Toronto

Toronto is Canada 's largest city and the capital of the province of Ontario. In 2005 the city had a population of 2.6 million making it the fifth city of North America was, after Mexico City, New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago. In Toronto, or the Greater Toronto Area, attended approximately 5.3 million inhabitants. In the English are the inhabitants of Toronto called Torontonians .

Toronto is the economic centre of Canada and is the most important city of the country in the fields of finance, telecommunications, media, software development and medical science. The CN Tower was until 2007 the highest free-standing building in the world on land.

Toronto is often credited as one of the most liveable cities in the world, among other things by the environmental friendliness, high prosperity and relatively little crime (compared with other large cities). Toronto has a diverse population, because the city has attracted many immigrants from all over the world.



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[hide] *1 History  ==History[ Edit] == The first Europeans were French explored around Toronto traders, in the year 1750. The first inhabitants of European descent were refugees from the United Stateswho fled the revolutionary war and before that to Ontario drew.
 * 1.1 Name
 * 2 Geography and climate
 * 2.1 Topography
 * 2.2 Climate
 * 3 Population
 * 4 City layout
 * 5 Economy
 * 6 sights and culture
 * 7 town twinning
 * 8 born in Toronto

In 1793 the city got the official name York assigned by Lieutenant John Graves Simcoe when he chose the city as the new capital of Upper Canada. Yet it was this "City" still very small: in 1800, there were about 50 families. In 1813, during the war of 1812, York was conquered and many buildings were burned by American soldiers.

Many immigrants moved to Canada and Toronto grew pretty fast for the rest of the 19th century. On March 6, 1834 got the city its original name "Toronto" back. In that year, Toronto was already an important port for Steamboat traffic become, for the first time and got the city street lights. By industrialization around the year 1870 Toronto would grow into one of the largest economic centers of the Canadian Confederation.

