When Taylor Swift comes to town, local economies spring to life as hotels fill up, public transit heaves and traffic grinds to a halt, sometimes on streets recently renamed in her honor.

For her part, Swift made sure to give her Toronto fans a special shoutout early on in Thursday's show. The 34-year-old delivered a strong six-word message to the 50,000-ish crowd in the arena. "Oh Toronto we are so back,” Swift said.

Inside the area's embrace of Taylor Nation as Swift prepares to play a half-dozen shows in Canada's biggest city.