- Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada.
- Toronto is the largest and most important financial center of Canada.
- Toronto is Canada’s number one tourist destination.
- The name Toronto is likely derived from the Iroquois word tkaronto, meaning "place where trees stand in the water".
- About 25 percent of films produced in Hollywood are actually filmed in Toronto, making it North America's third largest television and movie production venue.
- 43% of Toronto's population reported themselves as being part of a visible minority.
- Population (2006) - City 2,503,281
- Toronto is the 3rd largest center for English language theatre in the world, behind New York and London.
- Toronto is North America's fifth-largest city after Mexico City, New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago.
- More than 30% of Toronto residents speak a language other than English at home.
- Its metropolitan area with over 5 million residents is the 7th largest urban region in North America.
- Approximately 25% of the population of Canada lives in Toronto.
- Residents of Toronto are called Torontonians.
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