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Toronto (pronounced /t?'r?nto?/, colloquially /'tr?no?/ or /t?'r?no?/) is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. 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 municipality 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 8.1 million residents and has approximately 25% of Canada's population.[3][4][5] 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 in the 2006 Census.[4] As Canada's economic capital, Toronto is considered a global city[6] and is one of the top financial centres in the world.[7][8] 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.[9][10] The Toronto Stock Exchange, the world's seventh largest, is headquartered in the city, along with most of Canada's corporations. Toronto's population is cosmopolitan and international,[11] reflecting its role as an important destination for immigrants to Canada.[12] Toronto is one of the world's most diverse cities by percentage of non-native-born residents, as about 49% of the population were born outside of Canada.[11][12][13] Because of the city's low crime rates, clean environment, high standard of living, and friendly attitude to diversity, Toronto is consistently rated as one of the world's most livable cities by the Economist Intelligence Unit[14] and the Mercer Quality of Living Survey.[15] In addition, Toronto was ranked as the most expensive Canadian city in which to live in 2006[update].[16] Residents of Toronto are called Torontonians. When Europeans first arrived at the site of present-day Toronto, the vicinity was inhabited by the Huron tribes, who by then had displaced the Iroquois tribes that had occupied the region for centuries before c. 1500. The name Toronto is likely derived from the Iroquois word tkaronto, meaning "place where trees stand in the water".[17] It refers to the northern end of what is now Lake Simcoe, where the Huron had planted tree saplings to corral fish. A portage route from Lake Ontario to Lake Huron running through this point, the Toronto Carrying-Place Trail, led to widespread use of the name.
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Look Younger with Botox Treatment by Gallant Alice
Wrinkles, lines, creases on face can make you look much older and less attractive. No matter how much you care for the skin, with age wrinkles are bound to come. Wrinkles are generally caused by facial expressions and muscle movements and are mostly ...
Getting 10 Minutes Exercises by Raphael Bolton
Experts recommend working out 45 minutes to an hour a day (30 minutes for beginners) for weight loss and fitness. But if you're like most women, you don't always have a block of 30 to 60 minutes a day to devote exclusively to doing your workouts. ...
Look Younger With Anti-Aging Skin Treatments by Gallant Alice
Everyone wants to have clearer, smoother, and more youthful looking skin. Looking younger and beautiful have its own advantages. Well, if you want to look at your best, it all starts with serious skin care and with age you need to think seriously abo...
The Four Magic Words of Healthy Weight Loss, Part II by Ken Duggan
If you read my previous article "The Four Magic Words of Healthy Weight Loss", you were likely discouraged by the challenges you face in following them. It is true that healthy weight loss is no easy task and you must persevere through the m...
Weight Loss caused by Pepper? by Jeff Davis
We thought of pepper as a typical ingredient present in every culinary cuisine we love, however a recent study at the Oxford Polytechnic in England shows that 12 volunteers whom they have fed identical 766-calorie meals . Alternatively they added chi...
The Glycemic Index and Weight Loss by Jonathan Edwards
The glycemic index was developed with the express purpose of helping people with medical conditions such as diabetes learn what foods to avoid and what foods are ...
Ottawa Dental Practice Focuses on Communication to Provide Beautiful Crown and Veneer Restorations by pamela li
OTTAWA, ON — There are dozens of variables to consider when having crown or veneer treatment in the smile zone. The shape of the restoration, tooth shade or the texture of the porcelain are all crucial elements in creating new teeth that feel natural...
What are Dental Implants? by Steven Polevoy
People age, and will inevitably lose teeth that may be brought about by injury, disease, or just the usual progressive stages we all have to go through. Missing teeth, as with other changes to a person's facial appearance, have negative effects on ou...
Ottawa Cosmetic Dentist Discusses Long-Term Benefits of Sleep Apnea Treatment by pamela li
OTTAWA, ON — Chances are that if you personally don’t snore, you know someone who does. And if you know a snorer, then you may very well have been disturbed by it. Snoring is a symptom of sleep apnea, and according to the National Institutes of Healt...
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