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A map of Toronto's Census Metropolitan Area, which contains a large portion of the Greater Toronto Area.
A map of Toronto's Census Metropolitan Area, which contains a large portion of the Greater Toronto Area. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario The census geographic units of Canada are the Country subdivisions defined and used by Canada's federal government statistics bureau Statistics Canada to

The Greater Toronto Area (locally abbreviated as the GTA) is the most populous metropolitan area in Canada. A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large Metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The GTA is a provincial planning area with a population of 5,555,912 at the 2006 Canadian Census. [1] The Toronto Census Metropolitan Area defined by Statistics Canada is smaller than the GTA planning area and had a population of 5,113,149 at the same 2006 census. The census geographic units of Canada are the Country subdivisions defined and used by Canada's federal government statistics bureau Statistics Canada to Statistics Canada (Statistique Canada is the Canadian federal government department commissioned with producing Statistics to help [2]

The Greater Toronto Area is the 8th largest metropolitan area in North America. This is a list of the largest Metropolitan areas in The Americas. In addition to the City of Toronto, it includes the Regional Municipalities of York, Halton, Peel and Durham. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario A Regional Municipality (or Region) is a type of Canadian Municipal Government similar to and at the same municipal government level as The term GTA only came into usage in the mid-1990s after it was used in a widely discussed report on municipal governance restructuring in the region.

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The Greater Toronto Area is one of North America's fastest-growing urban areas. As an economic area, the GTA consists of the City of Toronto and four regional municipalities in a total area of 7,125 km². Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario A Regional Municipality (or Region) is a type of Canadian Municipal Government similar to and at the same municipal government level as [1] Vast parts of the GTA remain farmland and forests, including protected sections of the Oak Ridges Moraine, Rouge Park and the Niagara Escarpment. The Oak Ridges Moraine is an ecologically sensitive geological landform in the Mixedwood Plains of south central Ontario, Canada. Rouge Park is a large natural environment park in Canada's most urbanized area located in east Toronto and the large neighbouring town of Markham in York Region The Niagara Escarpment is a long Escarpment, or Cuesta, in the United States and Canada that runs westward from New York State, through All of these areas are protected by the Greenbelt. The Greenbelt (Golden Horeshoe region (not to be confused with the Ottawa Greenbelt in the same province is a permanently protected area of green space farmland forests Nevertheless, low-density suburban developments continue to be built, some on or near ecologically sensitive and protected areas. The government of Ontario has recently attempted to address this issue through the "Places to Grow" proposal which emphasizes higher-density growth in existing urban centres over the next 25 years. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec

The work force is made up of approximately 2. 9 million people, more than 100,000 companies, and a CA$360 billion gross domestic product. . If it was a country, the GTA's GDP would rank approximately 20th in the world. The GTA is Canada's business and manufacturing capital by a large margin. The GTA is home to a number of post-secondary educational institutions, including 4 universities and 7 colleges.

The following regional municipalities are included in describing the Greater Toronto Area:[3]

The City of Toronto is now a single-tier municipality, but before 1998 it had a similar "regional" structure under the name Metropolitan Toronto, and comprised Toronto (old), York, North York, East York, Etobicoke and Scarborough. A Regional Municipality (or Region) is a type of Canadian Municipal Government similar to and at the same municipal government level as Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was the senior level of Municipal government in the Toronto, Ontario, Canada, area from 1954 to Old City of Toronto refers to the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as it existed before the " York is a community in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Formerly a separate city it was one of six municipalities North York forms the central part of the northern half of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. East York was formerly a semi-autonomous Borough within the overall municipality of Metropolitan Toronto before East Scarborough (ˈskɑrˌbəroʊ ( 2001 Census 593297 is the area that forms the eastern part of the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Originally, Toronto was called the City of Toronto, and the others were boroughs. Eventually, York and North York were called "cities", though still part of the Toronto Municipal Government. Eventually, the idea of boroughs and cities was discarded and there is now one City of Toronto, with its northern border Steeles Avenue, and its southern border Lake Ontario. Steeles Avenue is an east-west street that forms the northern city limit of Toronto and the southern limit of York Region, Ontario, Canada. Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America.

