Toronto Overview | An informative introduction to Toronto, Ontario

Toronto is a world-class city! It rivals Chicago as the best lakeside city on the planet. Toronto has been on my list of cities to make a video of for a long time but I wanted to make sure I did this incredible city justice. In this video I will briefly cover Toronto's history, population, skyline as well as a few things that make the city unique. Thanks for watching: Toronto Overview | An informative introduction to Toronto, Ontario.
CORRECTIONS
- I mention University of Pennsylvania as being a public university, which is incorrect. However, the fact that the University of Toronto would be ranked as the third best public university in the US is still true per the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The public university that I should have mentioned is UCLA.
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[@laurabagley5]

I had no idea how fascinating (or beautiful!) Toronto is! Worth the wait for this video 👏🏼👏🏼

[@CityGeek]

Yeah it's an amazing city! Thanks for the comment!

[@DonsaiRoadsOfficial]

Truly one of the greatest cities on earth

[@thefreestylefrEaK]

What's so great about it? Do you live in Toronto?

[@GCubedProductions]

Beautiful city and well done tour of what makes it unique

[@CityGeek]

Thank you!!

[@C-mac_in_the_6ix]

Great video and thanks for doing this. One thing you got wrong was the height of the Skytower. It's going to be 344.9 meters not 308. We have another supertall going up right now called The One which is going to be 328.4. We also have 4 other buildings going up right now all around 300m. 👍👍

[@CityGeek]

Thank you!! And thanks for pointing that out. I'll make a correction in the video description.

[@Coltoid]

I would have included: -The Art Gallery of Ontario -Toronto is a transit city: Union Station, the intact/modern streetcar network, commuter rail, suburban bus, etc. (Half the city doesn’t have a driver’s license) -Cabbagetown (largest intact Victorian neighbourhood in North America), -Also that Toronto has multiple downtowns (Downtown, Yorkville, Midtown, North York, Humber Bay, etc.) -Toronto is the densest urban area in North America (St. James Town and The Entertainment District are currently battling it out for densest neighbourhood in North America). -Also if you go wayyy out to the suburbs, you will notice the new neighbourhoods are extremely dense, this is because The Greater Toronto Area has a Greenbelt around it that limits its suburban sprawl and provincial policy.

[@pauly5418]

As a Toronto resident, I had to check on this. Toronto is the most densely populated URBAN AREA in N.A. As for most densely populated CITY in N.A., that's New York.

[@karihartikainen2147]

no, toronto is dense, because the province recognised Toronto was going to grow after WW2, created Metro a regional government, which had a focus of developing infrastructure along side the lake. Toronto is not dense because of the greenbelt....the belt wasn't even created till 2005.

[@alanwatchesstuff]

@@karihartikainen2147look at the new constructions though, most infrastructure are built in toronto. the green belt (and a dip of immigration) absolutely has effect on the densification of Toronto (and now its own suburbs).

[@thefreestylefrEaK]

@@karihartikainen2147 Toronto is dense because that's where all the economic migrants go looking for handouts.

[@themasterjay7189]

I’ve been recently checkin out the huge construction boom of the city, and my lord there are so many buildings goin up in the city. Toronto has one of the best beautiful Skylines in the entire North American Continent, in my opinion. It’s so cool how much it has changed within the last decade and how unique the skyline has become in its own Canadian Way

[@CityGeek]

Yeah it's a beautiful skyline! It'll be interesting to see how it looks a decade from now. Thanks for the comment!

[@clemlowes9417]

Being from Toronto I can tell you that there are construction cranes everywhere. Construction boom for sure.

[@AbdurRaheem325]

In Canada our CMAs are used to track the urban built up area of a region only unlike American MSAs. The Greater Toronto Area, is only the urban built up area of the broader Greater Golden Horseshoe Region. If you were to do a 1:1 comparison based on that, Toronto’s “metro” population would’ve been 9.8 million in 2021, and is easily well over 10 million now

[@edwardwilcox6606]

I was raised north of Toronto & it was always a real treat for me to be taken to the city. There were many great places to get nice food, everyone was friendly & respectful, this at a time when the Royal York would have been the tallest builing! My family left Canada but I returned for a holiday in 1972 & was very impressed with the development of the down-town area with three new towers ( TD Centre & Montreal Bank tower ) the latter being very tall. There were still great places to see & to eat at particularly all the breakfast places all along Yonge Street, for me the city still had a great vibe that I remembered from the early sixties. While I`ve not been back for over twenty years & witnessed the colossal growth in that time I did visit in the late eighties & was disappointed it had lost some of it`s charm for me. This will be down to it going from small city to huge metropolis so was to be expected. I`ll bet Toronto is still one of the very best cities to live anywhere & I hope it continues to thrive.

