| The City of Toronto, situated in Ontario
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| | that are the life-blood of the Toronto
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| Canada is the 5th most populous
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| | economy. The Metropolitan Toronto Area
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| municipality in North America behind
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| | continues to be attractive to immigrants
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| Mexico City, New York City, Los Angeles
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| | due to its vast immigrant population,
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| and Chicago. Toronto is part of the
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| | large job market, and an abundance of
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| Greater Toronto Area (GTA), which has a
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| | services for the newly arrived immigrant,
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| population of almost 6 million and is one
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| | delivered by all three levels of
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| of the fastest growing urban areas in
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| | government.
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| North America. Toronto is Canada's top
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| | Immigration to Toronto Canada has also
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| financial, economic, medical and cultural
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| | affected this city culturally by turning
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| centre. In addition, it has been named
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| | it from a quaint, provincial backwater,
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| one of the World's most livable cities by
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| | primarily white and English speaking into
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| The Economist. In 2004, the United
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| | one of the most multicultural and
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| Nations Development Program ranked
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| | ethically diverse cities in the world. It
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| Toronto, second, behind Miami, in its
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| | is estimated that about 44% of Toronto's
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| "List of World Cities with the Largest
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| | population in 2001 was born outside
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| Percentage of Foreign-born Population".
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| | Canada. This type of world-wide
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| Although Miami had the higher
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| | immigration to Toronto has made it
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| foreign-born population (mostly Hispanic
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| | extremely diverse with over 100 different
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| and Haitian), Toronto's foreign-born
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| | languages and dialects spoken in the
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| population is significantly more diverse.
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| | city. For this reason, the City of
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| Toronto also ranked ahead of Los Angeles,
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| | Toronto includes a large number of ethnic
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| Vancouver, New York, Singapore, and
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| | areas. The wonderful cultural mosaics
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| Sydney for having a higher immigrant
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| | that reside in Toronto are an ethnic
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| population. Toronto Canada's immigrants,
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| | delight and attract hundreds of thousands
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| past and present, shape and define all
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| | of visitors to the city for the diversity
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| that the city has become more than any
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| | of cultural attractions, art, shopping
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| other factor.
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| | and cuisine. Tourism is now one of
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| Every year, roughly 260,000 new
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| | Toronto's the most important industries,
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| immigrants come to Canada and
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| | providing huge revenues and jobs.
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| approximately 30% choose to settle in the
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| | Immigration to Toronto has helped define
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| Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Toronto
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| | the city and make it a more interesting
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| immigration is huge and it is immensely
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| | place to live and visit. Toronto has set
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| important to the city, as well as the
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| | it apart from other world cities because
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| province and the country, both
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| | it brings with it diversity of race,
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| economically and culturally.
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| | religion and lifestyle. Toronto Canada's
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| Immigration to Toronto enhances the
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| | immigrants are, in fact, what makes
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| community economically by providing a
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| | Toronto a special place on the world
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| much-needed workforce, and immigrant
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| | stage.
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| entrepreneurs have also created new jobs
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