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Toronto (IPA: /təˈrɒntoʊ/, local pronunciation [ˈtrɑnoʊ]) is the largest city in Canada,[3] and is the provincial capital of Ontario,[4] making it the seat of the provincial Crown. It is located on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario.[5] With over 2.5 million residents,[1] it is the fifth-most populous municipality in North America,[6] and the 46th most populous in the world. Toronto is at the heart of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), and is part of a densely-populated region in south-central Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe which is home to over eight million residents.[7][8][9] The census metropolitan area (CMA) had a population of 5,113,149,[1] and the Greater Toronto Area had a population of 5,555,912 at the 2006 Census.[8]

As Canada's economic capital, Toronto is considered a global city[10] and one of the top financial cities in the world. [11] Toronto's leading economic sectors include finance, business services, telecommunications, aerospace, transportation, media, arts, film, television production, publishing, software production, medical research, education, tourism and sports industries.[12][13][14] The Toronto Stock Exchange, the world's sixth largest, is headquartered in the city, along with a majority of Canada's corporations.[12]

Toronto's population is cosmopolitan and international,[15][16] reflecting its role as an important destination for immigrants to Canada[17]. Toronto is the world's most diverse city by percentage of non-Canadian-born residents, as about 49 percent of the population were born outside of Canada.[15][16][18] Because of the city's low crime rates,[19] clean environment and generally high standard of living, Toronto is consistently rated as one of the world's most livable cities by the Economist Intelligence Unit[20] and the Mercer Quality of Living Survey.[21] In addition, Toronto was ranked as the most expensive Canadian city in which to live in 2006.[22]

Residents of Toronto are called Torontonians. Toronto has a number of sister cities, which are selected based on economic, cultural and political criteria

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