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About Toronto -
Visitor Information
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Want to know more about the city?
Our editors have compiled all of the facts we can think of about our fave city. Some fun and some interesting.
Well here's where you can find some fun and interesting facts about Toronto.
- Toronto's time zone is Eastern Standard Time (EST) (UTC-5)
- Toronto is Canada's largest city and home to over 5 million people.
- One third of Canada's population is located within 160 km radius of Toronto.
- One half of the population of the United States is within one day's drive of Toronto.
- Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario.
- Toronto is located on Lake Ontario, the 8th largest freshwater lake in the world.
- Because of its proximity to Lake Ontario, the temperatures are the most mild of anywhere in Canada.
- English is the primary and first language spoken in Toronto and in Canada.
- "French-Canadian" is Canada's second, official language.
- Other minorities speak over 100 languages in the Greater Toronto Area.
- Toronto has one of the most ethnically-diverse populations in the world and includes Italians, French, Croatians, Portuguese and Chinese to name a few.
- Toronto is home to the world's tallest building The CN Tower. The CN Tower is 1,748 feet (553.33 meters) tall.
- Toronto's Yonge Street is the world's longest street. It starts at the city's lakeshore and goes north for 1,178 miles (1,896 kilometers) long.
- Toronto has the only "real" castle in all of North America... The historic Casa Loma built in 1914. It is one of the city's most popular tourist destinations.
- Toronto welcomes 18 million visitors a year and is the most visited tourist destination in Canada.
- All major Canadian banks have their world headquarters in the city.
- Toronto's theatre district is second in size, only to New York city.
- Toronto is also known as "Hollywood North".
- Toronto has 10,033 streets, 20,371 intersections, 1,773 traffic signals, and 158,898 streetlights.
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