How Do Montrealers, Torontonians Feel About Their Cities Neighbourhoods, Housing, Police, Politics, Municipal Services?
Survey by York U. Institute for Social Research Finds Striking Similarities, Intriguing Differences TORONTO, July 19, 1999 — The rivalry between Canada’s two largest cities may be as old as the emergence of the Two Solitudes’ and as fierce as the loyalty of a Habs or a Leafs fan, but a survey released this week by York University’s Institute for Social Research (ISR) shows that Montrealers and Torontonians love most aspects of life in their cities in equal measure — with some interesting exceptions. ISR Director Prof. Paul Grayson initiated an annual quality of life survey in January, 1998 to measure the level of satisfaction with the quality of life in Canadian cities. The survey was initially organized to canvass both Toronto and Montreal in 1998, but the ice storm would have made communication difficult, and would invariably have biased the results, so the first survey was confined to Toronto. It was expanded in 1999 to include a comparison with Montreal. The latest survey was con
