Toronto, Canada

TORONTO

Toronto has an estimated population of just over 2.8 million (2,755,481), which makes it the 4th most populous city in North America and the most populous Great Lakes city. Toronto, which is located on Lake Ontario, is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario.

Population Mix

White: 50.2%
East Asian: 12.7% (10.8% Chinese, 1.4% Korean, 0.5% Japanese)
South Asian: 12.3%
Black: 8.5%
Southeast Asian: 7.0% (5.1% Filipino)
Latin American: 2.8%
West Asian: 2.0%
Arab: 1.1%
Aborginal: 0.7% (0.5% First Nations, 0.2% Metis)
Two or more races: 1.5%
Other race: 1.3%

Population Mix

White: 50.2%
East Asian: 12.7% (10.8% Chinese, 1.4% Korean, 0.5% Japanese)
South Asian: 12.3%
Black: 8.5%
Southeast Asian: 7.0% (5.1% Filipino)
Latin American: 2.8%
West Asian: 2.0%
Arab: 1.1%
Aborginal: 0.7% (0.5% First Nations, 0.2% Metis)
Two or more races: 1.5%
Other race: 1.3%

Given its diverse population, Toronto is home to many ethnic neighborhoods such as Little India, Greektown, Corso Italia, Chinatown and Little Jamaica.

Foreign-born people account for nearly half of the population of Toronto. This gives Toronto the second-highest percentage of foreign-born residents of all world cities after Miami. Unlike Miami, Toronto has no dominant culture or nationality, which also makes it one of the world's most diverse cities. 49% of the city's population belong to a visible minority group (compared to 14% in 1981), and visible minorities are expected to hit a majority of 63% of the Toronto CMA population by 2017.

Eventos Culturales

Debido a la gran cantidad de culturas en Toronto, la ciudad brinda varios festivales durante el año, los cuales son abiertos a todo público y celebran las distintas culturas presentes en Toronto.

El festival mas grande es el Toronto Caribbean Festival, también conocido como Carabana. Hay artistas invitados, vestuarios caribeños como los que se ven en tiempos de carnaval, y comida por doquier.

También esta el festival de Chinatown, al igual que diversos eventos celebrando la presencia de la cultura hispana en la ciudad.

Official Languages:

English and French

Toronto is the most linguistically diverse city in Canada and one of the most diverse in the world. Approximately 200 different languages are spoken here, and 45% of the residents speak a mother tongue other than French or English, according to the 2011 census.

Some of the non-official languages are spoken by large populations. Seven languages have more than 50,000 speakers in the city: Cantonese, Italian, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Mandarin and Portuguese, while 55 others have between 1000 and 50,000 speakers. Other languages are spoken by only a handful of people in Toronto or in some cases a single speaker. Indigenous languages represented here include Ojibway, Inuktitut, Mi’kmaq and Dene.

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