The Greater Toronto Area is a commercial distribution financial and economic centre being the second largest financial centre in North America the region generates about a fifth of Canada's GDP and is home to 40% of Canada's business headquarters the economies of the municipalities in Greater Toronto are largely intertwined the work force is made up of approximately 2.9 million people and more than 100,000 companies the Greater Toronto Area produces nearly 20% of the entire nation's GDP with $323 Billion and from 1992 to 2002 experienced an average GDP growth rate of 4.0% and a job creation rate of 2.4% (compared to the national average GDP growth rate of 3% and job creation rate of 1.6%) A worker at Oakville Assembly installs a battery on a Ford Flex in 2010 the automotive industry accounted for roughly 10 percent of Greater Toronto's GDP In 2010 over 51% of the labour force in the Greater Toronto Area is employed in the service sector with 19% in the manufacturing 17% of the labour force employed in wholesale & retail trade 8% of the labour force involved in transportation communication & utilities and 5% of the workforce is involved in construction. Despite the fact the service industry makes up only 51% of Greater Toronto's workforce over 72% of the region's GDP is generated by service industries The largest industry in the Greater Toronto Area is the financial services in the province accounting for an estimated 25% of the region's GDP. Notably the five largest banks in Canada all have their operational headquarters in Toronto's Financial District. Toronto is also home to the headquarters of the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Standard and Poor TSX Composite Index and offices of the TSX Venture Exchange the TMX Group the owners and operators of TSX Exchanges as well as the Montreal Exchange are also headquartered in Toronto the TSX and the TSX Venture Exchange represent 3,369 companies including more than half of the world's publicly traded mining companies Markham also attracted the highest concentration of high tech companies in Canada and because of it has positioned itself as Canada's High-Tech Capital the Greater Toronto Area is the second largest automotive centre in North America (after Detroit) Currently,[when?] General Motors Ford and Chrysler run six assembly plants in the area with Honda and Toyota having assembly plants just outside the GTA General Motors Ford Honda KIA Mazda Suzuki Nissan Volkswagen Toyota Hyundai Aston Martin Jaguar Land Rover Subaru Volvo BMW and Mitsubishi have chosen the Greater Toronto Area for their Canadian headquarters. Magna International the world's most diversified car supplier, also has its headquarters in Aurora the automobile industry within the region accounts for roughly 10% of the region's GDP Agriculture. . . 6.2.1 Currency Sudbury (Sudbury Airport) 25/13 77/56 -8/-19 18/0 1981 8,625,107 +4.4% 2.2.1 Boston Bruins Main articles: French Canadian and franco Ontarian, The complete First Welland Canal including the Feeder Canal and the extension to Port Colborne the present-day canal is marked in pale grey. . . Most of these gangs were simply loose-knit groups of juvenile delinquents involved mainly in low-level petty crimes such as gambling shop-lifting and pick-pocketing (Rogers was actually robbed by members of the King Gang while attempting to interview them) the composition of the gangs were mainly poor Caucasian youth of British descent although some were more ethnically diverse such as the George Gang (Jewish) the Mix Gang (Black) and the Aggies (Polish & Ukrainian) Current prevalence of youth gangs.
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