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  Koreatown, Toronto - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada's Korean Business Area, known more generally as Koreatown (or Korea Town), is centred along Bloor Street between Christie and Bathurst Streets.
Also known as "Little Korea", Koreatown came into prominence during the summer of 2002 as the Korean team surprised everyone by playing into the semi-final round in the 2002 World Cup tournament.
Indeed, Toronto has the largest single concentration of Koreans in Canada, with over 15,000 living in the Greater Toronto Area, according to the 1996 Census.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Koreatown%2C_Toronto   (199 words)

  
  Koreatown
Although not officially titled a Koreatown, it is considered the "Korean Town" of the Washington, DC metropolitan area, and hosts the third highest number of Korean Americans in the United States after Los Angeles and New York City.
The Koreatown is located near Interstate Highway 35, centering on the intersection of Royal Lane and Harry Hines Blvd. This area in the northwest part of the city is characterized by a large number of Korean-owned businesses serving the city's sizeable Korean American community.
Koreatown, also known as Wilshire Center (and including neighborhoods formerly known as Harvard Heights and Pico Heights), is an officially recognized district of the city.
www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Koreatown   (1737 words)

  
 Koreatown - Definition, explanation
Koreatown is a term to describe the Koreann ethnic enclave within a city or metropolitan area.
Toronto's primary Korea Town is located on Bloor Street, roughly between Bathurst and Christie Streets.
Koreatown, also known as Wilshire Center (and including neighborhoods formerly known as Harvard Heights and Pico Heights), is a district of the city.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/k/ko/koreatown.php   (871 words)

  
 Toronto, Ontario:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Toronto is at the heart of the Greater Toronto Area, and is part of a densely-populated region in south-central Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe.
Toronto's climate is moderated by its southerly location within Canada and its proximity to Lake Ontario; its climate is among the mildest of any place in Canada east of the Rocky Mountain range.
Toronto winters are usually accompanied by several usually brief cold snaps where maximum temperatures only reach the -10 °C (14 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F) range, often made to feel colder by a strong to severe windchill.
winelib.com /wiki/Toronto,_Ontario   (2618 words)

  
 Toronto Districts & Neighbourhoods: Districts & Neighbourhoods in Toronto, Ontario
Toronto Districts & Neighbourhoods: Districts & Neighbourhoods in Toronto, Ontario
Toronto's only walking district, the centre also offers distillery tours and segway, a sophisticated shopping district with interesting boutiques, a microbrewery and a chocolate micro factory.
Toronto's Entertainment District refers to the area in downtown Toronto that encompases the CN Tower, CHUM City Building, Rogers Centre (SkyDome), the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, and the Royal Alexandra and Princess of Whales theatres.
www.toronto.worldweb.com /SightsAttractions/DistrictsNeighbourhoods   (1027 words)

  
 Maps of Toronto - JohoMaps
Toronto is a global city, exerting significant regional, national, and international influence, and is one of the world's most multicultural and ethnically diverse cities: 41% of the population was born outside of Canada.
Toronto is Canada's financial centre and economic engine, as well as one of the country's most important cultural, art, and health sciences centres.
The economic growth of Toronto was greatly stimulated by the development of the auto industry and of large mineral resources in its hinterland, and by the completion in 1959 of the St. Lawrence Seaway which allowed ships access to the Great Lakes from the Atlantic Ocean.
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 Life @ Toronto
Toronto is commonly known as an open-minded city that welcomes all visitors.
Toronto is at the same latitude as Cannes on the sunny Riviera and just slightly — one degree — north of Boston.
In fact, Lake Ontario serves to moderate Toronto's weather to the point that its climate is one of the mildest in Canada.
www.astro.utoronto.ca /Graduate/TorontoLife.html   (444 words)

  
 Koreatown, Toronto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Toronto, Ontario, Canada's Korean Business Area, known more generally as Koreatown (or Korea Town), is centred along Bloor Street between Christie and Bathurst Streets.
Indeed, Toronto has the largest single concentration of Koreans in Canada with almost 30,000 living in the city, according to the 2001 Census.
The new Koreatown is comprised of retail stores and family restaurants catering to younger Koreans and those living in the north part of the City of Toronto and York Region.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Koreatown,_Toronto   (342 words)

