According to Sir Peter Ustinov (1987) Toronto is administered by the Suisse, like New York. In fact, the Canadian metropolis is save, structured and clean and its inhabitants come from all over the world,like in New York.
Originally, the English used Toronto as a site for fur- trade with the Indians of the backland. Until the1850ies the city was called "York", only in the 1950ies it developed towards a metropolis.In the 1980ies many enterprises located their business in the city. That is how Toronto became the city with the highest population density and strongest economy of Canada. Many different immigration ethnies with their shops and cultural institutions became significant for the cityscape. Official administrational languages are English and French, but in the streets of Toronto you hear Spanish and Mandarin, Russian and Arabique. According to the city there are about 100 different languages represented.
More than 50% of the inhabitants were not born in Toronto. People are proud of their open-minded,tolerant and social society, which could be a role model for the US- Americans, according to many Canadians. Sir Peter Ustinov, however,revised his judgement five years later: "I have realized that Toronto is governed by the Canadians in fact."
