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  2. History of Toronto - Wikipedia

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    Toronto was founded as the Town of York and capital of Upper Canada in 1793 after the Mississaugas sold the land to the British in the Toronto Purchase. [1] For over 12,000 years, Indigenous People have lived in the Toronto area. The ancestors of the Huron-Wendat were the first known groups to establish agricultural villages in the area about ...

  3. Name of Toronto - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The name of Toronto has a history distinct from that of the city itself. Originally, the term " Tkaronto " referred to a channel of water between Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching on maps as early as 1675 [1] but in time the name passed southward, and was eventually applied to a new fort at the mouth of the Humber River.

  4. Languages of Canada - Wikipedia

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    Further information: Canadian French and French language in Canada. In 2011, just over 7.1 million Canadians spoke French most often at home, this was a rise of 4.2%, although the proportion of people in Canada who spoke French "most often" at home fell slightly from 21.7% to 21.5% .

  5. Toronto - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Canadian English - Wikipedia

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    Canadian English(CanE, CE, en-CA)[5]encompasses the varietiesof Englishused in Canada. According to the 2016 census, English was the first languageof 19.4 million Canadians or 58.1% of the total population; the remainder spoke French(20.8%) or other languages (21.1%).[6] In the Canadian province of Quebec, only 7.5% of the population are mother ...

  7. Timeline of official languages policy in Canada - Wikipedia

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    1966: The first of two amendments to the provincial Public Schools Act (the second taking place in 1970) reintroduce French-language instruction. 1979: Manitoba (Attorney General) v. Forest: The Supreme Court of Canada rules that the Official Language Act of 1890 is ultra vires.

  8. Toronto slang - Wikipedia

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    ISO 639-3. –. Multicultural Toronto English (MTE) is a multi-ethnic dialect of Canadian English used in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), particularly among young non-white working-class speakers. [1][2][3] First studied in linguistics research of the late 2010s and early 2020s, [4][5][6] the dialect is popularly recognized by its phonology and ...

  9. Canadian identity - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Canadian identity refers to the unique culture, characteristics and condition of being Canadian, as well as the many symbols and expressions that set Canada and Canadians apart from other peoples and cultures of the world. Primary influences on the Canadian identity trace back to the arrival, beginning in the early seventeenth century, of ...

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