[@cFc5ingh]

Been patiently waiting for this video. You did not disappoint. Worldclass city with everything to offer.

[@CityGeek]

Thank you!! That means a lot!

[@zteanalysisofcompanies4497]

I love Toronto, grew up a couple hours away in USA, incredibly youthful skyline but also unique! Great coverage. Id love to see videos on Chicago and Detroit when you have the time to cover!

[@matthewjames206]

Another insightful episode. Beautiful city. I'd love to visit there sometime soon 🍻

[@CityGeek]

Thank you!!

[@WilliamCrew]

Very nice!! I would love to visit this city one day.

[@chuckdavis1323]

I really like this guy's videos! 😊

[@CityGeek]

Thank you!!

[@davidpetersen6694]

Another wonderful addition to your growing Canadian city collection! If I had some ruby red slippers (like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz), I would tap them to transport to Toronto! But they say to wait a few years for the current building boom & skyscraper craze to subside. Another city channel ( the B1M) says there are close a hundred(!?) new buildings slated for construction in the skyscraper district. As you mention this will catapult Toronto ahead of beautiful Chicago. And yes, Chicago is on my MUST visit list as well. Thanks so much for another beautiful video. You are starting to receive some much deserved traffic to your channel. Such high quality does not go unnoticed for long! Bravo! 😎🥇⭐️♥️🏆🏙

[@CityGeek]

Thank you!! Yeah it’s pretty remarkable how many skyscrapers are going up in Toronto. I’m sure the footage I used it outdated at this point. I always appreciate your supportive comments!

[@C-mac_in_the_6ix]

If you wait the skyscraper boom to subside, you'll be waiting forever because there are hundreds more already going through the proposal process. Once the current ones are complete, a whole new crop of others will start.

[@spartanparty3894]

Could you do a video on Washington DC? It's got a really unique history, culture, and look to it with the height restrictions. So much about it is just.... different, but most people just think of it as the place the Government is. Great video as always!

[@CityGeek]

Thank you!! And yes I will do one on Washington D.C. I'll be honest, making a video on D.C. is a little daunting given how unique of a city it is but I'll certainly still make one.

[@spartanparty3894]

@@CityGeekI can totally understand that. I am sure itll be fantastic though.

[@Journeys-travelwithme]

very nicely done and explained😊😊 liked👍👍 subscribed👍👍

[@CityGeek]

Thank you!

[@Journeys-travelwithme]

@@CityGeek👍 thanks for sharing

[@davidpetersen6694]

Hi there. Just a note to say we are Missing your channel for the past 3 weeks! Hope you do a new city soon. Hey, if you want an easy one, try Rochester, New York. So much history and interesting facts packed into this small city. You will love the list of companies that headquarters there. I was amazed. Nice little skyline as well. Anyway, we miss you City Geek! 😀⭐️👍🥇🏙

[@CityGeek]

Thanks for reaching out! It’s been a busy past few weeks with some work trips that have set me back a little but I should be posting a new video in the next few days 😊 And thanks for the recommendation for Rochester!

[@johnboulanger807]

Good video, missed some elements of the city that should be included; distillery district, Berczy Park/Flat Iron Building, Young/Dundas Square, Exhibition Place, Eaton Centre, Boardwalk, Rouge Valley and Brickworks and of course the many distinct neighbourhoods (Kensington Market, Queen west, Chinatown, Yorkville/Hazelton Lanes, The Beaches).

[@fjcrod]

Thanks for the very kind words about my city. I've lived here long enough to see her blossom into what she is today.

[@thefreestylefrEaK]

Half of Toronto can't afford to pay their rent.

[@York22]

One of the world’s greatest cities. I recommend a video on Ottawa

[@Mark-pm9nh]

Awesome overview of T.O. 👍

[@CityGeek]

Thank you!!

[@narru9603]

Toronto is actually a lot bigger than Americans think. Toronto's the 4th largest city in North America, ahead of Chicago (both in terms of city proper and metro populations). Toronto's Greater Golden Horseshoe Area is around 10M+ people, surpassing Chicagoland which is around the same geographic area.

