TORONTO - INTRODUCTION 


Toronto, city, capital of Ontario, Canada, on Lake Ontario, at the
mouths of the Humber and Don rivers in the southern part of the
province. A city that has redefined itself in the past 50 years,
Toronto has grown to become the financial and cultural centre of
Canada. Combined with the neighbouring cities of Etobicoke,
Scarborough, York, North York, and the borough of East York, Toronto
is the largest metropolitan area in the country. The city is part of
the “Golden Horseshoe”, an urban region bounding the western
shore of Lake Ontario. Once primarily made up of people of British
descent, Toronto is now a cosmopolitan city with a diverse cultural
and ethnic make-up. Population 4,751,400 (2000 estimate).