Toronto

Toronto
City (single-tier)
City of Toronto
From top, left to right: Downtown Toronto and the CN Tower viewed from Harbourfront, the Ontario Legislative Building, City Hall with the 3D Toronto sign, Humber Bay Arch Bridge, Casa Loma, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Scarborough Bluffs
Flag Coat of arms Wordmark
Etymology: From the Mohawk word tkaronto, the name of a channel between Lakes Simcoe and Couchiching
Nickname:  See Name of Toronto
Motto:  Diversity Our Strength[1][2][a]
Interactive map of Toronto
Toronto Location of Toronto in Ontario
Coordinates: 43°44′30″N 79°22′24″W / 43.74167°N 79.37333°W / 43.74167; -79.37333
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Settled	1750 (as Fort Rouillé)[4]
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)
Districts	East York Etobicoke North York Old Toronto Scarborough York
Government
• Type	Single-tier municipality with a mayor–council system
• Mayor	Olivia Chow
• Deputy Mayors[5][6]	Denzil Minnan-Wong Ana Bailão Michael Thompson Stephen Holyday
• Body	Toronto City Council
• Federal representation	List of MPs Gary Anandasangaree (LPC) Yvan Baker (LPC) Carolyn Bennett (LPC) Bill Blair (LPC) Shaun Chen (LPC) Julie Dabrusin (LPC) Han Dong (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 (IND) Judy Sgro (LPC) Adam Vaughan (LPC) Arif Virani (LPC) Jean Yip (LPC) Salma Zahid (LPC)
• Provincial representation	List of MPPs Jill Andrew (NDP) Roman Baber (IND) Aris Babikian (PC) Doly Begum (NDP) Jessica Bell (NDP) Rima Berns-McGown (NDP) Raymond Cho (PC) Stan Cho (PC) Michael Coteau (OLP) Doug Ford (PC) Chris Glover (NDP) Faisal Hassan (NDP) Christine Hogarth (PC) Mitzie Hunter (OLP) Bhutila Karpoche (NDP) Vincent Ke (PC) Robin Martin (PC) Christina Mitas (PC) Suze Morrison (NDP) Tom Rakocevic (NDP) Marit Stiles (NDP) Kinga Surma (PC) Peter Tabuns (NDP) Vijay Thanigasalam (PC) Kathleen Wynne (OLP)
Area  [7][8][9]
• City	630.20 km2 (243.32 sq mi)
• Urban	1,792.99 km2 (692.28 sq mi)
• Metro	5,905.71 km2 (2,280.21 sq mi)
Elevation	76.5 m (251.0 ft)
Population  (2016 Census)[11]
• City	2,731,571 (1st)
• Density	4,334.4/km2 (11,226/sq mi)
• Urban	5,429,524[10]
• Greater Toronto Area (metro)	6,417,516 (1st)
• Region	9,245,438
Demonym	Torontonian
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code span	M
Area codes	416, 647, 437
Major airports	Toronto Pearson International Airport, Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
Highways	2A, 27, 400, 401, 404, 409, 427, Black Creek Drive, Allen Road, Don Valley Parkway, Gardiner Expressway, Queen Elizabeth Way
Rapid transit	Toronto subway
Commuter rail	GO Transit
Waterways	Black Creek, Burke Brook, Don River, Etobicoke Creek, German Mills Creek, Humber River, Keating Channel, Mimico Creek, Rouge River, Taylor-Massey Creek
GDP (Toronto CMA)	CA$385.1 billion (2016)[12]
GDP per capita (Toronto CMA)	CA$57,004 (2016)
Website	toronto.ca

Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario. It is also the largest city in Ontario. It is found on the north-west side of Lake Ontario behind New York City and Chicago.

The City of Toronto itself has a population of almost 3 million people. Even more people live in the regions around it. All together, the Greater Toronto Area is home to over 6.2 million people. This makes it the biggest metropolitan area in Canada.

1. ↑ "History of City Symbols". www.toronto.ca. City of Toronto. 2020. Archived from the original on August 12, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
2. ↑ Harzig, Christiane; Juteau, Danielle; Schmitt, Irina (2006). The Social Construction of Diversity: Recasting the Master Narrative of Industrial Nations. Berghahn Books. p. 310. ISBN 978-1-57181-376-3. In reflecting and capturing this sense of the city, one of the first actions of the newly amalgamated Toronto City Council in 1998 was to adopt "Diversity Our Strength" as its official motto.
3. ↑ City of Toronto Government (18 August 2017). "Equity, Diversity & Inclusion". Retrieved October 27, 2020.
4. ↑ "The real story of how Toronto got its name | Earth Sciences". Geonames.nrcan.gc.ca. September 18, 2007. Archived from the original on December 9, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
5. ↑ "Mayor reveals new appointments as a cut-down council focuses on big issues". CBC News. December 12, 2018. Archived from the original on December 26, 2018. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
6. ↑ Artuso, Antonella (December 12, 2018). "Tory makes his picks for deputy mayors, committee chairs". Toronto Sun. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
7. ↑ "(Code 3520005) Census Profile". 2016 census. Statistics Canada. 2017. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
8. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for population centres, 2011 and 2006 censuses". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. January 13, 2014. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
9. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for census metropolitan areas, 2011 and 2006 censuses". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. January 13, 2014. Archived from the original on June 22, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
10. ↑ "Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables, 2016 Census". 8 February 2017.
11. ↑ "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017.
12. ↑ "Statistics Canada. Table 36-10-0468-01 Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, by census metropolitan area (CMA) (x 1,000,000)". Statistics Canada. 27 January 2017.