Toronto

Toronto is Canada's largest city and the provincial capital of Ontario. Toronto's population is 2,518,772 (Statistics Canada, 2004); that of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is 5,203,686 (Statistics Canada, 2004). Residents of Toronto are called Torontonians (in French: torontois). The city is part of the Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario--a densely populated region of around 7 million people. Approximately 23% of the Canadian population live within the Golden Horseshoe region, and about one-sixth of all Canadian jobs lie within the city limits.

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Canada - Provincial - Ontario - Statistics Canada - 2004 - Greater Toronto Area - Golden Horseshoe

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Known as the 'economic engine' of Canada, Toronto is a global city, exerting significant regional, national, and international influence. Toronto is Canada's financial centre as well as one of the country's most important cultural, art, and health sciences centres. In January 2005, it was designated by the federal government as one of Canada's cultural capitals. It is one of the safest cities to live in North America; its violent crime rate is lower than that of any major U.S. metropolitan area and is one of the lowest in Canada. It is ranked as the safest large metropolitan area in North America by the Places Rated Almanac.

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Global city - Cultural capital - North America - U.S. metropolitan area - Places Rated Almanac

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The current City of Toronto was ? in 1998 ? amalgamated from its six prior municipalities and regional government. The current mayor of Toronto is David Miller. His predecessor, and first mayor of the amalgamated city, was Mel Lastman. The last mayor of the pre-amalgamated city was Barbara Hall.

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Amalgamated - Regional government - David Miller - Mel Lastman - Barbara Hall

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