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Coordinates: 43°39′N, 79°23′W
| City of Toronto | |||
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| Nickname: T.O., Hogtown, The Big Smoke, Toronto the Good, T-Dot | |||
| Motto: Diversity Our Strength | |||
 Location of Toronto and its census metropolitan area in the province of Ontario | |||
| Coordinates: 43°39′N 79°23′W / 43.65, -79.383 | |||
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| Country |  Canada | ||
| Province |  Ontario | ||
| Districts | East York Etobicoke North York Old Toronto Scarborough York | ||
| Established | August 27, 1793 | ||
| Incorporated | March 6, 1834 | ||
| Amalgamated | January 1, 1998 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | David Miller | ||
| - Council | Toronto City Council | ||
| - MPs | List of MPsCarolyn Bennett John Cannis Olivia Chow Roy Cullen Ken Dryden John Godfrey Michael Ignatieff Jim Karygiannis Jack Layton Derek Lee John McKay Dan McTeague Maria Minna Peggy Nash Jim Peterson Yasmin Ratansi Judy Sgro Mario Silva Alan Tonks Joe Volpe Tom Wappel Borys Wrzesnewskyj one vacant pending byelection | ||
| - MPPs | List of MPPsBas Balkissoon Lorenzo Berardinetti Laurel Broten Michael Bryant Donna Cansfield David Caplan Mary Anne Chambers Mike Colle Paul Ferreira Cheri DiNovo Brad Duguid Monte Kwinter Rosario Marchese Gerry Phillips Michael Prue Shafiq Qaadri Tony Ruprecht Mario Sergio George Smitherman Peter Tabuns Kathleen Wynne David Zimmer | ||
| Area | |||
| - City | 630 km² (243.2 sq mi) | ||
| - Urban | 1,749 km² (675.3 sq mi) | ||
| - Metro | 7,125 km² (2,751 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 76 m (249 ft) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - City | 2,503,281 | ||
| - Density | 3,972/km² (10,287.4/sq mi) | ||
| - Urban | 4,753,120 | ||
| - Metro | 5,555,912 | ||
| - Demonym | Torontonian | ||
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | ||
| Postal code span | M | ||
| Area code(s) | (416) and (647) | ||
| NTS Map | 030M11 | ||
| GNBC Code | FEUZB | ||
| Website: toronto.ca | |||
Toronto (IPA: /təˈrɒntoʊ/, local pronunciation ) is the largest city in Canada, and is the provincial capital of Ontario, making it the seat of the provincial Crown. It is located on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. With over 2.5 million residents, it is the fifth-most populous municipality in North America, and the 46th most populous in the world. Toronto is at the heart of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), and is part of a densely-populated region in south-central Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe which is home to over eight million residents. The census metropolitan area (CMA) had a population of 5,113,149, and the Greater Toronto Area had a population of 5,555,912 at the 2006 Census.
As Canada's economic capital, Toronto is considered a global city. Toronto's leading economic sectors include finance, business services, telecommunications, aerospace, transportation, media, arts, film, television production, publishing, software production, medical research, education, tourism and sports industries. The Toronto Stock Exchange, the world's sixth largest, is headquartered in the city, along with a majority of Canada's corporations.
Toronto's population is cosmopolitan and international, reflecting its role as an important destination for immigrants to Canada. Toronto is the world's most diverse city by percentage of non-Canadian-born residents, as about 49 percent of the population were born outside of Canada. Because of the city's low crime rates, clean environment and generally high standard of living, Toronto is consistently rated as one of the world's most livable cities by the Economist Intelligence Unit and the Mercer Quality of Living Survey. In addition, Toronto was ranked as the most expensive Canadian city in which to live in 2006.
Residents of Toronto are called Torontonians. Toronto has a number of sister cities, which are selected based on economic, cultural and political criteria.