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Coat of arms 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 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 MPs Carolyn 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 MPPs Bas 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 [1][2]  - 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)[1][2]  - 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: /t?'r?nto?/, colloquially pronounced [t?'r?no?]) is the largest city in Canada[3] and is the provincial capital of Ontario.[4] 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.[5] 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 8.1 million residents.[6][7][8] The census metropolitan area (CMA) had a population of 5,113,149,[1] and the Greater Toronto Area had a population of 5,555,912 in the 2006 Census.[7] As Canada's economic capital, Toronto is considered a global city[9] and is one of the top financial cities in the world.[10] 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.[11][12][13] The Toronto Stock Exchange, the world's seventh largest, is headquartered in the city, along with a majority of Canada's corporations.[11] Toronto's population is cosmopolitan and international,[14][15] reflecting its role as an important destination for immigrants to Canada.[16] Toronto is one of the world's most diverse cities by percentage of non-Canadian-born residents, as about 49 percent of the population were born outside of Canada.[14][15][17] Because of the city's low crime rates,[18] clean environment, generally high standard of living, and friendlier attitudes to diversity, Toronto is consistently rated as one of the world's most livable cities by the Economist Intelligence Unit[19] and the Mercer Quality of Living Survey.[20] In addition, Toronto was ranked as the most expensive Canadian city in which to live in 2006.[21] Residents of Toronto are called Torontonians.