The present research work aims to achieve as detailed knowledge as possible of the coexistence of different cultures in the city of Toronto, a city with a population of the most heterogeneous in the world and which has also been cited repeatedly as a paradigm of multiculturalism.
To achieve this objective, the multicultural policies of the Canadian government and the origin and evolution of the ethnic composition of the city of Toronto from its origins to the present are analyzed.
In order to achieve the stated objective, a ternary division of research has been used. First, the parameters by which multicultural policies in Anglophone Canada are guided have been addressed. Although it might seem that they are the same as in the French-speaking part because they belong to the same State, it should be noted that there are certain differences. These are due to the differential of Quebec marked by French culture, a factor that is not taken into account in the rest of the country. In addition, in Anglophone Canada, certain positions regarding multiculturalism are strongly influenced by thought trends coming from the USA. Therefore, in order to address the diverse attitudes toward Canadian multicultural policies, numerous works of art have been taken as reference sources, like thoose made by Will Kymlicka, Nathan Glazer, Romulo Magsino, Neil Bissoondath o Granadstein, among other scholars of the identity issue in the US and Canada.
