- Toronto is the capital of Ontario
- Toronto is the fifth largest city in North America
- The city of Toronto started off as York, the capital of Upper Canada in 1893. York was incorporated and renamed Toronto in 1834
- Toronto has more than 8000 restaurants
- The coldest temperature ever recorded in Toronto was -31 degrees Celsius on January 4, 1981. The wind-chill on that day was -44.7 degrees Celsius!
- The highest temperature ever recorded were 41 degrees Celsius from July 7-9 in 1936
- Toronto ranks second as the world’s most business competitive global city
- The Toronto Zoo is the largest in Canada. It is home to over 16,000 animals representing 491 species.
- Toronto is North America’s third largest venue for movie production
- Nathan Phillips Square is named for the mayor of Toronto from 1955-1962
