Back Quote by Mena Massoud

Toronto has been home to me and my family for almost 5 years. I arrived here from Italy in January 2015 and immediately felt something special.

— Sebastian Giovinco

I grew up in London, Ontario, and moved to Toronto when I was 22 or 23.

— Bryan Lee O'Malley

For me personally to come back to Toronto, I lived here for three years. I always love coming back here.

— Sasha Roiz

I came from Canada when I was about 10 years old, and our family settled in Cleveland, Ohio.

— Joe Shuster

I'm a Muslim Egyptian-American, born in Cairo. I grew up in Kuwait until the first Gulf War, when my family relocated to the United…

— Rana el Kaliouby

Although I was raised in Canada and the U.K., my roots are in Egypt through my father, in a family line that stretches back…

— Shereen El Feki

Toronto is a very multicultural city, a place of immigrants, like my parents.

— Melanie Fiona

My family settled in Cairo in 1980. I was nine. I missed Libya terribly, but I also took to Cairo. I perfected the accent.…

— Hisham Matar

I was born in Pakistan, and we moved to Canada when I was 1.

— Iman Vellani

My family lived in Egypt from 1993 to 1996.

— Tea Obreht

I grew up in the States and Canada for a while because my mum came over in the 1970s. We lived in Los Angeles…

— Toby Stephens

I was born in Toronto Centre.

— Annamie Paul