Toronto is the province of Ontario’s capital, and is Canada’s largest city and the fifth largest in North America. 50% of the U.S. population is within a day’s drive of Toronto. One-third of Canada’s population is located within a 160 km radius of Toronto.

Toronto has the busiest Canadian port on the Great Lakes and is a major center for banking, manufacturing and publishing. The Toronto Stock Exchange is North America’s third largest Stock Exchange by value traded. Considered “Hollywood North” by the film industry, Toronto ranks third in North American TV and film production.

Downtown Toronto’s grid-style layout has nearly all the streets running north-south and east-west. Yonge St, the main north-south artery, runs about 18 km from Lake Ontario north to the city boundary, Steeles Ave, and beyond. The central downtown area is bounded by Front St to the south, Bloor St to the north, Spadina Ave to the west and Jarvis St to the east. Street names change from ‘East’ to ‘West’ at Yonge St, and the street numbers begin there.

Downtown Toronto covers several boroughs. The area around Union Station, known as the Financial District, is kept busy day and night with executives, tourists and people heading to hockey games at Air Canada Centre.

Due west, Toronto shows off its multicultural roots via the diverse smells, colors, flavours and architecture of Chinatown and bohemian Baldwin Village.

Running parallel to Yonge St, University Ave is Toronto’s widest street and the route of most major parades. University Ave heads north to the University of Toronto and surrounds Queens Park. Near to UT is The Annex, a student neighbourhood. To the east is upmarket Bloor-Yorkville.

To the west of the UT campus, occupying a few narrow streets west of Spadina Ave between College St and Dundas St West, Kensington Market represents multicultural Toronto at it most authentic. Surrounding Kensington Market, Little Italy and Queen West provide plenty of shopping, bars and restaurants.

Toronto has the largest gay population in Canada and Pride Week in Toronto is one of the three largest Pride events in the world, along with New York City and Sydney, Australia.

The five cities surrounding and adjacent to Toronto proper amalgamated in 1998. This enlarged Toronto has been dubbed the Megacity. The urban sprawl beyond the new city boundaries is known as the Greater Toronto Area ( GTA).

The Toronto Transit System (TTC) provides a subway, bus and streetcar system and is North America’s second largest transit system. There is one east-west line, and two north-south lines. The above ground Scarborough RT train line connects the subway with the northeastern part of the city. At the southern end of the downtown area is Union Station, where GO Transit trains serve the suburbs of Toronto east to Whitby and west to Hamilton.

Lester B Pearson International Airport is 27 km west of downtown and is Canada’s busiest airport. On the Toronto Islands, the small Toronto City Centre Airport is used by regional airlines, charter and private flights.

Population
July 1, 2009 Estimate	5,772,047
Male	2,839,394
Female	2,932,653
% Canadian Total	16.93

Marital Status (2009 Estimates - Age 15+)
Single (Never married)	1,381,316
Married (Legal and common-law)	2,774,594
Separated (Legally Married)	126,247
Widowed	244,,812
Divorced	224,766

Home Language (Top 3)
	2009 Estimates	% Total
English	3,941,966	69.01
Cantonese	168,723	2.95
Chinese	148,788	2.60
*1 out of every 4 Canadian immigrants settle in Toronto. Over 100 languages and dialects are spoken in Toronto.

Income
2009 Total Income Estimate $	207,317,370,000
% Above/Below National Average	+15
% Canadian Total	19.49
2009 Average HH. Income $	101,400
2009 Per Capita $	35,900

Housing (2009 Estimates)
Occupied Private Dwellings	2,045,104
Owned	1,408,643
Rented	636,461

Occupations
2009 Estimates	Male	Female
Management	235,917	136,799
Business, Finance & Admin.	224,739	455,798
Natural & Applied Sci. and Rel’d	200,029	61,487
Health	35,699	109,508
Social Sci., Gov’t Serv’s & Relig’n	46,403	98,034
Education	38,351	82,619
Arts, Culture, Recr’n & Sport	59,408	64,164
Sales & Service	318,339	376,929
Trades, Transp. & EquipOps. Etc.	351,369	29,041
Primary Industries	27,883	7,355
Processing, Mfg. & Utilities	131,352	97,121

Retail Sales
2009 Retail Sales Estimate $	62,255,840,000
% Above/Below National Average	-13
% Cdn. Total	14.78
2009 per HH $	30,400
2009 per Capita $	10,800

Vehicles
2007 new vehicles registered	292,331
Total vehicles on the road (July ’04)	2,869,396

Source: FP Markets, Canadian Demographics 2009