A geography, history and climate of Toronto.

1. Toronto
Submitted to: Sean McGarragle
Submitted by: Anmolpreet Singh
(12032)

2. Introduction
• Toronto is the capital of Canadian
province of Ontario.
• Fourth most populous city in North
America.
• Most populated city in Canada with
the 6,196,731 numbers of people.
(ref.- www.worldatlas.com)
• Muticultural city.
• Transportation, Distribution and
Manfacturing centre.

3. History of Toronto
• Toronto was originally founded
by Governor John Graves
Simcoe in 1793 named as the
town of York, naming after
Prince Frederick, Duke of York
and Albany.
• The town of York was
incorporated as the city of
Toronto on March 6, 1834.

4. Geography & Climate
of Toronto
• The geography of Toronto covers an
area of 630 km² and is bounded by
Lake Ontario to the south.
• City Coordinates: 43º42’59.72’’N
79º20’26.47’’W
• Toronto’s continental climate is
moderated by Lake Ontario.
• It is average -5ºc to 22ºc in Toronto.
January is the coldest and July is the
hottest month in Toronto.

5. Architecture
• Toronto is a city of high-rises
buildings, which has approx.
1800 buildings over 30 metres.
• The CN tower, which was the
tallest building in the world from
1975 to 2007 (was surpassed
by Burj Khalifa in 2007), is also
located in city of Toronto.

6. Cultural Diversity
• Toronto is the multicultural city in the
world.
• Nearly half of its population born outside
of Canada.
• This city boasts 200 ethnic groups with
over 140 languages spoken.
• Toronto had the largest Black population
in the country with approx. 37% of
Canada’s black population.
• Canada has one of the highest
immigration rates per capita among
developed nations.

7. References
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toro
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• https://www.toronto.ca/

8. Thank
You!!!!!!!!!
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