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Greater Toronto English, or simply Toronto slang, is a dialect found primarily in Toronto, primarily spoken by Millennials and members of Generation Z. English is one of two official languages of Canada , with the other being French.
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.
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 lexicon ...
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 ...
Ontario ( / ɒnˈtɛərioʊ / ⓘ on-TAIR-ee-oh; French: [ɔ̃taʁjo]) is the southernmost province of Canada. [9] [note 1] Located in Central Canada, [10] Ontario is the country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it is home to 38.5 percent of the country's population, and is the second-largest province by total area ...
The Greater Toronto Area, commonly referred to as the GTA, includes the City of Toronto and the regional municipalities of Durham, Halton, Peel, and York. In total, the region contains 25 urban, suburban, and rural municipalities. [2] [3] The Greater Toronto Area begins in Burlington in Halton Region to the west, and extends along Lake Ontario ...
Downtown Toronto is the main central business district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Located entirely within the district of Old Toronto, it is approximately 16.6 square kilometres in area, [3] bounded by Bloor Street to the northeast and Dupont Street to the northwest, Lake Ontario to the south, the Don Valley to the east, and Bathurst Street to the west.
Tourism in Toronto. The Toronto Eaton Centre is the most visited tourist attraction in Toronto. Toronto is one of Canada's leading tourism destinations. [1] In 2017, the Toronto -area received 43.7 million tourists, of which 10.4 million were domestic visitors and 2.97 million were from the United States, spending a total of $8.84 billion. [2 ...