8^th Global Entrepreneurship & Business Management Summit February 28-01, 2022 Toronto, Canada

Toronto is Canada’s largest city, the fourth largest in North America, and home to a diverse population of about 2.8 million people. It’s a global centre for business, finance, arts and culture and is consistently ranked one of the world’s most liveable cities. Toronto - the name derived from the Huron word for “fishing weir” - is on the northwest shore of Lake Ontario at Latitude 43 39 N, Longitude 79 23 W. Located on a broad sloping plateau cut by numerous river valleys, Toronto covers 641 sq.km. And stretches 43 km from east to west and 21 km from north to south at its longest points. The perimeter is approximately 180 km. Over 140 languages and dialects are spoken here, and just over 30 per cent of Toronto residents speak a language other than English or French at home. Toronto’s unmatched diversity shines through in its countless arts and entertainment opportunities. As the nation’s cultural heartland, Toronto hosts international audiences at a wide variety of arts and sporting events in world class facilities. It is the leading tourism destination in Canada, attracting more than 25 million Canadian, American and international visitors annually (Tourism Toronto, 2012). Toronto is the third-largest screen based Production centre in North America with over $1 billion spent on film and television productions shot in Toronto each year. To find out more about Toronto’s film industry and to see what productions are filming on City streets? Culture animates a city. Ambitious and alive, Toronto is continuously shaped and reshaped by the creative forces at work. This is what creates a sense of place and a feeling of belonging and it is what makes the city so attractive to visitors, citizens and to the businesses that employ them. Toronto is Canada’s financial and business capital. Rated as one of the top four global cities with economic clout (Cities of Opportunities Report, PwC, 2014), and topped the North American Cities of the Future, FDI behind only New York, Toronto is a dynamic, diverse, rising city that provides the ideal business environment for companies looking for a competitive edge.