronto I’m gonna have to request that you modify #2 to be gentle to me and my homesickness. Hahahaha. All in all, the whole post is spot on.
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Amazing and fun post on Toronto!
I’ve enjoyed all of my visits to Toronto. Great city!