About Toronto

Holding the position of the third-largest English speaking theatre district in the world after New York and London, Toronto is host to an eclectic, cosmopolitan and sophisticated arts and culture community.

This cultural capital of Canada boasts a population of 5.1 million, making it the fifth largest city and the fourth largest economic centre in all of North America. Toronto is a major scene for theatre and other performing arts, with more than fifty ballet and dance companies, six opera companies, and two symphony orchestras.

Toronto Pearson International Airport is Canada's principal airport, and ranks among the top 30 world airports in terms of passenger traffic and aircraft movements. There are over 76 scheduled and charter airlines currently serving Toronto Pearson International Airport. Air carriers provide non-stop service to 26 Canadian and 42 United States (transborder) destinations and same-plane service to 56 other International cities.

Cultural amenities abound in this stunningly multicultural metropolis endowed with the largest concentration of Chinese-speaking people outside of China, there are five Chinatowns. A nexus for theatre and filmmaking, Toronto boasts the world's third most extensive English-language theatre offerings after New York and London. Local theatre impresarios David and Ed Mirvish, former owners of the Old Vic in London, ensure that the city gets the lion's share of spectacular musicals.

Toronto has more than 125 art galleries and museums, including the Art Gallery of Ontario, the eighth largest art museum in North America the Royal Ontario Museum with its extraordinary holdings of Asian art. There are also several special interest museums, including: the Bata Shoe Museum, 3,000 years of shoe history; the Textile Museum of Canada, known not only for its historic collection but also for innovative collaborations with contemporary artists, and the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, pre-Columbian to the present. A freewheeling showcase for vanguard art, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, is known internationally as an influential conduit for new Canadian and international art, while The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) located in the West Queen West Art + Design district mounts ground-breaking exhibitions of work by emerging and established Canadian and International artists.

A clean, remarkably safe and attractive metropolis, Toronto is home to numerous elegant hotels including the luxurious Four Seasons and Regent Hotels. It is headquarters for the chains 54 properties under management in 25 countries and consistently ranked among the best luxury hotels in the world.