City (single-tier)
City of Toronto
Flag Coat of arms Wordmark
Etymology: From the Mohawk word tkaronto, the name of a channel between Lakes Simcoe and Couchiching
Coordinates: 43°44′30″N 79°22′24″W / 43.74167°N 79.37333°W / 43.74167; -79.37333Coordinates: 43°44′30″N 79°22′24″W / 43.74167°N 79.37333°W / 43.74167; -79.37333
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Settled	1750 (as Fort Rouillé)
Established	August 27, 1793 (as York)
Incorporated	March 6, 1834 (as Toronto)
Amalgamated into division	January 20, 1953 (as Metropolitan Toronto)
Amalgamated	January 1, 1998 (as City of Toronto)
Districts	East York Etobicoke North York Old Toronto Scarborough York
Government
• Type	Single-tier municipality with a mayor–council system
• Mayor	John Tory
• Deputy Mayors	Denzil Minnan-Wong Ana Bailão Michael Thompson Stephen Holyday
• Body	Toronto City Council
• Federal representation	List of MPs Gary Anandasangaree (LPC) Yvan Baker (LPC) Carolyn Bennett (LPC) Bill Blair (LPC) Shaun Chen (LPC) Julie Dabrusin (LPC) Han Dong (LPC) Kirsty Duncan (LPC) Julie Dzerowicz (LPC) Ali Ehsassi (LPC) Nathaniel Erskine-Smith (LPC) Chrystia Freeland (LPC) Ahmed Hussen (LPC) Michael Levitt (LPC) James Maloney (LPC) John McKay (LPC) Marco Mendicino (LPC) Bill Morneau (LPC) Rob Oliphant (LPC) Yasmin Ratansi (IND) Judy Sgro (LPC) Adam Vaughan (LPC) Arif Virani (LPC) Jean Yip (LPC) Salma Zahid (LPC)
• Provincial representation	List of MPPs Jill Andrew (NDP) Roman Baber (IND) Aris Babikian (PC) Doly Begum (NDP) Jessica Bell (NDP) Rima Berns-McGown (NDP) Raymond Cho (PC) Stan Cho (PC) Michael Coteau (OLP) Doug Ford (PC) Chris Glover (NDP) Faisal Hassan (NDP) Christine Hogarth (PC) Mitzie Hunter (OLP) Bhutila Karpoche (NDP) Vincent Ke (PC) Robin Martin (PC) Christina Mitas (PC) Suze Morrison (NDP) Tom Rakocevic (NDP) Marit Stiles (NDP) Kinga Surma (PC) Peter Tabuns (NDP) Vijay Thanigasalam (PC) Kathleen Wynne (OLP)
Area
• City	630.20 km2 (243.32 sq mi)
• Urban	1,792.99 km2 (692.28 sq mi)
• Metro	5,905.71 km2 (2,280.21 sq mi)
Elevation	76.5 m (251.0 ft)
Population  (2016 Census)
• City	2,731,571 (1st)
• Density	4,334.4/km2 (11,226/sq mi)
• Urban	5,429,524
• Greater Toronto Area (metro)	6,417,516 (1st)
• Region	9,245,438
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code span	M
Major airports	Toronto Pearson International Airport, Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
Highways	2A, 27, 400, 401, 404, 409, 427, Black Creek Drive, Allen Road, Don Valley Parkway, Gardiner Expressway, Queen Elizabeth Way
Rapid transit	Toronto subway
Commuter rail	GO Transit
Waterways	Black Creek, Burke Brook, Don River, Etobicoke Creek, German Mills Creek, Humber River, Keating Channel, Mimico Creek, Rouge River, Taylor-Massey Creek
GDP (Toronto CMA)	CA$385.1 billion (2016)
GDP per capita (Toronto CMA)	CA$57,004 (2016)
Website	toronto.ca

Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario. It is also the largest city in Ontario. It is found on the north-west side of Lake Ontario behind New York City and Chicago.

The City of Toronto itself has a population of almost 3 million people. Even more people live in the regions around it. All together, the Greater Toronto Area is home to over 6 million people. This makes it the biggest metropolitan area in Canada.