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Toronto
Government
The restructuring of Toronto's municipal government is one of the most
ambitious undertakings in North America. Seven large municipalities have been combined, municipal and provincial
responsibilities have been revamped, and property tax reformed.
Toronto Population and Location
- 3.4 million people
- 632 sq.km.
- One third of Canada's population is located within 160 km radius of
Toronto.
- One half of the population of the United States is within one day's
drive of Toronto
Toronto Business/Economic Development
- Toronto voted best global City for business, (Fortune, 1996)
- Financial centre of Canada, 4th largest in North America, employing
196,400 in financial sector
- Home to 90 per cent of Canada's foreign banks, and its top accounting
and mutual fund companies, and 80 per cent of Canada's largest R&D, law, advertising and high-tech firms
- Known as "Silicon Valley North" with seven of the top 10 information
technology companies, including the headquarters and research centres of Apple, Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems
- North America's 3rd largest Stock Exchange by value traded
- 75,000 businesses employ more than 1.2 million
- 40 per cent of Canadian companies on Fortune's Global 500 are in Toronto
- The nation's largest employment centre, with one sixth of Canada's jobs,
and strong employment in both manufacturing and financial services
- The 4th highest concentration of commercial software companies in the
world, and one of North America's hottest animation centres
- One of the best telecommunications networks in the world, with one of
the highest percentage of fibre optic cable installed, and more wireless phones per capita, than anywhere in North
America
Toronto Arts/Culture/Entertainment
- Home to 4 professional sports teams; hockey, football, basketball, baseball
- 3rd largest English-language theatre centre in the world behind London
and New York
- Considered "Hollywood North" by film industry: 3rd in TV and
film production, and 2nd as exporter of TV programming, in North America
- Canada's #1 tourist destination, with 21 million visitors in 1997
- Toronto has four English language dailies, over 400 business periodicals,
and 79 ethnic publications
- A leading contender for the 2008 Olympic Games, competing with Bueonos
Aires, Beijing, Istanbul and Seville
Toronto Racial Diversity
- Toronto received 80,000 immigrants in 1997 from 169 countries
- Over 80 languages are spoken in Toronto, and one third of Toronto residents
speak at home a language other than English
- 48 per cent of Toronto's population are immigrants
- By 2001, foreign-born residents will comprise more than 50 per cent
of population
Toronto Infrastructure
- National Trade Centre is the 3rd largest exhibit facility in North America with over 1 million sq.
ft. of exhibit space; the capacity of the Toronto Convention Centre recently doubled
- Over 7,800 restaurants and 32,000 hotel rooms
- North America's largest public transit system after
New York
- North America's largest continuous underground pedestrian system
located in Toronto, connecting 1100 stores and restaurants, 48 office towers, 6 major hotels and several entertainment
centres
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