Toronto

"York is just emerging from the woods, but bids fair to be a flourishing town."

"Toronto feels especially unsafe for Jews. There's been regular news about targeted assault, arson, bomb threats and the blockade of a Jewish neighbourhood. But is it actually worse here than elsewhere? Let's look at the data..."

"Houses of ill-fame in Toronto? Certainly not. The whole city is an immense house of ill fame."

"It is not squalid like Birmingham, or cramped like Canton, or scattered like Edmonton, or sham like Berlin, or hellish like New York, or tiresome like Nice. It is all right. The only depressing thing is that it will always be what it is, only larger, and that no Canadian city can ever be anything better or different. If they are good they may become Toronto."

"I found Toronto an immensely likeable city, spacious and gentle and slightly dignified, but in a low-key, friendly way. The only people who didn’t seem to think much of it were its inhabitants, who could hardly wait for you to ask directions, because that gave them the perfect opportunity to apologise for it. What they were apologising for I never understood."

"Toronto as a city carries out the idea of Canada as a country. It is a calculated crime against the aspirations of the soul and the affection of the heart."

"Indeed I have always found that the only thing in regard to Toronto which faraway people know for certain is that McGill University is in it."

"I used to think that it was way too cold 'Til I went to Canada and saw some beautiful hoes. Now I hit the Caribana every year in Toronto,Then fly to Illinois to get a taste of Chicago."

"The foreign laborers described incidents of false promises, which included documentation, quality of housing, their work hours, and their pay. They also described living in deplorable conditions with dozens of people sleeping on mattresses on the floor, a lack of food, a lack of privacy and bug infestations"

"Could we expect Canada to compete with European cultures that have existed for centuries? Their history is literally carved into their cities. Toronto will often claim it’s a world-class city. Paris simply claims it is Paris."

"Last night I Had a dream about Toronto. I was on my bicycle, cruising about in front of the old house. And, as usual in my dreams, I was a little girl again. A little girl in Toronto, with long golden curls."

"Parish's observant father had once commented to her that Toronto was a city of straight streets and square corners built by Scottish bankers to make money - not to look at the beautiful lake or the wonderful valleys and forests. He was mostly right, but Bay was a rare exception to the city's linear grid."

"I could put you in the condo All the way up in Toronto; Baby, put you in the fur coat Riding the Murciélago."

"Despite recent progress, urban growth continues to put pressure on local biodiversity. The number of people using the city’s natural system is increasing; invasive species are displacing native plants and animals; and a changing climate is affecting the life cycles of many species and negatively impacting the ability of our natural areas to provide ecosystem services."