Just moved to T.O from the Maritimes, I can only say it is a different bike culture here.
Welcome to Ontario, and specifically the GTA where 80% of the drivers got their licence in a Cracker Jack box. Ride like you're invisible and you'll do OK, but be alert.
(On a side note....I suspect fewer and fewer get the Cracker Jack reference anymore unless they're of the older sort... )
Perhaps we should update it to Kinder Egg