The City of Hamilton, Regional Municipality of Niagara and City of Guelph all have significant ties to Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area. Hamilton (ˈhæməltən ( 2006 population 504559 UA population 647634 CMA population Nonetheless, they are geographically distant enough not to be considered part of the GTA, officially or otherwise. In some cases the provincial government already includes Hamilton and Niagara as part of the GTA for record keeping purposes as well as for transportation planning.

In 2001, Statistics Canada identified four major urban regions exhibiting a cluster pattern of concentrated population growth. Statistics Canada (Statistique Canada is the Canadian federal government department commissioned with producing Statistics to help Among these regions, the Extended Golden Horseshoe Census Region includes all of the Greater Toronto Area, as well as Niagara, Hamilton, Guelph and Kitchener-Waterloo. As far as I know the Golden Horseshoe is ancient history and this page should be renamed (or forwarded to to Greater Golden Horseshoe now that Statistics Canada is (finally using the same Combined, the Extended Golden Horseshoe has a population (as of 2001) of more than 6. 7 million people[2], now estimated at 7. 8 million, containing approximately 25% of Canada's population.

The GTA is projected to have 7. 7 million residents by 2025. [4]

Toronto CMA

Some municipalities that are considered part of the GTA are not within Toronto's Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) whose land area (5,904 km² in 2006)[2] and population (5,113,149 as of the 2006 census)[2] is thus smaller than the land area and population of the GTA planning area. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario The census geographic units of Canada are the Country subdivisions defined and used by Canada's federal government statistics bureau Statistics Canada to For example, Oshawa, which is the centre of its own CMA, or Burlington, which is included in the Hamilton CMA are both deemed part of the Greater Toronto Area. Burlington ( 2006 population 164415 is a city located at the western end of Lake Ontario Other municipalities, such as New Tecumseth in southern Simcoe County and Mono Township in Dufferin County are included in the Toronto CMA but not in the GTA. New Tecumseth is a Town in south-central Ontario, in the County of Simcoe. Simcoe is a County located in central Ontario, originally established as "Simcoe District" in 1843 by the Legislature of Upper Canada The Town of Mono ( 2006 population 7071 is situated in south-central Ontario, at the south-east corner of County of Dufferin, just north of Caledon Dufferin County is a County and Census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. These different border configurations result in the GTA's population being higher than the Toronto CMA by nearly one-half million people, often leading to confusion amongst people when trying to sort out the urban population of Toronto.

Other nearby urban areas, such as Hamilton, Barrie or St. Catharines-Niagara and Kitchener-Waterloo are not part of the GTA or the Toronto CMA, but form their own CMAs that are in fairly close proximity to the GTA (all within one hour's drive to downtown Toronto). Hamilton (ˈhæməltən ( 2006 population 504559 UA population 647634 CMA population Ultimately, all the aforementioned places are part of the Golden Horseshoe metropolitan region, an urban agglomeration which is the sixth most populous in North America. As far as I know the Golden Horseshoe is ancient history and this page should be renamed (or forwarded to to Greater Golden Horseshoe now that Statistics Canada is (finally using the same In the study of human settlements an agglomeration is an extended City or Town area comprising the built-up area of a central place ( usually a Municipality

Area codes

The Greater Toronto Area is served by seven distinct area codes. A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks Before 1993, the GTA used the 416 area code. In a 1993 zone split, the City of Toronto retained the 416 code, while the rest of the Greater Toronto Area was assigned the new area code 905. This division by area code has become part of the local culture to the point where local media refer to something inside Toronto as "the 416" and outside of Toronto as "the 905". Though for the most part this was correct, it is not entirely true as some portions of Durham and York Regions use the 705 area code, and some portions of Halton and Peel Regions use the 519 area code. Area code 705 (1-705 includes most of Northeastern Ontario and Central Ontario. Furthermore, there are areas, such as the Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario and Port Hope, Ontario that use the 905 area code, but are not part of the GTA. Port Hope is a Municipality in Ontario, Canada, about 109 km east of Toronto and about 159 km west of Kingston.

To meet the increased demand for phone numbers, two overlay area codes were introduced in 2001. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Area code 647 (supplementing the 416 area code) was introduced in March 2001 and area code 289 (supplementing the 905 area code) was introduced in July 2001. In 2006, area code 226 was created as an overlay, supplementing the 519 area code. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. As well, individuals within the 905 area code region may have to dial long distance to reach each other; although residents of Mississauga and Hamilton share the same area code (905), an individual from Toronto, for example, would have to dial "1" (long distance code before 905) to reach Hamilton, but not to reach Mississauga. Ten-digit telephone dialling, including the area code for local calls, is required throughout the GTA region.

