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. . Toronto Ontario Canada Business directory Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the most populous city in Canada with a population of 2,731,571 in 2016 Current to 2016 the Toronto census metropolitan area (CMA) of which the majority is within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) held a population of 5,928,040 making it Canada's most populous CMA the city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe an urban agglomeration of 9,245,438 people (as of 2016) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario. Toronto is an international centre of business finance arts and culture and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world People have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area situated on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers deep ravines and urban forest for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designated it as the capital of Upper Canada. During the War of 1812 the town was the site of the Battle of York and suffered heavy damage by United States troops. York was renamed and incorporated in 1834 as the city of Toronto it was designated as the capital of the province of Ontario in 1867 during Canadian Confederation the city proper has since expanded past its original borders through both annexation and amalgamation to its current area of 630.2 km2 (243.3 sq mi) The diverse population of Toronto reflects its current and historical role as an important destination for immigrants to Canada. More than 50 percent of residents belong to a visible minority population group and over 200 distinct ethnic origins are represented among its inhabitants. While the majority of Torontonians speak English as their primary language over 160 languages are spoken in the city Toronto is a prominent centre for music, theatre, motion picture production and television production, and is home to the headquarters of Canada's major national broadcast networks and media outlets. Its varied cultural institutions, which include numerous museums and galleries festivals and public events entertainment districts national historic sites and sports activities, attract over 25 million tourists each year. Toronto is known for its many skyscrapers and high-rise buildings in particular the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere the CN Tower The city is home to the Toronto Stock Exchange the headquarters of Canada's five largest banks, and the headquarters of many large Canadian and multinational corporations. Its economy is highly diversified with strengths in technology design financial services life sciences education arts fashion business services environmental innovation food services and tourism Contents. The New Brunswick Legislative Building serves as meeting place for the provincial legislative assembly Under Canadian federalism power is divided between federal and provincial governments Among areas under federal jurisdiction are citizenship foreign affairs national defence fisheries criminal law Indian policies and many others Provincial jurisdiction covers public lands health education and local government among other things Jurisdiction is shared for immigration pensions agriculture and welfare The parliamentary system of government is modelled on the British Westminster system Forty-nine representatives nearly always members of political parties are elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick the head of government is the Premier of New Brunswick normally the leader of the party or coalition with the most seats in the legislative assembly Governance is handled by the executive council (cabinet) with about 32 ministries. Ceremonial duties of the Monarchy in New Brunswick are mostly carried out by the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick Under amendments to the province's Legislative Assembly Act in 2007 a provincial election is held every four years the two largest political parties are the New Brunswick Liberal Association and the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Since the 2018 election minor parties are the Green Party of New Brunswick and the People's Alliance of New Brunswick Judiciary, 18 Greece Athens Greece 1835 347,359 +8.2%, The first administrator of the UNDP was Paul G Hoffman former head of the Economic Cooperation Administration which administered the Marshall Plan Other holders of the position have included: Bradford Morse former Republican congressman from Massachusetts; William Draper venture capitalist and friend of George H.W Bush who saw one of the UN system's major achievements the Human Development Report introduced during his tenure; Mark Malloch Brown who was previously Vice President of External Affairs at the World Bank and subsequently became UN Deputy Secretary General Kemal Dervis a former finance minister of Turkey and senior World Bank official was the previous UNDP Administrator Dervis started his four-year term on 15 August 2005 Crime in Toronto has been relatively low in comparison to other major cities in 2017 a ranking of 60 cities by the Economist ranked Toronto as the fourth safest major city in the world and the safest major city in North America a CEOWORLD magazine ranked Toronto as the 95th safest cities in the world for 2018 running behind several other major cities like Tokyo Osaka Singapore Hong Kong and Taipei but ahead of any other city in North America For comparisons to various cities in North America in 2012 for example the homicide rate for the city of Toronto was 2.0 per 100,000 people, yet for Atlanta (19.0) Chicago (18.5) Boston (9.0) San Francisco (8.6) New York City (5.1) and San Jose (4.6) it was higher while it was significantly lower in Vancouver (1.2) in 2007 Toronto's robbery rate also ranked low with 207.1 robberies per 100,000 people compared to Detroit (675.1) Chicago (588.6) Los Angeles (348.5) Vancouver (266.2) New York City (265.9) Montreal (235.3) San Diego (158.8) and Portland (150.5) However in 2018 Toronto had the highest homicide rate among major Canadian cities. Toronto's homicide in 2018 was a record high at a rate was 3.11 per 100,000 people higher than the 3.05 per 100,000 people for that of New York City the number of homicides that year broke the homicide record that was set 27 years prior Contents.

. 2 Census metropolitan area School violence 11 Notable people See also: Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.