  
 Toronto travel guide - Wikitravel
Toronto [1] is the largest city in Canada, and 5th largest in North America with a population of 2.6 millon and a metropolitan population of nearly 6 million.
Toronto Islands - A chain of islands in Toronto harbour and home to a small residential community, an airport, miles of bike trails, picnic grounds and a clothing-optional beach.
Toronto rivals San Francisco as the LGBT capital of North America, with the Pride festival, usually the last week in June with the parade on Sunday, draws tourists from all over the world as the streets fill with proud LGBT people (and others enjoying the party).
wikitravel.org /en/Toronto   (5607 words)

  
 Koreatown   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Koreatown is a term to describe the Koreansn List of named ethnic enclaves in North American cities within a city or metropolitan area.
Koreatown, Osaka The Korean enclave in the city of Osaka, numbering over 90,000, is by far the largest in Japan, concentrated in the Ikuno Ward, where 25% of the inhabitans are of Korean origin.
Koreatown, Los Angeles, California Founded in the 1970s, the area known as Koreatown in the city of Los Angeles, California acquired its name from the prevalence of Korean-owned businesses that form the landscape.
read-and-go.hopto.org /Koreatowns/Koreatown.html   (766 words)

  
 Toronto Travel Guide | Fodor's Online
Toronto is like New York, as run by the Swiss," actor Peter Ustinov is rumored to have said.
Toronto is also the home of Canada's largest gay and lesbian community.
Toronto is also a city filled with boutiques, restaurants, and cafés, and of course there are plenty of shops -- above ground and on the PATH, Toronto's underground city -- an 11-km-long (7-mi-long) subterranean walkway lined with eateries, shops, banks, and medical offices.
www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=toronto@157   (856 words)

  
 Greg's Gallery :: I'm Korean   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
With the time difference between Toronto and South Korea and Japan, where the World Cup Soccer matches are being played, the games were completed in the early hours of this morning.
Of all the streets in Toronto that represent different countries and their people, the South Koreans seemed to outparty them all...
This is one of the main intersections in Toronto's KoreaTown.
gregsgallery.tyo.ca /korean   (528 words)

  
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One-third of Toronto's Chinese community now lives in Scarborough, and in the last two decades Chinese commercial entrepreneurs have targeted this area, building distinctively Chinese plazas and malls, so that the white population has begun to complain about the disturbance of their once quiet residential community.
Another feature shared with Toronto is the fact that the Koreatown fronts a fairly major east-west road, and proclaims its identity by the use of Hangul signs and Korean cultural symbols.
To take the example of Toronto again, the Japanese population there has never concentrated in one residential area, but it is served by 14 religious centres, has two schools, four newspapers, and radio and television programmes, as well as more than 30 organizations and clubs.
www.asjapan.org /Lectures/1995/Lecture/lecture-1995-10.htm   (1477 words)

  
 Koreatown
Koreatown is a term to describe the Korean ethnic enclave within a city or metropolitan area.
Although not officially titled a Koreatown, it is considered the "Korean Town" of the Washington, DC metropolitan area, which hosts the third highest number of Korean Americans in the United States after Los Angeles and New York City.
Today, Koreatown still houses many Korean businesses, shops, and restaurants during the day although as Koreans have grown more affluent many Koreans have moved to various suburban communities outside Koreatown to live.
www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Koreatown   (2675 words)

  
 List of neighbourhoods in Toronto - WikidToronto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada is called "the city of neighbourhoods" because of the strength and vitality of its many communities.
The area known as Toronto before the amalgamation is sometimes called the "old" City of Toronto, the Central District or simply "Downtown".
The Old City of Toronto refers to the City of Toronto and its boundaries from 1967 to 1997.
www.wikidtoronto.com /List_of_neighbourhoods_in_Toronto   (530 words)

  
 Going to Toronto? Electrical Apparatus - Find Articles
While Toronto is no Las Vegas, the big discount store Hones Ed's boasts a 200-foot long electric sign with 23,000 flashing bulbs, the largest retail light display in Canada and perhaps the world.
He is the owner of Toronto's two world-class theaters, the Royal Alexandra and the Princess of Wales on King Street West, which features top plays and musicals from London, Broadway, and around the globe.
The theater district is in the heart of downtown Toronto where many of the city's major events and attractions are held.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3726/is_199905/ai_n8849975   (805 words)

  
 boldts.net - Toronto
Toronto is the largest and most important city in Canada and possibly the most cosmopolitan city in North America.
She has little respect for the downtown after dealing with the rush-hour crowds - often having to wait on the subway platform letting three or four trains pass before finding one with room.
Toronto, like most of southern Ontario, is unlike much of the rest of Canada.
www.boldts.net /Toronto.shtml   (514 words)

