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  Toronto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The City of Toronto covers an area of 641 km² (247 square miles) and is bounded by Lake Ontario to the south, Etobicoke Creek and Highway 427 to the west, Steeles Avenue to the north, and the Rouge River to the east.
Toronto's climate is moderated by Lake Ontario; its climate is among the mildest in Canada east of the Rocky Mountain range.
Toronto is home to a number of educational institutions, including the largest university in Canada, the University of Toronto, which has a student population of more than 60,000 across three campuses (one downtown, one in Scarborough, and another in Mississauga).
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 Wikipedia: Toronto, Ontario
The City of Toronto has a physical area of approximately 630 km² and is bounded by Lake Ontario to the south, Etobicoke Creek and Highway #427 to the west, Steeles Avenue to the north, and the Rouge River to the east.
Located on the northern shore of Lake Ontario, Toronto was originally a term of indeterminate geographical location, designating the approximate area of the future city of Toronto on maps dating to the late 17th and early 18th century.
Toronto also is home to a major orchestra (the Toronto Symphony Orchestra), which performs at Roy Thomson Hall, as well as the Canadian Opera Company, and Tafelmusik, an internationally-known baroque orchestra and chamber choir.
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 Toronto, Ontario bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-16)
The City of Toronto has a physical area of approximately 630 km² (243 square miles) and is bounded by Lake Ontario to the south, Etobicoke Creek and Highway 427 to the west, Steeles Avenue to the north, and the Rouge River to the east.
The economic growth of Toronto was greatly stimulated by the completion in 1959 of the St.
Further growth in the Toronto area is often attributed to the rise of the separatist movement in Quebec and the election of the Parti Québécois in 1976.
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 Toronto
Torontos population is 2,518,772 (''Torontonians'') (2004 Statistics Canada estimate); that of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is 5,715,386 (2004).
Toronto skyline on a summer day, including the CN Tower The City of Toronto covers an area of 641 km² (247 square miles) and is bounded by Lake Ontario to the south, Etobicoke Creek and Highway 427 to the west, Steeles Avenue to the north, and the Rouge River to the east.
Toronto is the primary center of theatre, art, and music in Canada, and the third largest for theatre in the world after New York City and London.
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 City of Toronto: Environmental Assessment & Policy Development
The City of Toronto includes a physical area of approximately 630 square kilometres and is bounded by Lake Ontario to the south, Etobicoke Creek and Highway #427 to the west, Steeles Avenue to the north and the Rouge River to the east.
The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) defines the urban agglomeration extending from city boundaries and includes the regional municipalities of Halton, Peel, York and Durham.
Development and urban growth within the City of Toronto and surrounding regions over the past 200 years have resulted in very intense pressures on the ecosystem and the alteration of the natural environment.
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 Toronto, Canada. Who is Toronto, Canada? What is Toronto, Canada? Where is Toronto, Canada? Definition of Toronto, ...
Both the city and the GTA are part of a larger, natural ecosystem known as the Greater Toronto Bioregion.
This of course was one of the main problems that had concerned the activists - a few small groups, notably the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, advocated an extended campaign of property damage and resistance to Ontario's government.
The National Ballet of Canada is based in Toronto and performs at the Four Seasons Centre.
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 Toronto, Ontario   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-16)
Toronto is home to a vibrant live theater scene, where such companies as Soulpepper, the Canadian Stage, and Tarragon produce plays.
Toronto is one of the great centres for English language theatre behind New York City and London.
Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) - One of the world's busiest airports, the Pearson Airport, located in neighbouring Mississauga, is owned and operated by the Greater Toronto Airport Authority.
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 Bambooweb: Toronto
As a result, in 1953, the new Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was created, and came into being on January 1, 1954, as a new regional level of government.
Toronto is currently the city with the second-highest proportion of immigrants in the world, after Miami, Florida.
The Toronto Islands - a 2.3 km² (568 acre) park accessible from the city waterfront via ferry and the largest car-free urban community in North America.
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 Toronto, Ontario - free-definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-16)
In the 2003 Toronto election David Miller was elected to replace Mel Lastman as mayor, after running a successful campaign which included the promise to cancel a proposed fixed link to the Toronto Island Airport.
