Toronto and Montreal Compared (my thoughts) 

I grew up in Toronto. It's not fair to compare present day Toronto with the Toronto of early nineties or 2000's. Toronto is more like Punjabistani-supremacist sh.iytwhole Turbanland today. Thank you Quebec for fighting back against Caste system imported from foreign cultures.

This is it! Thank you, most Montrealers are comparing their city with King and Bay - not Little Portugal, not Leaside, not Kensington, not College, not Roncy. When you ask them about these areas - they go mute. Toronto is the only truly international city in Canada, period. Montreal is a regional hub.

The skyscraper/concrete jungle seems to be what stays in people's minds about Toronto! I vastly prefer Montreal!!

​@@christinecamley Yep. The missing middle in Toronto is sadly being replaced by taller buildings and the few remaining have less charm than the one in Montreal

One thing you won't get much of in Montreal is Indian cuisine because there are not many people from India in Montreal. This video gives the impression that there are only skyscrapers in Toronto. Both cities have their different ethnic groups and so you get the cuisine of these groups.

@@klarissaclairiton9010 I have found all types of cuisine in Montreal and delicious cuisine but I agree that cities tend to offer more restaurants to larger populations of people.

@@christinecamley I guess it all depends on where you stay. When we visit Montreal, we typically stay in the old Montreal and can see all the new towers being built downtown.

My cousin's son just left a superb engineering job in Toronto to move back to Montreal. He missed the culture and family! I am in Vancouver but I'd take Montreal any day! Thankfully my cousin's son was able to do a lateral transfer to Montreal so he maintained an excellent job!

Montreal is my favourite city in Canada, but you are correct here about Toronto. Toronto has some beautiful, leafy neighborhoods, especially near the ravines and outside the central districts and away from the major arteries like Yonge or Bloor, Danforth etc.

@@roberthicks6161 Montréal is so beautiful and unique!

I often wear converse in the winter in Toronto, rarely wear winter boots but every now and then I will wear some waterproof runners.

Should've seen Mtl this past winter. It was disgusting and barely any snow. Makes me sad :(

That's interesting. I don't think Montreal has AC in the trains, but people say it's deep enough underground that it doesn't get super hot

​@@thoughtsontravelandlife nah, im talking about the TTC.😊

they need to see Yorkdale mall. It's huge. I live in Montreal, but I like both cities. They are just different.

As a Québécois I would never compare my city to yours. 2 countries, doesn't make much sense to compare them considering that have nothing in common

Born in Toronto, but have lived in Los Angeles for several years. I love Toronto, but it is not on par with New York or London which are far greater cities in everything. I don’t get nearly the excitement or awe when visiting Toronto, as I do New York City. I do agree with you that Montreal is vastly overrated, and dirty compared to Toronto. The only part of Montreal that looks European is old Montreal, which is a tiny area of the metro. Most of metro Montreal looks like any North American city. I don’t need to go to Montreal to hear a bunch of people speaking French, which I could care less about. It’s like the millions of Los Angeles residents speaking Spanish, which I also don’t give a rats bum about. lol, I hate cold weather, so I will be spending the rest of my life in Southern California.

Toronto and Montreal both pale in comparison to Vancouver. No city is more beautiful or desirable.

@@noseboop4354 Both Toronto and Montreal are far superior urban cities to Vancouver, which is bland and sterile. What you should have said is the surrounding area of Vancouver is far more beautiful. Also having mostly cloudy weather is not desirable to me as I like the sun. Although colder than Vancouver, both Montreal and Toronto get more sunshine than Vancouver.

Your opinion. Toronto scene is all IMPORTED from the US or the UK at least Montreal has a culture of its own. You conveniently forgot to mention that you need at least 4 grands income per month net to live confortably in TO

@@guyl9456 lol, nothing the matter with USA or UK culture in the same way Montreal borrowed some French culture. None of it is superior to the other, just different. Celebrate the difference!

please don't come back, stay in Ottawa!

So please never come back

That’s a very arrogant statement to make about Toronto. I think you are only focusing on the financial district because your description of Toronto doesn’t match with the vast majority of the city and its metropolitan area. Toronto is very green (parks, ravines, a national park within its borders), has beaches, is incredibly international and vibrant, has countless festivals and events, museums, markets, and many unique neighbourhoods. It has milder winters than Montréal and no seismic activity like Vancouver which is always a plus.

@@algonquin91 Fair enough. I am in Toronto often - every 2 months - and while I do find it a huge concrete jungle and at times I love that, I also acknowledge there is green space. Of course there is. I just sometimes find the enormous building going on and existing buildings to take away from that feeling of beauty. I love Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. Be well.

@@christinecamley I’m sorry for my harsh tone… yes there definitely is lots of construction, including in the suburbs of Toronto which also have their skylines. I really wish Toronto was consistently dense like Montréal is, which would have decreased the need for such expansive (and tall) construction to keep up. The Toronto area is also limited by the lake and the Greenbelt (which encircle the metropolitan area) and city zoning rules have meant that the region can only grow upwards and along major arterial roads and public transit corridors. If you are high enough on a building you’ll see tree canopies covering low rise housing broken up by various smaller skylines all throughout the Greater Toronto Area.

@@algonquin91 Hi! No worries! I appreciate your thoughtfulness about the oasis of lovely green space in Toronto and suburbs. Like you I also enjoy the denseness of Montreal. Having said that I love finding green space in TO and taking it in and I understand why there might be some limitations. Being high up in a building and overlooking greenspace is very nice! Thanks for helping me to look at this in a more enlightened way! I do love TO! Have an awesome day! Cheers!

In Rome do as Romans do this is called Respect. I will not complain of Portuguese language in Brasil or Portugal

caus it's 30 degres in the summer and I can skate during the winter

@Starstreak170 Francophones in Montreal speak French perfectly. Do people in Toronto speak defunct English, do people in Mexico City speak defunct Spanish? What the hell are you taking about?

@@paulthomas281 Someone I work with from Montreal told me he refuses to speak French with French people because they focus on his accent and sometimes joke about it.

@@Starstreak170 If that is the case, then that is unacceptable and demeaning behaviour on the part of individuals who do that. I would wish to apologise to your friend on behalf of those assholes. Your comment however is different. It is an attack on an entire population. That, too, is unacceptable. I am French (from Europe) and live in Montreal, and I cannot remember one instance in the Québécois media where what was said or written was not pure French. French-language media in France, Belgium, Canada/Québec, Switzerland, and of course Africa, uses the same standard French language. As far as accent is concerned, yes there is a wild difference. Québec and the South of France are two very distinct regions.

And of course you know all about it .. lemme guess you speak only 2 words of French. Actually I have been to France and they love Quebec artists, music and their accent.

Toronto suck, lol.