[@Ejs-vy7ez]

Yeah thats false toronto doesn't have a bigger metro than Chicago at all. City property yes metro no

[@narru9603]

US and Canadian metro areas are not easily comparable. Chicago's "metro" is over 28 000 sq km, meanwhile the politically defined borders of the Greater Toronto Area comes to under 6 000 sq km. If you want a more reasonable comparison, Toronto's Greater Golden Horseshoe (around the same size as Chicago's metro) has a 2023 population of 9,765,188 compared to Chicago Metro Area population of 8,937,000. So Yeah- Toronto is bigger BOTH ways.@@Ejs-vy7ez

[@zteanalysisofcompanies4497]

This is an interesting discussion! I would say both cities have a similar density downtown and city proper population and feel! The greater Golden Horseshoe does include a lot of rural areas that the Chicagoland area does not include so I do agree that is an unfair comparison regardless of area. I would say Chicago is still as of 2024 about 2.5 million larger in “urban area” terms (some may argue closer to 3) but that gap is closing rapidly! Urban Chicago was probably 4-5 million larger than urban Toronto just 30 years ago.

[@chuckdavis1323]

P.S your not shallow. Skylines do matter.

[@haihaitraveler]

Well edited film ❤❤❤

[@CityGeek]

Thank you!!

[@davidhughes6048]

Great video. I’d say the ravine system is Toronto’s best feature. One day Toronto will get a professional men’s hockey team.

[@CityGeek]

Thank you!!

[@The_whit3_rav3n]

I’ve been to Calgary, Vancouver, Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon but never been to Montreal or Toronto. It seems nice. I wonder if it is as clean as Calgary or Edmonton? Or is it just too big to keep up.

[@C-mac_in_the_6ix]

If watch youtube videos of people visiting Toronto, you'll hear a common theme. People will say "It's like New York but cleaner". It's because the DT core has an NY vibe to it. Many tourist don't realize after you get out of our DT, it's way more spread out then NY but most tourist don't go to the suburbs.They just stay DT. For a city of it's size it's very clean.

[@richtea87]

2:58 Correction. It’s actually gonna be 344.9m / 1,131 ft tall Great video btw!

[@CityGeek]

Thank you! And thanks for mentioning that, I’ll make a correction in the video description 👍

[@AlecDenston]

I was tryna find your Salt lake city video, what happened to it?

[@Ejs-vy7ez]

Did you ever do one of these videos about Chicago?

[@CityGeek]

No but I definitely will at some point 👍

[@olgareytar5093]

Love Toronto

[@markdmeadows]

The University of Pennsylvania is not public, not sure what source you used for university rankings...

[@CityGeek]

Shoot, yeah I made a mistake there. I was looking at the Times Higher Education World Rankings where Toronto is ranked as the third best public university on the continent, I just made the mistake of saying it was ranked behind UPenn instead of UCLA. I just made mention of that mistake in my video description so I appreciate you pointing that out!

[@gdornelas77]

I wanna see a overview of Austin and Boston

[@CityGeek]

Thanks for the suggestions! I’ll actually be in Austin for work this week so I’m sure I’ll make on video on it soon

[@dankenk]

Toronto’s climate is one of the most ideal in the world in my opinion.

[@HoracetheRepublican]

oh canada tornoto!

[@DW-xt7vz]

Great job covering the city. It really isn’t that interesting of a place but you have it a great effort.

[@C-mac_in_the_6ix]

I love when people like you make comments like this when it's obviously done out of jealousy,

[@karihartikainen2147]

no, the city did not start at the Humber. The city started east, along the DON river. NOT THE HUMBER.

[@thefreestylefrEaK]

Real rich coming from a video creator who I'll bet never lived in Toronto.

[@tonyde52]

Why Tur ANNO ? not Tor ON to ?

[@preneed650]

The second t is silent so he pronounced it correctly

[@williammoore27]

Toronto can include NFL & WNBA expansion teams, entertainment, education, all the massive skyscrapers and so much more!🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁

[@C-mac_in_the_6ix]

Your not going to see an NFL team in this during our lifetime.

[@alanwatchesstuff]

best thing about Toronto is there arent any tourist scams. The city is, compared to other cities of its size, really safe.

