Toronto a à la fois l’actif et le passif qui caractérisent la plus grande ville du Canada. Du côté des actifs, il y a une économie diversifiée, avec des clusters clés dans la finance, les médias, les TIC et la production cinématographique, et le succès comme aimant pour les immigrants qui en ont fait l’une des villes les plus multiculturelles du monde. Les principaux transporteurs offrent une large bande de haute qualité à 100% des résidents, et ses cinq grandes universités et collèges ont attiré 400 000 étudiants et ont contribué à faire en sorte que Toronto compte plus de résidents ayant un diplôme de premier cycle que Londres.
Improving the Urban Experience
On the liability side are the highest cost of living in Canada and transportation gridlock that gives residents of the Greater Toronto Area the world’s longest average commute times. These factors have contributed to the success of suburbs in attracting new and existing businesses, making once-sleepy cities like Mississauga into business hubs in their own right. To reverse this trend, Toronto is doubling down on the value of a dense, superbly equipped and culturally rich urban experience. The centerpiece is Waterfront Toronto, North America’s largest urban renewal project, which is revitalizing 800 hectares of brownfield shoreline with 40,000 residential units, parks and one million square meters of commercial space designed to the highest environmental standards. Offering 1 Gbps fiber-based broadband– provided at no cost to the 10% of housing set aside for low-income residents – the Waterfront is expected to offer a home to 40,000 new jobs focused on knowledge industries. Early commercial tenants include the Corus Entertainment and the George Brown College Health Sciences campus.
Future on the Waterfront
Though impressive in size and scale, the Waterfront is only the most visible of many public-private collaborations through which the city is pursuing an ICT-powered future. The MaRS Discovery District supplies housing, incubation, acceleration and investment services to hundreds of early stage portfolio companies downtown, while the Ryerson University Digital Media Zone gives entrepreneurs space and services to move great ideas to initial commercial success. The Centre for Social Innovation does the same for social innovators and its successful model has led to operations across four locations in two countries. Toronto’s libraries offer computers and training to tens of thousands, while outreach programs equip families with inexpensive IT, connectivity and training. With C$2 billion planned for transportation investment over the next 25 years, Toronto is preparing the physical, human and digital infrastructure for continued success.
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Population: 2,791,140
Labor Force: 1,423,270
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