I am an immigrant living in Calgary but I swear I miss Toronto from my heart. It is the greatest and most beautiful city on Earth. Lived there for 4 years and miss it. There is nothing you cannot do in TORONTO.
@115136604409861808517 I gotta be honest here. Yes Vancouver is definitely a super stylist city and in my eyes not only the best looking city of Canada, but surely of North America. Its one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Having said that, Toronto is much more fun. There are way more things to do in Toronto Area, way more jobs as well. I would choose Toronto as the best cities among the famous big cities in the world. Yeah, it beats Chicago, New York, LA, London, Paris , Sydney and Tokyo in terms of livability and its also a big city/metropolitan. I would definitely spend a vacation in Vancouver Area, including the Vancouver Islands, but I would choose to live in Toronto.
adad Have you ever lived in Japan though? I think it's a lot more livable in Japan. Sure, the apartments are super small and expensive in Tokyo, but there are other big cities in Japan, and even if you have to live in a small place, it seems like life is more worth living in Japan than in Canada, unless you have a good job in Canada. I'd rather be a little poor in Japan than in Canada. Toronto's getting expensive too. It's difficult to find a place to live there. I do agree that there's a lot to do there though. I also like the work ethic more than Vancouver's. It seems like in Vancouver everyone's trying to get away with as much as possible instead of just doing their job. There are a lot of whiners in Vancouver. Too much time in the coffee shops complaining about the world, the government, parents, etc.
What's truly sad is the number of magnificent old buildings that have been lost over the years to make way for more steel and glass mediocrity. Still miss the old post office and the armoury on University.
wow! what a flashback. i came to canada in 1975. they were still building the CN tower. its now march 2021. look how toronto has developed. can u imagine? i was bumping to the song. it matches the video. great choice of music. wish the video was longer..lol
I have to agree with Joe P the city is LOSING all its lakeshore charm to UGLY condos. I am born and raised in TO still live here but its sad to see such a lovely city turning ugly. The condo scene needs to stop. Look at what Boston did to their waterfront, its amazing.
Why would you think Toronto's ugly? It's a beautiful, dense, thriving city. Come to Salt Lake City. Aside from the mountains, It's an ugly, boring, lifeless city. We would fucking kill to have a downtown skyline like yours.
Vancouver This!!! T. O. is all that, the roads and highways were 3 times wider in 1955 then you got here now. Oh ya, no mountains there, those are useful.
As an good old european 🤣 it is really impressive for me....but BUT.... BUUUUT....I miss the history of the city. I grew up in a 2000 year old small german town of 35 000 and find history everywhere and this big canadian city seems not even treat the smallest part of ist young but important history as something precious.
new world cities experienced rapid growth and thus buildings were demolished and replaced before they got a chance to be viewed as historical or significant. if you wanted to clear room for office building in 1920, you wouldn't see old lowrises from 1900 as historical or precious.
It's 2019, Toronto was just getting Started 2011. I knew Yonge St was going to get a face lift, every block is coming Down from Bloor to Queen st. To put up new buildings. By 2024, Yonge St will look like Bay St with all the new high-rise's. I have to say it'll be a lot better than 1990's Yonge St that was littered with Bargain & Dollar store's and take out fast food restaurants. [Sad when they tore down the Cineplex at the Eaton's Center and Sam the record man when out of business.] I hear they're going to restore the sign, wonder if it'll go up at Dundas Square.
The population of Toronto is about 3 million today. 10 years ago when this video was uploaded it was only about 2 million. Population of Greater Toronto is now around 6-8 million but that covers a much larger area then extending from Mississuaga in the west (maybe into Oakville) to at Pickering Ajax (and probably into Oshawa) in the East. And into at least Markham in the north. The 6 to 8 million people are spread out much further area than the pics in this video In fact the pics in this video only really shows downtown Toronto which would be maybe 750K people. The remaining 2.25 million people are in the other 5 boroughs of Toronto.
The last image didn't make sense. There was a "yesterday" picture, then it said "tomorrow". It should've said "today". There was nothing futuristic about the "tomorrow" photo, and obviously it was a picture taken in the past.
Loved ittt!! Go! Go! Go! Toronto!!!> Go! Canada! Go!!! with the Oil in Alberta, Canada will be the Future Energy Superpower in the World! More Sructural and Architecutral Designs Buildings and Towers like in Saudi Arabia and Dubai! ;)))
It's definitely very feasible all you need is a helicopter or a drone to take a high quality photo just for a youtube video, appreciate what the creator has please
@Algonquin81 they always had that sign for the municipality of metro Toronto at just over 2 million now the amalgamated city is 2.5 million but metro Toronto now is about 6 million. it has mostly grown in the 905 region. that sign you were talking about along the 401 and coming up on the 427 on the QEW was pretty much always between 2 and 2.5 million. But back then it said "Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto"
That "1955" picture was a bit later than that. The Lord Simcoe Hotel at King and University wasn't finished until 1957. Also, the expansion of the Royal York Hotel on its east side was not finished until about 1957.
In the 1960s, the first modern bank tower to exceed the Royal York was the ugly black monolith of the Toronto Dominion Centre. Fortunately, well overshadowed now.
Wake up people too many historical buildings are being allowed to be demolished by foreign developers that do no need to have civic pride , it is not their country .Yes the historic buildings that are being torn down, are private property ,but it is becoming too much.The city argues that , construction jobs create well paying employment and manufacturers sell plenty of construction materials.Also the city collects a fortune in property tax. But it is ,so sad.
Canada is richer than Saudi Arabia if you check GDP per capita at PPP, UAE might be slightly richer.The buildings Saudis make using Indian and Bangladeshi workers would cost double here in Toronto,because construction workers are highly paid,min wage is too high.In Saudis they do not even pay those poor workers properly,buildings have nothing to do with oil.Oil boom will help Alberta,little in Toront,Toronto is diversified focusing on finance, media, retail, telecom,medical,research,fashion,etc.
Yeah, you could take the 77b otherwise known as "The Spadina Bus" but you had to shuffle with the Demons! LOL Spadina Bus... Get it "The Spadina Bus" okay maybe that joke is a little old... or maybe it's just me! Cheers.
We are somewhere just over 2.5 million, 6 million if you count York, Peel, Halton, Durham regions. Must be someone desperate for Toronto to be like New York
I don't know what's up with the argument below about Toronto's population, city proper is 2,615,060 the GTA is 5,583,064 the newer GTHA (metrolinx term) is 6,574,140 and the Inner Golden Horseshoe (closest thing around to a US-CMA) is 8,759,312 people. Was the Stats Canada website really that hard to find. To compare with New York, City proper would equate to Manhatten (sort of), GTA would be the 5 boroughs, GHTA would be metro, and IGH would be the tri-state equivalent.
Manhatten is like downtown Toronto, Etobicoke is also part of Toronto city proper, but Bronx Brooklyn is much much city like or busier than Etobicoke, which is very suburban. For me GTA is a good measure, going for Golden Horseshoe is too far. Jersey city denser than Mississauga Brampton.
Back in the day you could leave your front door open all night!! Today you could leave your front door open all night holding a shotgun ? Times have changed . Great to look at and visit but no thank you!!
