Queen City straddles Toronto's post Confederation boom to the eve of the Second World War.
Toronto wrestles financial control from the Bank of Montreal and begins to influence national policy. The religious fervour of the Orange Order puts the squeeze on fun - and on Irish Catholics. Yet local businessmen contribute to the first Jewish synagogue. They are not so generous to Chinese laundrymen - the city's first Black alderman takes up their cause in 1896. As suffragettes win the right to vote, the poor grapple with slums, child labour, and the devastation of the Great Fire.