[@KRIPSYNODUTS]

Toronto downtown skyline is just like any other 30 year old north American city and its ok ok, but what i really blown away in my recent visit is the skyscraper boom in the GTA all together , especially Scarborough. Skyscrapers are popping up everywhere like in Dubai. I cant even even imagine how the GTA will look like in 10-15 years, its not even include the Mississauga as its outside GTA and its a league of its own.

[@CityGeek]

Yeah it's pretty remarkable how much that whole metro area is growing!

[@ThePimps12]

Please do a Winnipeg city overview. Canada’s most underrated city!

[@stevieb4141]

As someone from Canada, I apologize for Toronto. I know you don't understand why, but trust me. Us as Canadians are sorry.

[@nicholasyoung9758]

First class is a better phrase, the world is a mess: you don't want to be "world class"! And yes, it's pronounced "leftenant"governor.

[@dankenk]

0:07 “rivals Chicago as the best lakeside metropolis”?? Chicago is may be impressive but the crime rate there… oh gees.

[@KinitopetVR10]

IS THE RED MOVIE FOR DISNEY IN 2002!!!!!!!!!!! lejfowishoehqheiwipfhffuhfeejxljje

[@user-mrfrog]

Montréal's RÉSO (underground city) is the world's largest, being 32 km long, 2 km longer than Toronto's PATH!

[@JohnC-pt1iw]

Toronto mighty city. Try living in it and you will see indifferences between classes. Gutsy city

[@thebabbler8867]

03:58 "Arguably"? He made Toronto; most people didn't even know Toronto existed until Drake coined the term "The Six".

[@C-mac_in_the_6ix]

Maybe in your uneducated ignorant ass mind, but there's a lot more to Toronto then Drake.

[@charbelsayegh16]

North american cities are the best

[@thefreestylefrEaK]

I was born in Toronto in the early '70's. Glad I left in 2015. It's turned into a woke, overpriced, unaffordable city to live in. And quite frankly it's quite boring and cold for such a large city.

[@user-iw4jl6bc8h]

overrated city . 3rd worst trafic city in the world in 2023 by Tom Tom traffic index, Pollution, homeless, crimes , boring night life, old noisy subway with crimes .... Toronto has no soul and boring night life .

[@C-mac_in_the_6ix]

Anyone who thinks Toronto has no nightlife is a just a loser with no friends that doesn't know how to figure it out. The worst kept secret is NBA players love coming to Toronto for the night life.

[@C-mac_in_the_6ix]

Another person that has no clue what they are talking about. Literally has one of the best night life in North America. NBA teams love coming here cause they party it up.

[@Mattattak]

Been there twice and this city is so overrated. I was so bored.

[@C-mac_in_the_6ix]

I love when people like you make comments like this. So name another city in North America that you didn't get bored in.

[@Mattattak]

@@C-mac_in_the_6ix New York, Chicago, New Orleans, Boston, Washington DC, Vancouver, Montreal

[@C-mac_in_the_6ix]

@@Mattattak yeah, all those cities are soooo much better then the 6ix...lol. I've been to all those cities, and with the exception of new york, non come even come close to the 6ix in any aspect. The only other city in the U. S that might be more interesting is Miami because of the weather and hot girls on the beaches. Other then that, no city comes even close to the 6ix

[@C-mac_in_the_6ix]

@@Mattattak Your basically just a loser that doesn't know to entertain yourself in one of the best cities on the planet. congrats

[@C-mac_in_the_6ix]

@@Mattattak you legit have to be a complete loser that doesn't know how to use the internet if you get bored in Toronto. We have the best strip clubs, amazing restaurants, a million night clubs, museums, architecture, sports, festivals like caribbanna, and TIFF which are two of the biggest festivals in the world in regards to the resepctive industries, Hockey Hall of Fame, I mean what kind of moron are you??

[@JGB1990]

I love your content, but there’s no positive spin that will make me like Toronto. I’ve spent a lot of time there over the last couple decades. Increasing crime, completely unaffordable, and some of the most unfriendly, uptight people you will ever meet. Top that off with no real sense of community or culture.. And it’s run by far-left extremists. You couldn’t pay me to live there.

[@C-mac_in_the_6ix]

There's no spinning needed to make you like Toronto. You don't have to. The MILLIONS of people that love the city outweigh the few that don't like it.

[@realfalardeau]

Toronto is a beautiful American city. However I prefer Canadian cities. Have you noticed everything is compared to American cities..... sad!

[@sarahchan5604]

Toronto is a Canadian city