No. I hate Toronto, and it's not the work. It's the commute to work and back, it's the cost of living vs income, it's a lot of things.
At the end of the day when you are waking up 3 hours before you start work so that you can commute it sucks, when you go to the store to get a carton of milk and you are stuck in traffic for 30 mins to get 1km away, and then have to wait in line another 30 minutes to pay, it just gets tedious. Sometimes it's nice to get away and have a vacation...
Funny enough mentioning living on a beach though, I have had a chance to live on the islands, but more of a first world thing with lots of money and it was pretty nice and relaxing even with some work mixed in. Out of the many places I have lived and visited, Toronto is definitely bleh.
It's all about the quality of life..
You sounds like you live in Toronto though..