Welcome to Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Toronto summary
Toronto 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 in the 2006 Census.
As Canada's economic capital, Toronto is considered a global city and one of the top financial cities in the world. 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 seventh largest, is
headquartered in the city, along with a majority of Canada's corporations.
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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
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Residents of Toronto are called Torontonians.
Toronto is a major international centre for business and finance. Generally considered the financial capital of Canada, Toronto has a high
concentration of banks and brokerage firms on Bay Street, in the Financial District. The Toronto Stock Exchange is the world's seventh-largest
stock exchange by market capitalization. All of the Big Five banks of Canada are headquartered in Toronto.
The city is an important centre for the media, publishing, telecommunications, information technology and film production industries; it is home
to Thomson Corporation, CTVglobemedia, Rogers Communications, Alliance Atlantis and Celestica. Other prominent Canadian corporations in Toronto
include Four Seasons Hotels, the Hudson's Bay Company and Manulife Financial.
Although much of the region's manufacturing activities take place outside the city limits, Toronto continues to be an important wholesale and
distribution point for the industrial sector. The city's strategic position along the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor and its extensive road and
rail connections help support the nearby production of motor vehicles, iron, steel, food, machinery, chemicals and paper. The completion of the
St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959 gave ships access to the Great Lakes from the Atlantic Ocean.
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