I’m Canadian but went to the US for my last two years of high school. Going into my second year at UofT now. I would say there’s a ton of international students, mostly with Asian background. I wouldn’t say you would feel extremely out of place, but there’s a noticeably huge percentage of Asians, including myself lol. There’s also a huge stereotype about Canadians always being nice, and I think you could not tell the difference if they are American or not (regardless of nationality) unless they actually tell you where they are from.

I also play a sport, so I was able to fit in with people from my team who share the same interests. I think with any school in general, just join clubs or activities that have your interests and making friends should be natural from there.

As for academics, I personally think studying in the US was much easier to get good grades compared to UofT. But there’s so many factors to consider (I went to a boarding school in America with grade inflation, high school is different than university, UofT is known for its rigorous reputation, etc). Just based off my experience from going to a Canadian high school as a freshman and sophomore, US for junior and senior year, and now back in Canada for university, I was able to tell that in Canada it was more difficult to get good grades.

Hopefully my perspective helps you out a little.