Toronto (Canada)
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From top left: Downtown Toronto viewed from the Toronto Islands, 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°WCoordinates: 43°42′N 79°24′W / 43.700°N 79.400°W | |||||
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Ontario
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| Districts | East York, Etobicoke, North York, Old Toronto, Scarborough, York | ||||
| Historic countries |
 Kingdom of France Kingdom of Great Britain United Kingdom
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| Settled | 1750 (as Fort Rouillé) | ||||
| Established | August 27, 1793 (as York) | ||||
| Incorporated | March 6, 1834 (as Toronto) | ||||
| Amalgamated into division | January 20, 1953 (as Metropolitan Toronto) | ||||
| Amalgamated | January 1, 1998 (as City of Toronto) | ||||
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| • Type | Mayor–council | ||||
| • Mayor | John Tory | ||||
| • Deputy Mayor | Denzil Minnan-Wong | ||||
| • Council | Toronto City Council | ||||
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List of MPs
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| • MPPs |
List of MPPs
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| 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 |
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Toronto (/təˈrɒntoʊ/,locally [təˈɹɒɾ̃o]) is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. With a population in 2016 of 2,731,571, 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 9.2 million people, or over 26% of the population of Canada. A global city, Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world.
Indigenous peoples have inhabited the area now known as Toronto for thousands of years, with the city itself sitting at the southern terminus of the ancient Toronto Carrying-Place Trail. Permanent European settlement began in the 1790s, after the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase of 1787, when the Mississaugas surrendered the area to the British Crown. The British established the town of York, and later designated it as the capital of Upper Canada. During the War of 1812, the town was the site of the Battle of York and suffered heavy damage by U.S. troops. York was renamed and incorporated as the city of Toronto in 1834, and became the capital of the province of Ontario during Canadian Confederation in 1867. The city proper has since expanded past its original borders through both annexation and amalgamation with surrounding municipalities at various times in its history to its current area of 630.2 km2 (243.3 sq mi).
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