Toronto is the largest city of Canada, commonly considered as an economic and cultural capital of the country (it is a must to remember that the actual Canadian capital, Ottawa, is approximately two times smaller. There are main industrial and financial centers as well as the most important cultural institutions in the country. Toronto is inhabited by over 2,5 million people, whereas Toronto agglomeration has a population of as many as 6 million people. The city’s population represents over 150 nations and for that reason in 2001 the United Nations granted Toronto the title of the most multicultural city of the world.
