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Why Toronto
According to The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): Ontario, which is centered around Toronto, is the most educated province or state in the world! This area thus provides a first-rate group of potential friends, business contacts and educators for students.
Toronto is also the economic heart of Canada and a major English center. It's heaven for food lovers, too, with the highest ratio of restaurants to people of any big city in North America. The city has also been described as Canada's version of New York, without its level of violence and visa problems. And like New York, Toronto has 24-hour public transportation and great shopping. Sports fans will like that it has more pro teams than other Canadian cities. And, Toronto is much more culturally diverse than Vancouver. It's also only hours away from New York and Montreal by bus or train.
Lastly, Toronto's four distinct seasons are certainly better than the weather of Vancouver where it often rains non-stop for 3 weeks in a row. Even Toronto's winters are mild compared to those of Ottawa, Montreal and Calgary. Anyway, when it's cold students can always walk in the Underground City, which has 27 km of tunnels for walking and shopping (it's in The Guinness Book of World Records).
Shopping in Toronto is absolutely fantastic: from Yorkville where the movie stars come to shop, to the coolest market ever, called Kensington Market. Toronto's larger population also means that more of the world's famous musicians and theatre groups visit Toronto (third-largest English language theatre scene in the world). If you like live theatre and concerts there is no better place in Canada than Toronto. The museums and architecture of Toronto are also worldclass (The R.O.M. and AGO)
Toronto is home to the western word's tallest free standing structure, the CN Tower. From atop the tower, there may be no better view in the world. Niagara Falls, one of the 7 wonders of the world, is only 1.5 hours away by bus or car.
We love Vancouver too, but if you want excitement and variety, you've got to choose Toronto!
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