Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto
City (single-tier)
City of Toronto
From top left: Downtown Toronto featuring the CN Tower and Financial District from the Toronto Harbour, City Hall, the Ontario Legislative Building, Casa Loma, Prince Edward Viaduct, and the Scarborough Bluffs
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Nickname(s): "T.O.", "T-Dot", "Hogtown", "The Queen City", "The Big Smoke", "Toronto the Good"
Motto: Diversity Our Strength
Location of Toronto and its census metropolitan area in the province of Ontario
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Coordinates: 43°42′N 79°24′W / 43.700°N 79.400°W / 43.700; -79.400Coordinates: 43°42′N 79°24′W / 43.700°N 79.400°W / 43.700; -79.400
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Districts	East York, Etobicoke, North York, Old Toronto, Scarborough, York
Settled	1750 (as Fort Rouillé)
Established	August 27, 1793 (as York)
Incorporated	March 6, 1834 (as Toronto)
Amalgamated	January 20, 1953 (as Metropolitan Toronto)
Amalgamated	January 1, 1998 (as City of Toronto)
Government
• Type	Mayor–council
• Mayor	John Tory
• Deputy Mayor	Denzil Minnan-Wong
• Council	Toronto City Council
• MPs	List of MPs Gary Anandasangaree (LPC) Carolyn Bennett (LPC) Bill Blair (LPC) Arnold Chan (LPC) Shaun Chen (LPC) Julie Dabrusin (LPC) Kirsty Duncan (LPC) Julie Dzerowicz (LPC) Ali Ehsassi (LPC) Nathaniel Erskine-Smith (LPC) Chrystia Freeland (LPC) Ahmed Hussen (LPC) Michael Levitt (LPC) James Maloney (LPC) John McKay (LPC) Marco Mendicino (LPC) Bill Morneau (LPC) Rob Oliphant (LPC) Yasmin Ratansi (LPC) Judy Sgro (LPC) Geng Tan (LPC) Adam Vaughan (LPC) Arif Virani (LPC) Borys Wrzesnewskyj (LPC) Salma Zahid (LPC)
• MPPs	List of MPPs Laura Albanese (LPO) Yvan Baker (LPO) Lorenzo Berardinetti (LPO) Raymond Cho ((PC)) Michael Colle (LPO) Michael Coteau (LPO) Cheri DiNovo (NDP) Han Dong (LPO) Brad Duguid (LPO) Eric Hoskins (LPO) Mitzie Hunter (LPO) Monte Kwinter (LPO) Tracy MacCharles (LPO) Cristina Martins (LPO) Peter Milczyn (LPO) Glen Murray (LPO) Arthur Potts (LPO) Shafiq Qaadri (LPO) Mario Sergio (LPO) Peter Tabuns (NDP) Soo Wong (LPO) Kathleen Wynne (LPO) David Zimmer (LPO)
Area (2011)
• City (single-tier)	630.21 km2 (243.33 sq mi)
• Urban	1,751.49 km2 (676.25 sq mi)
• Metro	5,905.71 km2 (2,280.21 sq mi)
Elevation	76 m (249 ft)
Population (2016)
• City (single-tier)	2,731,571 (1st)
• Density	4,149.5/km2 (10,747/sq mi)
• Urban	5,132,794 (1st)
• Metro	5,928,040 (1st)
Demonym(s)	Torontonian
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code span	M
Area code(s)	416, 647, 437
NTS Map	030M11
GNBC Code	FEUZB
GDP	US$ 276.3 billion
GDP per capita	US$ 45,771
Website	www.toronto.ca

Toronto (ⁱ/təˈrɒntoʊ, -tə/,local ⁱ/təˈrɒnoʊ, ˈtrɒ-/) is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. Toronto's population is 2,731,571, making it is the fourth most populous city in North America after Mexico City, New York City, and Los Angeles. Toronto is the centre of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), the most populous metropolitan area in Canada, and anchors the Golden Horseshoe, a heavily urbanized region that is home to 8.7 million people, or around 26% of the population of Canada. A global city, Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, and culture, and widely recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world.