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Toronto | |
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Ceety | |
| City of Toronto | |
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| Eik-name(s): | |
| Motto(s): Diversity Our Strength | |
 Location o Toronto an its census metropolitan aurie in the province o Ontario | |
  Toronto Location o Toronto in Canadae | |
| Coordinates: 43°42′59.72″N 79°20′26.47″W / 43.7165889°N 79.3406861°WCoordinates: 43°42′59.72″N 79°20′26.47″W / 43.7165889°N 79.3406861°W | |
| Kintra | Canada |
| Province |  Ontario |
| Destricts | East York, Etobicoke, North York, Old Toronto, Scarborough, York |
| Established | 27 August 1793 (as York) |
| Incorporatit | 6 Mairch 1834 (as Toronto) |
| Amalgamated | 1 Januar 1998 (frae Metropolitan Toronto) |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Rob Ford |
| • Cooncil | Toronto City Council |
| • MPs | Leet o MPs
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| • MPPs | Leet o MPPs
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| Area | |
| • Ceety | 630 km2 (240 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1749 km2 (675 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 7125 km2 (2,751 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 76 m (249 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Ceety | 2,615,060 (1st) |
| • Density | 4149/km2 (10,750/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 5,132,794 (1st) |
| • Metro | 5,583,064 (1st) |
| • Demonym | Torontonian |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Postal code span | |
| Area code(s) | 416, 647 |
| NTS Map | 030M11 |
| GNBC Code | FEUZB |
| Website | www |
Toronto is the lairgest ceety in Canadae an the caipital an lairgest ceety in the province o Ontario. It is locatit in Soothren Ontario on the northwastren shore o Lake Ontario. Wi ower 2.5 million residents, it is the fift maist populous municipality in North Americae. Toronto is at the hert o the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), an is pairt o a densely populated region in Soothren Ontario kent as the Golden Horseshoe, which is hame tae ower 8.1 million residents—approximately 25% o Canadae's population. The census metropolitan aurie (CMA) haed a population o 5,113,149, an the Greater Toronto Aurie haed a population o 5,555,912 in the 2006 Census.
As Canadae's economic caipital, Toronto is considered an alpha warld ceety bi the Globalisation an Warld Ceeties (GaWC) study group an is ane o the top financial centres in the warld. Toronto's leadin economic sectors include finance, business services, telecommunications, aerospace, transportation, media, airts, film, telly production, publishin, software production, medical research, eddication, tourism an sports industries. The Toronto Stock Exchynge, the warld's aicht lairgest in terms o market value, is heidquartered in the ceety, along with the maist Canadaen corporate heidquarters o a major Canadian ceety.
Toronto's population is cosmopolitan an internaitional, reflectin its role as an important destination for immigrants tae Canadae. Toronto is ane o the warld's maist diverse ceeties bi percentage o non-native-born residents, as aboot 49% o the population war born ootside o Canadae. In addition, Toronto wis ranked as the maist expensive Canadaen ceety in which tae live. Residents o Toronto ar cried Torontonians.
- ↑ a b "(Code 3520) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
- ↑ "The real story of how Toronto got its name | Earth Sciences". Geonames.nrcan.gc.ca. 18 September 2007. Archived frae the original on 9 December 2011. Retrieved 10 Februar 2012.