Toronto is called "the city of neighbourhoods" because of the strength and vitality of its many communities.
Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) - One of the world's busiest airports, the Pearson Airport, located in neighbouring Mississauga, is owned and operated by the Greater Toronto Airport Authority (http://www.gtaa.com).
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 Articles - Toronto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-16)
In 2001, Toronto was home to: 57.8 per cent of all GTA immigrants (1,214,625) 64.4 per cent of all new immigrants that arrived in the GTA during the 1990s (516,635) 60.4 per cent of all GTA residents identified as belonging to a visible minority (1,051,125)
This led to what was portrayed in the mainstream media as Toronto's first large-scale 'riot' in the summer of 2000 - a confrontation with violent police in front of the provincial legislature - as well as several other events and demonstrations in 2001.
Situated on the Toronto Islands, the City Centre Airport is primarily a general aviation airport, but Air Canada Jazz does operate commercial flights, in recent years the destinations served from YTZ have been reduced and currently Ottawa is the only desination for commercial flights.
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 Evergreen - GroundWorks '96
Human activities have had a widespread effect on habitat in the Greater Toronto Bioregion and the Lake Ontario Greenway.
In the Greater Toronto Bioregion, human use of natural areas will occur, and should be managed in an appropriate manner.
Each restoration project, be it large or small, contributes to the revitalization of the habitats, communities and economies of the Greater Toronto Bioregion.
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 Conservation Environment Ecosystems: Rouge Park, Greater Toronto, Ontario   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-16)
Toronto Star - November 16, 2001 - Elaine O'Connor - B7 More and more pollution is oozing directly into the Rouge River from excess water run-offs of these massive new development (pesticides, fertilizers, road salt and other chemicals) is and will be second to none.
It is ironic the public agency most directly concerned with conservation in the Greater Toronto Area is also compiling a long record of exploiting the same resources it was designed to protect.
It is the only public body in the Greater Toronto Area organized on the basis of a physiographic unit, rather than on political boundaries, and many see its actions as having a profound negative environmental effect on the future health of the entire bioregion.
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 TorontoOntario.ca. The Toronto Tourism and Travel Guide.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-16)
Check out Toronto's top attractions which includes obvious tourist haunts like the CN Tower, the Toronto Waterfront, and more interesting things to see and do in the big smoke.
Its population is around 2.5 million; and the population of the entire Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is 5,600,000.
Find out which maps of Toronto are the best to navigate the city.
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 Royal Commission (Toronto Waterfront)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-16)
The project study area was the waterfront of Lake Ontario from Burlington to Clarington (GTA) and the Greater Toronto Bioregion.
The objectives of the Royal Commission on the Future of Toronto¹s Waterfront were to engage in consultations with waterfront stakeholders of the waterfront and provide recommendations to the federal and provincial governments on ways to address waterfront issues.
The Royal Commission used the ecosystem approach to integrate environmental, economic and social concerns in developing a wide range of recommendations for waterfront communities, land use planning, watershed management, regional greenways and a continuous Lake Ontario waterfront trail.
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 Peel Statistics - Quick Facts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-16)
Part of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), located in southern Ontario in Canada.
Found on the north shore of Lake Ontario, between the City of Toronto and Halton Region.
Part of the Greater Toronto Bioregion, Niagara Escarpment (UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve) and the Oak Ridges Moraine
www.region.peel.on.ca /planning/stats/quickfacts.htm   (133 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Greater Toronto Bioregion
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The Greater Toronto Bioregion represents a unique ecosystem that co-exists with the urban sprawl of the Greater Toronto Area.
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 Canada - Toronto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-16)
Toronto skyline on a summer day, including the CN Tower The City of Toronto has a physical area of approximately 630 km² (243 square miles) and is bounded by Lake Ontario to the south, Etobicoke Creek and Highway 427 to the west, Steeles Avenue to the north, and the Rouge River to the east.
The economic growth of Toronto was greatly stimulated by the completion in 1959 of the St. Lawrence Seaway which allowed ships access to the Great Lakes from the Atlantic Ocean.
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