  
 One Canuck's Radio Weblog
A Novice Paddles to Her Heritage: "THEORETICALLY, it is possible to travel from one end of Canada to the other by canoe, with the longest detour on land a scant 12 miles.
Amid Prosperity, Toronto Shows Signs of Fraying: "A shantytown is swelling on the shores of Lake Ontario, practically in the shadow of Canada's richest banks.
Toronto's Koreatown pumped up over World Cup win 'The huge crowd from Ontario's 100,000-strong Korean community blocked an intersection as Korean-Canadian store owners, some with their faces painted with the Korean flag, stood outside their stores screaming in celebration.'
radio.weblogs.com /0102095/categories/canuck/2002/06/24.html   (481 words)

  
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The average temperature in Toronto during October, is 50°F and 10°C. October is at the end of Fall and the beginning of Winter.
Toronto is located at the same latitude as northern California (remember that the next time it snows in California)
Toronto has the largest gay population in Canada and Pride Week in Toronto is one of the three largest Pride events in the world, along with New York City and Sydney, Australia
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 globeandmail.com
The distance from the tough neighbourhoods around Lansdowne Street in the west, to the institutional ghetto of downtown Toronto near Yonge Street, is a measure of the range of what it means to be a new Canadian in the 21st century.
Koreatown is concentrated further east, where almost every other store between Christie and Bathurst is an Internet café — the new variety stores of Toronto.
The dynamics that created Toronto's Koreatown are much the same as those behind immigrant ghettoes the world over.
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 Toronto travel guide introduction - Time Out Travel
Toronto's burgeoning self-confidence is being dramatically illustrated with an unprecedented burst of major new cultural construction projects, featuring some of the world's most acclaimed architects.
The Toronto-raised Frank Gehry is currently applying his magical touch to a revamped Art Gallery of Ontario (317 Dundas Street West, +14169796648, www.ago.net), while Daniel Libeskind's radical 'crystal' addition to the Royal Ontario Museum (100 Queen's Park, +14165868000, www.rom.on.ca) is due to be unveiled in 2006.
Toronto Lynx give professional soccer a kick at suburban Centennial Park and the Toronto Rock, the city's most successful pro sports team in recent years, hammer away at the centuries-old native sport of lacrosse, also at the ACC.
www.timeout.com /travel/toronto/intro   (929 words)

  
 VIA Rail Canada / Toronto vacation information
Travel in Canada must include at least one visit to Toronto, a multicultural, bustling and dynamic city that rightly deserves to be called a metropolis.
Toronto is also sought after for its luxury stores.
Trips to Toronto should also include a visit to Ontario Place or the Skydome, and a chance to admire the sunset from the top of the CN tower, the world's tallest free-standing structure.
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 Neighbourhood Shopping Guide
One of Toronto 's newer ethnic neighbourhoods, Koreatown is relatively contained and remarkably distinct in its flavour and attitude.
Clinton 's Tavern is a popular spot for folks from all around Toronto for live comedy and music in the back room, large screen televisions for hockey games in the front bar, an inexpensive pub grub menu, downstairs internet lounge and upstairs private karaoke rooms.
Perhaps second only to Chinatown in its close approximation to a city within a city, Toronto 's Portugese Village is so authentic as to be almost alien to a casual passerby, and is an excellent example of what makes Toronto so unique on the world stage of metropolises.
www.canadaplus.ca /portal/feature/60084/3.jsp   (1016 words)

  
 Don McKellar Online | words - Print Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
They had dinner at a tiny restaurant in Toronto's Koreatown called Il Bun Ji, which, roughly translated, means Itchy Bun.
McKellar said he was leery of the role because he thought the character he would play, Conrad, the manager of a massage parlour, was a little too villainous.
Stanulis says that he and Lyu, 32, were indefatigable and shameless in their solicitation of McKellar because they knew his acting style, which incorporates a lot of physical comedy, would bring a levity to the script that they felt it needed.
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After you’ve finished shopping, you’ll be ready to experience Koreatown’s biggest draw – the karaoke.
Spend an evening here, and Koreatown will treat you to a flourishing community filled with fun, inspiration…and musical accompaniment.
For those who prefer to build their own adventures, start here with great rates on Toronto accommodations.
www.torontotourism.com /Inspiration/InspirationNeighbourhoods/Koreatown.htm   (394 words)

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