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, 2010 Estimate	5,667,093
Male	2,783,639
Female	2,883,454
% Canadian Total	16.71

Marital Status (2010 Estimates - Age 15+)
Single (Never married)	1,370,769
Married (Legal and common-law)	2,729,738
Separated (Legally Married)	125,665
Widowed	243,,064
Divorced	224,611

Home Language (Top 3)
	2010 Estimates	% Total
English	3,878,911	69.17
Cantonese	160,617	2.86
Chinese	144,855	2.58

Income
2010 Total Income Estimate $	200,876,775,679
% Above/Below National Average	+10
% Canadian Total	18.39
2010 Average HH. Income $	99,268
2010 Per Capita $	35,446

Housing (2010 Estimates)
Occupied Private Dwellings	2,023,574
Owned	1,385,182
Rented	638,392

Occupations
2010 Estimates	Male	Female
Management	234,051	136,067
Business, Finance & Admin.	222,911	449,658
Natural & Applied Sci. and Rel’d	198,571	61,256
Health	35,832	108,992
Social Sci., Gov’t Serv’s & Relig’n	46,484	97,549
Education	38,389	81,770
Arts, Culture, Recr’n & Sport	60,020	64,626
Sales & Service	313,865	372,859
Trades, Transp. & EquipOps. Etc.	344,111	28,506
Primary Industries	27,994	7,492
Processing, Mfg. & Utilities	128,279	94,688

Retail Sales
2010 Retail Sales Estimate $	59,434,836,478
% Above/Below National Average	-17
% Cdn. Total	13.89
2010 per HH $	29,371
2010 per Capita $	10,488

Vehicles
2008 new vehicles registered (Year End)	282,040
Total vehicles on the road (Dec ’08)	2,990,397

Source: FP Markets, Canadian Demographics 2010