Labor Day in Toronto, 1900Around the year 1920 was Toronto Canada's second largest city, both in terms of population and in terms of economic role, in both cases at the time, Montreal was the most important city of the country. Despite that, the shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange is the largest in Canada in 1934. After the Second World War came an enormous number of immigrants from Europe to Toronto. By the year 1980 it became the largest city of the country, and large companies and international banks began to settle in Toronto. ===Name[ Edit] === The name Toronto comes from the Iroquois and literally means "place where trees stand in the water". This meaning refers to the area north and South of what is now known as Lake Simcoe (then Lake Toronto), where the Huron (original inhabitants of this area) did their fishing. ==Geography and climate<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Topography<span class="mw-editsection" len="324" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Toronto covers an area of 629,91 km². The maximum measurable distance from North to South is 21 km and 43 km from East to west. Toronto adjacent to the Lake Ontario, the Etobicoke Creek and the Rouge River.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Further also the Humber River and the Don River flows by Toronto. The large number of rivers and creeks have resulted in densely wooded ravines near the city, which now are used as recreational area. These canyons provide for a number of ' collisions ' with the urban construction plans of Toronto: in many places cuts a ravine a arterial road literally in half. ===Climate<span class="mw-editsection" len="321" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Toronto has a temperate climate, and actually the mildest of all cities in Canada East of the Rocky Mountains. Yet know the four seasons to Dutch (temperate maritime) standards huge temperature differences.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The winters usually know some pretty cold periods, in which the temperature may fall to-15 ° c and the wind chill wind-often even lower. A mild winter's day means a maximum temperature of-5 to-8 ° c. The summers are characterised by humid weather, and the average maximum temperature in July is 26.8 ° c. Sometimes the temperature above 30 or even 35 ° c, but it is often then not to have more than two or three days. Summer is the wettest season in Toronto. ==Population<span class="mw-editsection" len="323" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The official population of the city was 2.629.030 on 1 July 2006. Toronto is one of the most multicultural cities in the world, by the huge number of immigrants that have settled in the city over the centuries. More than 40% of the population has an ethnic foreign origin, around 2017 would this population group more than 50% of the total population may be part. According to the United Nations development programme is Toronto the city with the second highest number of residents who were born in another country, afterMiami (Florida, United States). In the case of Miami in particular immigrants from Cuba and South America, but in Toronto is no dominant ethnic group can be identified. Most of the inhabitants were born outside Canada, of Toronto, who come from Italy, Pakistan, India, Iran, Jamaica, China, Somalia, Viet Nam, Ecuador, Ghana, Guyana, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South Korea, the Philippines and Russia. This diversity is highlighted by the number of ethnic areas like Little Italy, Little Jamaica, Little India, Chinatown, Koreatown, Greektown, Portugal Village, Corso Italia, Little Mogadishu and Malta Village.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 2001, 31.4% of Toronto's population was Roman Catholic, Protestant 21.2% and 4.9% were orthodox. According to the same study was 6.7%, Muslim4.2% 4.8% was Hindu,Jewish and Buddhistwas 2.7%. Such a 18.9% was non-religious.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">English is by far the most widely spoken language in Toronto. Other languages with a significant number of speakers are Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Persian and Punjabi.After English is Italian the most spoken language at work.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Toronto is also known as a tolerant city. The same-sex marriage was legalized in the State of Ontario, as the first of the entire American continent. In the city one finds a large number of bars, clubs, discotheques and restaurants aimed at a homosexual or lesbian audience, and a private ' Gay Village '. ==City Format<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == Districts in greater Toronto<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">' Downtown ' (= the center of Toronto) is the most densely populated part of the city. In the heart of the city centre is the financial district, in particular, to Bay Street. In this district there is a large number of skyscrapers. Here you will find the largest concentration of skyscrapers across Canada, including the First Canadian Place, Toronto Dominion Centre, Scotia Plaza, Royal Bank Plaza, Commerce Court and BCE Place. The districts of Midtown and Uptown contain a number of historic enclaves as Yorkville, Rosedale, Forest Hill and Casa Loma. These districts include larger homes, luxury apartments and the associated services. Nevertheless, there are also a number of districts in Downtown environment with a large number of less wealthy, recent immigrants, such as Parkdale and Regent Park.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The city districts York and East York are older, middle-class neighborhoods that are now ethnically very mixed. Most districts further from Downtown c are mainly residential, such as Etobicoke, Scarborough, Guildwood Park, of which a number of typical Bridle Path and chic neighborhoods are. ==Economy<span class="mw-editsection" len="322" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Toronto is a major international centre for business and banking. Toronto has a large number of banks and brokers, especially around Bay Street, the Canadian answer toWall Street. The Toronto Stock Exchange is the world's seventh largest stock exchange. Canada's five largest banks all have their head office located in Toronto.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Toronto has a gross domestic product of 225 billion Canadian dollars. When the complete agglomeration of Toronto would be included, this number would come in at 305 billion. Major companies that have established themselves in Toronto: Thomson Corporation, Bell Globe media, Four Seasons Hotels, Rogers Communications, and Celestica.Also many other foreign multinationals often establish their Canadian Office in Toronto. ==Sights and culture<span class="mw-editsection" len="344" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Royal Ontario Museum is a museum that internationally in high regard. The largest museum of Canada focuses on the natural history and world cultures. In addition to maintaining and expanding collections, hold the scientific staff of the museum is on various places in the world engaged in field research. The Art Gallery of Ontario has a large collection of Canadian, European and African contemporary works of art. Each year on Exhibition Place the Canadian National Exhibition organized.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Toronto has a large Theatre-and art scene, and has more than 50 ballet and dance associations, six operas and two symphony orchestras. Important locations in this whole are the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Roy Thomson Hall, the Princess of Wales Theatre and the Toronto Centre for the Arts. On Ontario Place one finds the very first IMAX movie theatre of the world.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The production of Canadian or foreign movies and TV is an important part of Toronto's economy. The city often functions as a ' stand-in ' for major American cities such as New York City and Chicago, because the production costs in Toronto are lower than in major cities in the United States. Many films are released in Toronto, first as a test before one proceeds to national release. The Toronto International film festival is one of the most important for the international film industry.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Toronto is the most important media city of Canada. The national newspapers The Globe and Mail and National Post come from Toronto, just like the local newspapers Toronto Star and the Toronto Sun. All major Canadian television stations have their head offices in Toronto, including CBC and CTV.

CN Tower seen from the ground<p lang="en" len="397" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The most famous building of Toronto is the CN Tower, the second tallest Tower in the world, with a height of 553 m. the Royal Ontario Museum is an important museum in the field of natural history and world cultures.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Distillery District is a pedestrian-friendly neighborhood where many boutiques, art galleries and restaurants. One of the newest theatres in this district is the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, the home of the Soulpepper Theatre Company. Also the districts of the Beaches, Toronto Islands, Kensington Market and the Toronto Eaton Centre are places.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">At the port of Toronto Yonge Street, which begins with 1896 km ever by the Guinness Book of Records was recorded as the longest Street in the world. The Ontario Highway 11, however, was included in the Yonge Street, and the street these days, also no longer in the record book. In Toronto itself is an important shopping street, which includes shopping malls like the Toronto Eaton Centre. ==Town Twinning<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Born in Toronto<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
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 * David Cronenberg (March 16, 1943), film director
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