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Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern
Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. With over 2.5 million residents, it is the fifth
most populous city in North America. Its metropolitan area with over 5 million residents is the
seventh largest urban region in North America. Toronto is at the heart of the Greater Toronto Area
(GTA), and is part of a densely populated region in Southern Ontario known as the Golden
Horseshoe, which is home to over 8.1 million residents—approximately 25% of Canada's
population.[3][4][5] The census metropolitan area (CMA) had a population of 5,113,149,and the
Greater Toronto Area had a population of 5,555,912 in the 2006 Census.[4]
As Canada's economic capital and one of the top financial centres in the world, Toronto is
considered an alpha world city by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) study group. It is
home to the Toronto Stock Exchange, the world's seventh largest in terms of market value.
Toronto contains more corporate headquarters than any other Canadian city, including those of
Canada's five largest banks. Toronto's leading economic sectors include finance, business
services, telecommunications, aerospace, transportation, media, arts, film, television production,
publishing, software production, medical research, education, tourism, engineering, and sports
industries. Toronto's population is cosmopolitan and international, reflecting its role as an
important destination for immigrants to Canada. Toronto is one of the world's most diverse cities
by percentage of non-native-born residents, with about 49% of the population born outside
Canada.
According to Forbes, Toronto is the tenth-most economically powerful city in the world and one of
the fastest growing among the G7 nations, whilst PwC ranks the city as the world's second-best
"metropowerhouse". Toronto was ranked twelfth in the world and fourth in the Americas in 2010
for economic innovation by 2thinknow. Toronto is also consistently rated as one of the world's
most livable cities by the Economist Intelligence Unit and the Mercer Quality of Living Survey. In
addition, the cost of living in Toronto was ranked highest in Canada in 2006.