Transportation

Most of the GTA is served by GO Transit, a regional transportation authority that connects Toronto's suburban areas to its downtown. GO Transit is the interregional public transit system serving the Conurbation in Ontario, Canada referred to by Metrolinx as the In addition, a number of local agencies provide public transportation services within their jurisdictions. These agencies are largely independent, although provision is being made to integrate them under the Greater Toronto Transit Authority (GTTA), also known as Metrolinx. Metrolinx (legally the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority or GTTA is the public authority that manages Transportation planning including Public transport They will utilize the new 'Presto card' which allows for seamless connection between these and other transit operators. The Presto card, originally known as the GTA Farecard, is a Smartcard -based fare payment system for Greater Toronto Area and Hamilton, Ontario

A list of public transit operators in the GTA:

The GTA also has the largest and busiest freeway network in Canada, consisting mainly of 400-Series Highways and supplemented by municipal expressways. The Toronto Transit Commission ( TTC) is a Public transport authority that operates Buses streetcars, subways and Rapid transit York Region Transit (YRT is the Public transit operator in York Region, Ontario, Canada. Durham Region Transit (DRT is the regional Public transit operator in Durham Region, east of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mississauga Transit ( MT) is the city of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada 's Public transportation operation Brampton Transit (BT is Public transport Bus operator for the City of Brampton in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and within the Greater Oakville Transit is the public transportation provider in Oakville, Ontario, Canada since 1972. Burlington Transit is the Public transport provider in the city of Burlington Ontario, Canada. Hamilton (ˈhæməltən ( 2006 population 504559 UA population 647634 CMA population The 400-series highways are a network of controlled-access Freeways throughout the southern portion of the province of Ontario, Canada, forming a special The City of Toronto, Ontario maintains a system of Expressways and arterial highways at the municipal level A list of major roadways in the GTA:

Politics

There has been a growing tension between Toronto and the surrounding GTA area since the mid 1990s, with Toronto complaining that it has been economically exploited by its neighbours. The King's Highway 400, more commonly known as Highway 400 or the 400, is a key north-south 400-Series Highway in the Canadian province of Highway 403 is a 400-Series Highway in Ontario, Canada that extends 126 km (78 Highway 404 is a 400-Series Highway in Ontario, Canada. It runs from the junction of Highway 401 and the Don Valley Parkway in Highway 407, officially called the 407 Express Toll Route (ETR, is a Tollway located in the Greater Toronto Area, southern Ontario, Canada Highway 409 is an Ontario provincial 400 series Expressway that extends from the Highway 401 in Toronto to Toronto Pearson International Highway 410 is a 400-Series highway in Ontario, Canada that connects Highways 401 and 403 with Toronto 's western suburbs The King's Highway 427 is a 400-Series Highway in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada, that runs from immediately south of the Queen The Queen Elizabeth Way (commonly referred to as the QEW, Q, QE, or Queen-E) is a vital 400-Series Freeway in Ontario The Frederick G Gardiner Expressway, known locally as " the Gardiner " is an expressway connecting downtown Toronto, Ontario, The Don Valley Parkway (generally referred to as the DVP) is a controlled-access six-lane Freeway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, so William R Allen Road, known more commonly as Allen Road, The Allen Expressway or simply The Allen is a short Expressway / Freeway The election of the Harris government was attributed to his support base in the suburban "905" region. Michael Deane Harris (born January 23, 1945, in Toronto Ontario) was the twenty-second Premier of Ontario from June 26, During his time in office, many provincial services were downloaded to the municipal level, which caused great financial strain on an already indebted city. Although the succeeding McGuinty government has attempted to address this imbalance, Torontonians feel that his attempts are half-hearted because McGuinty also had significant "905" support during his 2003 election victory. Dalton James Patrick McGuinty Jr MPP (born July 19, 1955, in Ottawa Ontario) is a Canadian lawyer and politician

