hi how's it going.
community leader and resident fraud leo7 here.
we have a decently sized community that consists of a variety of players of varying skill levels.
we play at an arcade called LoveGety Station every Friday in Markham (highway 7 and leslie). feel free to come out, but to be honest, if you're relatively new to the game, you might end up being frustrated playing at the arcade because you'll have to wait long lines (usually just under 10 people) only to get triple perfected by tager (maybe carl and arakune if the tager isn't there). you can ask for mercy rounds if you feel that you can't compete and need some more time with your character at the arcade.
edit: i forgot to ask: do you play pad?
occasionally though we hold console tournies with more set-ups, where you can play casuals against people in a more frequent fashion, so be sure to pay attention to the Event Announcements section of this forum for any tournies being held in Toronto or GTA. we usually get around 15+ people showing up at each tourney, which is pretty good.
another good tool is netplay. believe it or not, some of our best players are netplayers, so feel free to reach out to various people here for their XBL/PSN tags if you want to have a quick game with a decent connection (or play random people, that works too).
in short
we gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadlike.