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Etobicoke (/ ɛ ˈ t oʊ b ɪ k oʊ / ⓘ, eh-TOH-bik-oh) is an administrative district and former city within Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Comprising the city's west end, Etobicoke is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the east by the Humber River, on the west by Etobicoke Creek, the cities of Brampton, and Mississauga, the Toronto Pearson International Airport (a small portion of the ...
Several of its neighbourhoods, such as Long Branch, New Toronto, and Mimico, were villages independent of Etobicoke. Others, such as Claireville, Islington and Thistletown were former postal villages established when Etobicoke was an agrarian district. Others are residential subdivisions built after World War II as Toronto expanded.
GDP (Toronto CMA) CA$ 430.9 billion (2020) [9] GDP per capita (Toronto CMA) CA$ 62,873 (2019) Website. www.toronto.ca. Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a population of 2,794,356 in 2021, [10] it is the fourth-most populous city in North America.
The township of Etobicoke, Ontario came into existence in 1850 and was led by a township reeve from 1850 to 1967. From 1967 to 1983 the Borough of Etobicoke (City of Etobicoke after 1983) was led by a mayor until Etobicoke's amalgamation into the City of Toronto in 1998: Reeves. 1850 William Gamble-merchant, miller, and land developer.
The Greater Toronto Area covers an area of 7,125 km 2 (2,751 sq mi). [ 37 ] The region itself is bordered by Lake Ontario to the south, Kawartha Lakes to the east, the Niagara Escarpment to the west, and Lake Simcoe to the north. The region creates a natural ecosystem known as the Greater Toronto Bioregion.
The last complete census by Statistics Canada, which was taken in 2021, estimated there were 2,794,356 living in Toronto, [ 25 ] making it the most populous city in Canada [ 26 ] and the fourth most populous municipality in North America. [ 27 ] Toronto's population grew by 2.3 percent from 2016 to 2021, with an annual growth rate of 0.46 percent.
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Etobicoke is a former municipality within Toronto and served as a suburb of Toronto within Metropolitan Toronto. Four school boards provide public elementary and secondary education to resident pupils of Etobicoke. The four school boards operate as either English or French first language school boards, and as either secular or separate school ...