Toronto

City of Toronto

Flag	Coat of arms

Motto: Diversity Our Strength

Location of Toronto and its census metropolitan area in the province of Ontario

Coordinates: 43°40′N 79°25′W

Country

Canada

Province

Ontario

Established

March 6, 1834

Amalgamated

January 1, 1998

Mayor

David Miller

City Council

Toronto City Council

Representatives

MPs, MPPs, and Senators

Area

- City

629.91 km² (243.2 sq mi)

Population

- City (2001)

2,481,494 (2001 census)

- Density

3,939/km² (10,203/sq mi)

- Urban

4,366,508 (2001 census)

- Metro

5,304,100 (2005 census)

Time zone

EST (UTC-5)

- Summer (DST)

EDT (UTC-4)

Website: www.toronto.ca

The City of Toronto is the largest city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario, located on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. With 2.48 million residents it is the fifth-most populous municipality in North America after Mexico City, New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago. Toronto is at the heart of the Greater Toronto Area, and is part of a densely-populated region in south-central Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe. Residents of Toronto are called Torontonians.

As Canada's economic hub and a major world city, Toronto is highly-developed in the sectors of finance, telecommunications, transportation, media, software production and medical research. The city is home to the CN Tower and many national and transnational corporate head offices. With the help of immigration, Toronto has a very cosmopolitan population representing cultures and ethnicities from around the world. Because of its low crime, clean environment and generally high standard of living, the city is consistently rated one of the world's most livable cities by the Economist Intelligence Unit.

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