Cana­da’s lar­gest city is the coun­try’s finan­cial and busi­ness heart, seine most mul­ti­cul­tu­ral metro­po­lis, und ein vibrant artis­tic cen­ter. Viele Toron­to resi­dents consi­der their city the hub of the universe–or at least the uni­verse north of the 49th paral­lel. If you’d feel at home in Chi­ca­go or per­haps Man­hat­tan, you might consi­der living in Toronto.

Toron­to’s Bay Street is Cana­da’s Wall Street, head­quar­ters for scores of banks and finan­cial ser­vices com­pa­nies. Whe­ther you work in high-tech or high finance, in der Wissenschaft oder Gesundheitseinrichtungen, Immobilien, edu­ca­tion, tou­rism, oder Kunst, Toron­to has plen­ty of opportunities.

With a popu­la­tion of 2.5 mil­lion in the city pro­per, and rough­ly five mil­lion in the metro­po­li­tan area, Grea­ter Toron­to may not be huge by world stan­dards, aber es immer noch ranks among the lar­gest cities in the U.S. and Cana­da. It’s also one of the most eth­ni­cal­ly diverse cities in the world. Near­ly 50 percent of Toron­to area resi­dents were born out­side of Cana­da, and thou­sands of new immi­grants arrive eve­ry year.

This diver­si­ty has made Toron­to a große Esszimmer Stadt. Sie können indisches Essen heute, Ita­lian tomor­row, Griechisch den nächsten, Carib­bean cui­sine ano­ther day, and dishes from many regions of Chi­na for days after that. Cultu­ral fes­ti­vals go on near­ly all the time.

Toron­to may not have an ocean­front, but it is right on Lake Onta­rio. When the wea­ther’s fine, resi­dents make the most of their lake­side loca­tion, wal­king or biking along the shore or fer­rying across to one of Toron­to’s near­by islands.

Natürlich, cli­mate may not be Toron­to’s main sel­ling point, since win­ters are long, and sum­mers are hot and humid. Toron­to’s ever-increa­sing traf­fic, Auch, bekommt schlechte Noten von den Einheimischen. Still, if living in a major inter­na­tio­nal city with a wealth of cultu­ral and recrea­tio­nal oppor­tu­ni­ties appeals to you, Toron­to may lure you here.

Toron­to relo­ca­tion resources:

• Onta­rio Immi­gra­tion : Eve­ry­thing you need to know about immi­gra­ting to Ontario
• City of Toron­to Immi­gra­tion & Set­tle­ment Por­tal : Links to lots of infor­ma­tion about living and wor­king in Toronto
• Toron­to neigh­bo­rhood profiles
• Toron­to Real Estate Board : Real estate lis­tings and mar­ket news
• Set­tle in Toron­to Relo­ca­tion Ser­vices : Patrice Gale, Toron­to real estate sales repre­sen­ta­tive and relo­ca­tion specialist
• Wor­king in Toron­to : Over­view of the job search pro­cess and links to Toron­to job-hun­ting resources. Weitere Jobsuche Ressourcen, siehe Fin­ding a Job.
• Enter­prise Toron­to : Resources for entre­pre­neurs and small busi­ness owners
• Onta­rio Health Insu­rance Plan : How to apply for health insu­rance in Ontario
• Toron­to schools: Toron­to Dis­trict School Board, Toron­to Catho­lic Dis­trict School Board, Onta­rio inde­pendent schools
• Toron­to col­leges & uni­ver­si­ties: Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to, York Uni­ver­si­ty, Ryer­son Uni­ver­si­ty, Onta­rio Col­lege of Art and Design
• Get­ting around Toron­to: Toron­to Tran­sit Com­mis­sion, GO Tran­sit
• Toron­to media: Globe & Mail, Natio­nal Post, Toron­to Star, Toron­to Sun, NOW Toron­to, Eye Week­ly, Toron­to Life

– Excerp­ted (zum Teil) aus dem Buch, Living Abroad in Cana­da. Um mehr, das Buch kaufen.

Toron­to water­front and sky­line pho­to ©Carolyn B. Heller