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Global leadership · Lead by exampleWelcoming the World.
Toronto should be one of the world's easiest great cities to visit, study in, create in, invest in, learn with and build partnerships with — while remaining unmistakably resident-first.
Welcoming the World · One connected plan — better everyday life, more human capability, stronger civic capacity, better infrastructure and environmental stewardship all serve the same goal: a better life for people and a healthier future.
See how it connects →From Toronto to the world — and back again
Global leadership should produce results at home.
Toronto's international work should not be a travel schedule, ceremonial diplomacy or a contest for prestige. It should connect the city's residents, institutions, firms, creators, students and public systems to the best ideas and opportunities in the world.
We solve problems here, publish what worked and failed, learn from cities that do particular things better, welcome people and institutions that want to build with Toronto, and help Toronto capability travel outward.
Every global relationship must identify what Toronto gives, what Toronto learns, what gets built together and what measurable benefit comes home.
Project before ceremony
A practical partnership operating model.
New relationships should normally begin with a bounded project, named owners, resources, deadlines and a renewal-or-stop decision.
Global City Fellowships
Problem-specific teams work on housing, transit, climate, AI, safety, culture and infrastructure questions.
Toronto Supplier Bridge
Help capable Toronto firms and creators reach buyers, partners and new markets without confusing introductions with signed business.
Toronto Open Door
Make it easier for invited students, researchers, creators, investors and civic partners to navigate Toronto's institutions.
Global citizens
Toronto's people are part of its international infrastructure.
Residents with family, professional, cultural and educational ties around the world can help Toronto understand markets, institutions and communities. International students and newcomers can become long-term bridges between Toronto and the places they know.
That contribution should complement formal due diligence, government-to-government coordination, universities, trade organizations and professional institutions — not replace them.
Toronto's diversity becomes an economic and civic advantage when people are empowered to connect the city outward without being reduced to branding.
Governance
Global ambition still follows the same fiscal and democratic rules.
Resident first
Identify the Toronto resident, worker, firm, student, creator or service expected to benefit.
Signed or zero
Partner money is not City revenue until an agreement is real.
Canada conducts foreign policy
Toronto coordinates with federal and provincial governments and follows Canadian law, sanctions, trade and human-rights requirements.
Renew, redesign or stop
Relationships continue only when the evidence justifies them.
Public document
One master global strategy on the website.
The website intentionally does not publish the 18 separate location-specific partnership reports. The master strategy provides the public framework while individual relationships remain project-specific until there is a reason to release more detail.