Toronto
About Toronto
Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located on a harbour at the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. The city is the fourth-most populous city in North America, behind Mexico City, New York City, and Los Angeles, with a census population of 2,794,356 as of 2021. The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is constituted of Toronto proper and four surrounding regions, Peel, York, Durham, and Halton, and has a population of 6,712,341, while the Toronto census metropolitan area (CMA), with a somewhat different definition, has a population of 7,106,379. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world.
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In a 1912 fly-killing contest in Toronto, one man delivered an average of 200,000 dead flies a week, making about $1,000 a week.
from 170: No Such Thing As A Love Potion For A Vole · read transcript
More facts about Toronto
The second-place finisher in Toronto's 1912 fly-killing contest was a girl who lived near a 90-metre-long heap of manure.
No Such Thing As A Love Potion For A Vole · listen
The Canadian police procedural Due South was set in Chicago but filmed in Toronto, and the one scene where the characters cross the border to reach Toronto was filmed in Chicago.
No Such Thing As Radioactive Jenga · listen
A Torontonian's accent is so strong they have to change their pronunciation to 'Toronto' when talking to British people so they'll understand.
Little Fish: Unencumbered By Any Knowledge · listen
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Coordinates: 43.6525, -79.3817