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Toronto is located on the northern shore of Lake Ontario and the view over the city on the water is stunning and unmistakable - the CN Tower, thrusting the sky in the vicinity of water, was until recently the world's tallest tower. Framing is a collection of shimmering skyscrapers, the way to a dense center with a beautiful, green residential areas and parks, notably along the ravines running through the city.
The capital of the province of Ontario, Toronto is Canada's largest city and the fifth largest in North America. A dominant force in the economy and the economy of the nation, it is also the cultural center of the English-speaking Canada.
First claimed by the French in the 18th Century, it was not until the American Revolution caused hordes of United Empire Loyalists (loyal to the British) to escape to Toronto that the city was an established solution. Then, as York, the city was very British style, the functioning of the administrative capital of English-speaking Upper Canada, and become a thriving center of manufacturing of the 19th Century. In 1834 the city was renamed Toronto, a Huron Indian word meaning 'meeting place'.
The Toronto of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th Century was a law-abiding city, where rules were broken, and only rarely and in which the concern was making money. As such, Toronto has a good reputation as a conservative, boring enclave of Protestantism, a reputation that still dogs it to some degree today. Older residents can remember the time when the city came to a standstill on Sundays and only a handful of the best restaurants served wine.
Towards the end of the 1950s an increase in the arrival of immigrants infused Toronto with new foods, new languages and, above all, new setting. Italians, Portuguese and Eastern Europeans came first, followed by immigrants from the Caribbean, Asia and India. They settled in what would be the great city of ethnic neighborhoods - Greektown, Chinatown and Little Italy.
Toronto gradually a multi-ethnic character of North America - today, in two of the city the population was born outside Canada. He shrugged largely from its colonial identity, although still traces how the English-style pubs and the deep habit among conservative clubs and societies of toasting the Queen before eating.
There is a similar juxtaposition in the architecture of the city itself, at first glance, Toronto is not all that other great American city, albeit a clean, although on closer inspection reveals preserved Victorian and Edwardian buildings and a wealth of pubs Neighborhood .
The Toronto of today is a lively, cultured with hot, humid summers and cold, damp winters. It is the most economically important city in Canada, the center of finance, media and services, and home to more established companies than any other.
At night, its people indulge in the city of many restaurants, bars and clubs or at the symphony, opera and theater. More than anything, however, Toronto is defined by its people - friendly, efficient and one of the largest in the multicultural world.
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