Most of the "905" municipalities have few cultural institutions, despite their significant populations. Area code 905 (with overlay Area code 289) is a telephone dialing area for south central Ontario. For instance, Mississauga is one of the largest cities in Canada by population (at nearly 750,000) but has no daily newspaper, television stations, or commercial radio stations (though the city does have CFBN (AM), a business and airport/traffic station, CJMR-AM, a multicultural independent, and CFRE-FM, the local campus radio station). Mississauga (ˌmɪsɪˈsɑgə) incorporated in 1974 is a City located in the Regional Municipality of Peel A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. A television station is a type of broadcast station that broadcasts both audio and Video to Television receivers in a particular area CFRE is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 919 FM in Mississauga, Ontario. Campus radio (also known as college radio, university radio or student radio) is a type of Radio station that is run by the students of a college Despite having attracted significant investment over the last few decades (particularly from high-tech computing firms, such as Microsoft Canada), the surrounding cities are still considered bedroom suburbs of Toronto rather than independent municipalities, and as a result many are virtually unknown outside of Ontario. Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A commuter town is an urban community that is primarily residential from which most of the Workforce commute out to earn their livelihood Prior to the municipal amalgamations that took place with the introduction of regional government, Oshawa was the only nearby city with a significant population and recognition.

Demographics

Mother tongue languages (2006)[5]
LanguageTorontoOntarioCanada
English56. The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States 2%69. 8%58. 4%
Italian3. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. 8%2. 5%1. 5%
Chinese3. 5%1. 8%1. 5%
Cantonese3. 4%1. 5%1. 2%
Punjabi2. Punjabi (pa ਪੰਜਾਬੀ in Gurmukhi script pa-PK {{Nastaliq پنجابی}} in Shahmukhi script Pañjābī in Transliteration) is an 7%1. 3%1. 2%
Tagalog2. Tagalog is one of the major languages used in the Philippines. 2%1. 1%0. 9%
Portuguese2. Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. 2%1. 4%0. 7%
Spanish2. 2%1. 4%1. 2%
Urdu2. Urdu ( ur '''{{Nastaliq اردو}}''' trans Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is a Central Indo-Aryan language Urdu is a standardised 1%1. 0%0. 5%
Tamil1. Tamil (ta தமிழ்; t̪əmɨɻ is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. 9%0. 9%0. 4%
Polish1. Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. 6%1. 2%0. 7%
French1. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people 4%4. 4%22. 3%
Russian1. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages 3%0. 7%0. 4%
Persian1. 3%0. 7%0. 4%
Mandarin1. 3%0. 6%0. 6%
Arabic1. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language 2%1. 0%0. 9%
Gujarati1. Gujarati (ગુજરાતી Gujǎrātī ? 1%0. 5%0. 3%

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Total population and land area of the City of Toronto and the regional municipalities of Durhambut excluding Whitby, Halton, Peel and York which form the Greater Toronto Area, however many towns within those regions, such as Whitby, are not considered part of the GTA. The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was the senior level of Municipal government in the Toronto, Ontario, Canada, area from 1954 to Canadian National Exhibition ( CNE) aka The Ex, is an annual event held at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada As far as I know the Golden Horseshoe is ancient history and this page should be renamed (or forwarded to to Greater Golden Horseshoe now that Statistics Canada is (finally using the same GO Transit is the interregional public transit system serving the Conurbation in Ontario, Canada referred to by Metrolinx as the Metrolinx (legally the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority or GTTA is the public authority that manages Transportation planning including Public transport Greater Toronto Services Board was created in 1998 under the Greater Toronto Services Act by the province of Ontario and began sessions in 1999 The Greater Toronto Bioregion represents a unique Ecosystem that co-exists with the urban sprawl of the Greater Toronto Area. The Oak Ridges Moraine is an ecologically sensitive geological landform in the Mixedwood Plains of south central Ontario, Canada. The Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL formerly known as the "Metro Toronto Hockey League" is a minor level Ice hockey organization based out of the Toronto The Greater Toronto Airports Authority ( GTAA) operates Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga Ontario, west of Toronto, The Greater Montreal Area is the most populous Metropolitan area in the Canadian Province of Quebec. Metro Vancouver, legally the Greater Vancouver Regional District, is the inter-municipal body or regional district, charged with certain aspects Population and land area figures for Toronto and the regional municipalities come from the 2006 Canadian census: [1].
  2. ^ a b c Population and dwelling counts, for census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data. Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population (2007-03-13). Statistics Canada (Statistique Canada is the Canadian federal government department commissioned with producing Statistics to help Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Retrieved on 2007-03-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II.
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