| Toronto is the largest city in Canada and is the | | | | population of 5,113,149, and the Greater Toronto |
| provincial capital of Ontario. It is located on the | | | | Area had a population of 5,555,912 at the 2006 |
| northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. With over 2.5 | | | | Census. |
| million residents, it is the fifth-most populous | | | | Toronto covers an area of 630 square kilometres |
| municipality in North America, and the 46th most | | | | (243 sq mi),[33] with a maximum north-south |
| populous in the world. | | | | distance of 21 kilometres (13 mi) and a maximum |
| Toronto is at the heart of the Greater Toronto Area | | | | east-west distance of 43 km (27 mi). It has a long |
| (GTA), and is part of a densely-populated region in | | | | waterfront shoreline of 46-kilometre (29 mi). Lake |
| south-central Ontario known as the Golden | | | | Ontario, Etobicoke Creek and Highway no. 427 form |
| Horseshoe which is home to over eight million | | | | its borders in the south to the west, Steeles Avenue |
| residents. The census metropolitan area (CMA) had a | | | | to the north and the Rouge River to the east. |