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
|
|||||
|
|||||
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 |
|||||
Location of Toronto in Canada | |||||
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 | ||||
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
|
||||
• MPPs |
List of MPPs
|
||||
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 (i/təˈrɒntoʊ, -tə/,local i/təˈrɒnoʊ, ˈtrɒ-/) is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. With a population of 2,731,571, Toronto 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 widely recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world.