“I like B.C. because it’s so beautiful, but I think Toronto’s the greatest place because every corner of the world is here.” ~ Rupi Kaur
“The city had been built by people from innumerable elsewheres. It was a chaos of cultures ordered only by its long streets. It belonged to no one and never would, or maybe it was a million cities in one, unique to each of its inhabitants, belonging to whoever walked its streets.” ~ André Alexis
“If people ask me, ‘What do you think could improve in Toronto dining,’ I’d say there’s nothing to improve on.” ~ David Chang
“Toronto is a special city, and the environment is perfect for the arts; free and alive. I’m a New Yorker, and Toronto reminds me of a much cleaner New York, so it’s like coming home after your mom just cleaned your room for you; for me that’s a lovely environment.” ~ Emory Cohen
“A lot of people don’t know this, but Toronto is probably the most multicultural city in North America.” ~ Stephen Amell
“I love Toronto. I love it. I love Toronto. I love Canada. I can’t wait to get back. Can’t wait to have some Timbits.” ~ Aisha Tyler
“The fact that over 50% of the residents of Toronto are not from Canada, that is always a good thing, creatively, and for food especially. That is easily a city’s biggest strength, and it is Toronto’s unique strength.” ~ Anthony Bourdain
“Toronto is home; nothing beats home.” ~ Ellen Wong
“I’m just this kid from Toronto who got his start. ~ Hayden Christensen
“I love Toronto, It’s the best city.” ~ Jacqueline MacInnes Wood
“Kensington Market is a must visit place in Toronto.” ~ Mary Elizabeth Winstead
“Toronto is a very multicultural city, a place of immigrants, like my parents.” ~ Melanie Fiona
“I am in Toronto, shooting a movie for NBC.” ~ Paula Abdul
“I always tell people that if I move anywhere it would be Toronto.” ~ Kendrick Lamar
“If Harvard is $60,000 and University of Toronto, where I went to school, is maybe six. So you’re really telling me that education is 10 times better at Harvard than it is at University of Toronto? That seems ridiculous to me.” ~ Malcolm Gladwell
“Say ‘Toronto’ or ‘Ontario,’ and the immediate thought associations are with a somewhat blander version of North America: a United States with a welfare regime and a more polite street etiquette, and the additionally reassuring visage of Queen Elizabeth on the currency.” ~ Christopher Hitchens
“I was born in the Ottawa General Hospital right after the Gray Cup Football Game in 1939. Six months later, I was backpacked into the Quebec bush. I grew up in and out of the bush, in and out of Ottawa, Sault Ste. Marie and Toronto.” ~ Margaret Atwood
“Toronto girls are super interested in skincare, which is actually kind of unique. Because in New York, the girls seem to be mostly interested in makeup.” ~ Emily Weiss
“When I think of myself, I think of Toronto. My music would never sound the way it does if it weren’t for Toronto.” ~ Drake
“I personally want to be in Toronto.” ~ Kyle Lowry
“The advantage of playing in Toronto is not playing for one city, you’re playing for a country.” ~ Kyle Lowry
“It’s easy for me to care about Toronto, because Toronto is a community that cares about itself. It represents the world. It talks to itself, and because it does, it figures out that there must be a music garden as part of its existence.” ~ Yo-Yo Ma
“Canada has this really cool way – specifically Toronto – of encouraging you to wave both flags: if you’ve been born there, like, wave your flag and then wave your parent’s flag, too, and be proud of it.” ~ Jessie Reyez
I remember being in the States a few years ago, and when I said I was from Toronto, it doesn’t really make a difference. Now you say you’re from Toronto, and people want to talk to you a little longer.” ~ Jessie Reyez
“From when I was born to when I was 21, I never left Toronto. That’s why I’m such a city cat.” ~ The Weeknd
“I have very happy memories of fairy tales. My mother used to take me to the library in Toronto to check out the fairy tales. And she was an actress, so she used to act out for me the different characters in all these fairy tales.” ~ Mike Myers
“I don’t have a problem with anybody in Toronto.” ~ Tory Lanez
“This is a tastemaker town. I feel people have always said if you can make it in New York you can make it anywhere but I truly believe that applies to Toronto as well.” ~ Mark Wahlberg
“I always think if you can judge a city by their film crews which I normally do, then Toronto’s an amazing place.” ~ Daniel Radcliffe
“I love Toronto. It’s a real melting pot in every sense of the word. There’s all sorts of different people everywhere you go. There’s all sorts of great music, great restaurants and great night spots.” ~ Prince
“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.” ~ Aleister Crowley
“Toronto is a big, sophisticated city and multi-ethnic, and people love coffee here.” ~ John Williams
“Toronto is a very multicultural city, a place of immigrants, like my parents.” ~ Melanie Fiona
“Toronto is amazing; it’s one of my favourite cities to visit. Toronto and Montreal are just super dope places.” ~ G-Eazy
“In Toronto, the Maple Leaf emblem is as strong as the New York Yankees.” ~ Alan Adams
“I travel the world, and I can see in Toronto the cooking is very personal. These people cook with their hearts.” ~ Alain Ducasse
“Personally, I love Toronto.” ~ Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
“My apartment is the equivalent of one room in my Toronto home. Now I understand why New Yorkers are on the streets at all hours. People don’t want to stay inside for fear they’ll go crazy.” ~ Samantha Bee
“With the fans and the Toronto Maple Leafs organization, the way I’ve been treated here has been awesome.” ~ Mats Sundin
“I was fortunate to find an extraordinary mathematics and applied mathematics program in Toronto.” ~ Walter Kohn
“I was born in Toronto and studied with the National Ballet of Canada. I went to school to study dance, slept on the floor, ate nothing, waitressed – and then there was a Mary J. Blige audition.” ~ Laurieann Gibson
“I love that Toronto is demonstrating that a big, highly diverse, multicultural city can actually work and work well, if its residents have the attitude of Torontonians.” ~ Roger Martin
“The best part was the food. There are some great Italian restaurants we go to whenever we are in Toronto, so the eating was a definite highlight.” ~ Mary-Kate Olsen
“It’s tricky to be such an independent person, from Canada. It doesn’t matter how incredible your work is, if you’re an unknown person and you’re from Toronto, people’s eyes glaze over immediately as soon as you introduce yourself.” ~ Shary Boyle
“Toronto is hard to capture in a few strokes.” ~ Michael Helm
“If you’ve only got one day to live, come see the Toronto Maple Leafs. It’ll seem like forever.” ~ Pat LaFontaine
“I didn’t realize Toronto was so beautiful. Everywhere you go you see beautiful architecture.” ~ Kevin Costner
“The single greatest moment of my life happened in Toronto, Canada!” ~ Randy Orton
“In a sense Toronto feels like home to me.” ~ Keir Dullea
“Toronto is a city that has yet to fall in love with itself …” ~ Pier Giorgio Di Cicco