Toronto

Toronto, striated by rivers, tributaries and plunging ravines, is Canada’s largest city and financial hub. Dramatic vistas provided by the sparkling waters of Lake Ontario coupled with the city’s startling terrain, provide a constant source of inspiration to Toronto’s residents.

Passionate about performing arts, the city hosts no fewer than fifty ballet and dance companies, six opera companies, two symphony orchestras and a host of theatres. The city also boasts a thriving local and foreign film industry and Toronto’s international film festival is esteemed the world-over.

Pockets of pedestrian areas throughout Toronto make it an accessible and approachable city. The Distillery District is perhaps its most famous; numerous, restaurants, and shops are ensconced within heritage Victorian-era buildings-the largest collection in North America.

Not only is it a pleasant city to explore ‘a pied’, Toronto is one of the few North American cities where you could feasibly opt out of owning a car altogether. The city boasts the third-largest mass transit system in North America. In a bid to pare down its carbon footprint – and to clear the air – Toronto recently introduced hybrid-electrics buses, underscoring its reputation as a progressive city.

Business centric, boldly creative, and big on partying, Toronto is also home to one of North America’s biggest street parties, the Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival, and one the world’s biggest LGBT pride festivals.

Toronto’s work hard, play hard ethic is buoyed by a backdrop that is at once stunning and serene, making Toronto one of the easiest cities in which to nail down that elusive work-life balance.