Life in Toronto, By David Santizo

Life in Toronto

Toronto is Canada’s largest city and is North America’s fifth most populous municipality, with a population of 2.7 million people.

The Greater Toronto Area, usually called the GTA is home to 6 million people.

Canada’s government expects the GTA’s population will reach 7.7 million by 2025.

Where to Live in Toronto

Suburbs such as North York, Markham and Richmond Hill and the Halton region  are favoured by families and are among the best places to live in Toronto.

Single men and women tend to prefer the downtown core, where the condominium market has exploded over the last decade.

Government housing is prominent in some parts of west Toronto and higher crime rates are recorded in these areas, such as Jane & Finch, Lawrence Heights, and parts of Etobicoke such as Rexdale. In downtown Toronto, Parkdale, St. James, Regent Park and Moss Park have high crime rates. To the east of the city, parts of Scarborough such as Malvern also have higher crime rates.

Education 

The University of Toronto is one of the world’s most prestigious post-secondary institutions, ranking 24th in the Academic Ranking of World Universities. There are three different campuses, located in the Downtown area as well as the west and east.

Toronto is also home to two other universities, Ryerson and York University as well as several community colleges.

Ontario’s school teachers are amonst the highest paid teachers in Canada. Unfortunately, the supply of teachers in Ontario exceeds the demand, and finding work is not easy. Indeed, it’s common for Canadian trained teachers to move overseas to gain experience.

Environment and Getting Around

Toronto is one of the very few North American cities in which people can choose not to own a car without suffering major inconveniences. This is largely due to The Toronto Transit Commission, North America’s third largest public transit system.

The TTC’s far reaching and reliable network of buses and streetcars are interconnected by an extensive underground subway system. The buses are newly manufactured hybrid electrics, introduced to reduce air pollution.

The transportation corridor image on the left shows a choice of transportation methods leading to and from downtown Toronto road, bike-path, railway, and the Don River.

Toronto also has Zipcar, a membership car-sharing service that is billable by the hour. This service is most frequently used in the downtown.

Toronto’s Positives

• Prestigious schools, from elementary to tertiary.
• The art scene and leisure options.
• Surrounding suburbs to get away from the big city.
• Transit system that spans a large area.
• Opportunities for the educated.
• Canada’s financial, IT and manufacturing hub.
• Long, hot summers , too humid for some people.    

Toronto’s Negatives

• Oversized and ever growing population.
• Somewhat cold winter.
• Constant influx of traffic and vehicles on the road.
• Pollution,not the cleanest city.
• Expensive housing compared with most Canadian locations

              Life in Toronto, By David Santizo

In this beautiful country you can find a lot of opportunities, this means that, in opposite of United Estates, Canada give more opportunities of job and life to the foreign. You will receive more support from the Canadian government, so if you want to study there you will have a lot of chances which are going to lift you up in your professional career.

Canada is also a secure country, is true that there is no a complete secure place in all the world, but Canada is a country with low level of criminality, this has been achieved because of the good structure that the county use to monitor and control the daily activities around the country and the really good attention a service from the Canadian cops.

Life in Canada is also enjoyable, this country offers a good sense of serenity and calm, this is because of the laws that protects the environment and every single area inside and outside the cities in the country, there is a low level of contamination in the country, so you will see a clean urban and rural area and you rarely will feel the same amount of smoke that you smell in counties like Guatemala.

If you want to be part of this great country you have to follow a good amount of rules, this doesn’t mean that the country is an empire that opposes laws just because, but this is a country that really wants to make a positive impact in its people and land, and also in all the word. So you have to inform about the laws and regulations and follow them in a correct order to live as a peaceful but have citizen of this great nation.