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First settled over 11,000 years ago, and founded as a city in 1793, Toronto is the largest city in Canada with 243 square miles of land and 2.8 million residents. The Toronto metro area is home to over 5.9 million people. Toronto has over 40 million annual visitors.
Toronto Nicknames
The Six, T.O, The Big Smoke, 416, Hogtown, Queen City, Hollywood North, Little York, Toronto the Good, The Megacity.
Toronto Firsts
- 1801-coffee house
- 1883-shopping mall
- 1899-apartments
- 1947-cocktail lounge
- 1970-Tim Horton's
Toronto Inventions
- 1850-electric railways
- 1874-electric light bulb
- 1904-Canada Dry ginger ale
- 1909-five-pin bowling
- 1918-Buckley's cough syrup
- 1920-Crispy Crunch
- 1922-insulin
- 1930-Whoopie Cushion
- 1930-pablum
- 1938-electron microscope
- 1940-antigravity suits
- 1940-paint rollers
- 1949-pagers
- 1950-pacemakers
- 1955-instant replay
- 1959-Jolly Jumper
- 1966-Sphynx cat breed
- 1970-key-frame animation
- 1981-Canadarm
Toronto Fun Facts
- Over 180 languages are spoken in the city and almost half of Torontonians were born outside of Canada. Toronto has the largest Italian population outside Italy.
- Toronto has over 8000 restaurants, 10,000 trees, and 52 outdoor skating rinks, and 23,700 artists (by far the most of any Canadian city).
- Toronto is one of the sunniest cities in North America with over 300 days.
- Carabana is North America's largest and longest one-day parade.
- The Toronto Zoo is Canada's largest with over 16,000 animals of nearly 5000 species.
- Helping Torontonians battle the winter weather, PATH is North America's largest underground pedestrian system. Each year, the businesses found in the PATH system have the world's largest underground sidewalk sale.
- Babe Ruth had his first home run in Toronto.
- Pearson International Airport is Canada's largest.
- Many Hollywood movies are filmed in Toronto because it can double for New York (except in wide shots) and it's much less expensive.
- An image of Toronto city hall appeared briefly in an episode of Star Trek Next Gen.
- Like movie props, Toronto Hydro has been building fake homes to hide transformers placed inside. Since WWII, the company and its predecessor have built over 200 such homes matching the architecture of each neighborhood and 79 of them are still used to hide transformers today.
- Toronto has a house that's been cut in half right down the middle of its peak. Half of the property was sold to a developer. The other half of the house remains standing.
- It takes two weeks to decorate the 60-foot tree in Nathan Phillips Square.
Famous Torontonians
A. J. Cook, Adam Oates, Alan Thicke, Alanis Morissette, Alex Trebek, André Boisclair, Andrea Jung, Anne Fleming, Antonio Carvalho, Arnold Scaasi, Barbra Amesbury, Billy Bishop, Caroline Rhea, Chris Hadfield, Claude Jutra, Colleen Dewhurst, Conrad Black, Corey Haim, Craig MacTavish, Dan Aykroyd, Daniel David Moses, Dave Foley, Dave Sim, Dave Thomas, David Emerson, David Furnish, David Rakoff, Deryck Whibley, Donal Logue, Douglas Gordon Jones, Drake, Ed Broadbent, Edward Graydon Carter, Emily VanCamp, Eugene Levy, Ferguson Jenkins, Frank Gehry, Gail Kim, Georges Laraque, Gerald Bull, Glen Murray, Glenn Gould, Gordon Lightfoot, Gregory Chamitoff, Gregory Smith, Harland Williams, Henry Czerny, Herbert Henry Dow, Howard Shore, Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, Jay Baruchel, Jeff Healey, Jeffrey Kofman, Jeremy Podeswa, Jim Carrey, Joey Votto, John Candy, John Kenneth Galbraith, Jon Lajoie, Jonathan Frid, Josh Dolgin, Karla Homolka, Kathleen Robertson, Kelly Craig, Kenny Hotz, Kevin McDonald, Kevin Sullivan, Landon Donovan, Laura Vandervoort, Leonard Cohen, Leyla Milani, Linda Evangelista, Lindy Booth, Margaret Atwood, Mark Leduc, Mark Robson, Mark Steyn, Martin Brodeur, Martin Short, Maryse Ouellet, Maurice LaMarche, Max Valiquette, Megan Park, Michael Wincott, Mike Bossy, Mike Fisher, Mike Holmes, Mike Myers, Monika Schnarre, Mort Sahl, Mortimer Zuckerman, Neil Young, Neve Campbell, Norma Shearer, Oliver Platt, Paul Bernardo, Paul Shaffer, Paul Watson, Peter Cullen, Peter Elliott, Rachel McAdams, Ramona Amiri, Rich Little, Richard Secord, Rick Moranis, Robert MacNeil, Roberta Bondar, Ryan Gosling, Sarah Chalke, Sarah Polley, Scott Thompson, Shay Mitchell, Sheela Basrur, Shenae Grimes, Steve MacLean, Steve Mann, Steven Pinker, Tara Strong, Timothy Findley, Toller Cranston, Vanity.
