Toronto > Arts 

Overview

With a base population of 2.3 million (although the actual number is about 4.4 million which includes the Greater Toronto Area), Toronto is the home to Canada’s major arts organizations. Aside from big-name companies and organizations such as The Canadian Opera Company, National Ballet, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Toronto is home to many huge theaters (such as the 2,200 seat Princess of Wales Theatre), as well as hundreds of stage, dance, and music companies.  

Art galleries abound, from the huge labyrinth of the AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario) to small one-room funky little venues such as A Space Gallery, which rents out display space so "the next big thing" can introduce the world to his or her contemporary masterpieces. Commercial galleries such as Odon Wagner and Gallery One are strictly credit card shopping in trendy Yorkville, while the industrial building known as 80 Spadina provides rental work and show space for amateurs and professionals alike.

Dance companies provide a full range of venues and productions suitable for all tastes. From the National Ballet to Robert Desroisiers Dance Company to the Arabian style of the Arabesque Academy to the African-Caribbean rhythms of Ballet Creole to the innovative cutting edge of Dancemakers to Esmerelda’s sultry Spanish Flamenco.