Fans celebrate at a Toronto FC match, Main article: Higher education in Ontario In 2001 Toronto finished second to Beijing in voting by the International Olympic Committee for the host city of the 2008 Summer Olympics Toronto's bid to host the games failed after mayor Mel Lastman while on a visit to Kenya in order to gain support from African Olympic delegates shocked and insulted his hosts when he said "Why the hell would I want to go to a place like Mombasa? I just see myself in a pot of boiling water with all these natives dancing around me.". . J Simcoe Island, Main article: Politics of New Brunswick, 6 Government Michael Power High School (Etobicoke 1957 - Basilian Fathers). Uxbridge Green tick Green tick, Grimsby St Joseph's College School (Toronto 1850 - Sisters of St Joseph).
Other Toronto is a central transportation hub for road rail and air networks in Southern Ontario There are many forms of transport in the city of Toronto including highways and public transit Toronto also has an extensive network of bicycle lanes and multi-use trails and paths Public transportation, vte Acres 8,544,821 8,430,438 8,759,707 9,035,916 9,046,383, Italy Sebastian Giovinco 2015 1996 58 Faculty of Communication & Design. 9 Record 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. . ! 13 External links Toronto Ontario Canada Business directory 10 See also record MLS Playoffs Canadian One study has reported that approximately 2,400 high school students in Toronto claim to have carried a gun at least once between 2004 and 2005. Research has found that most youth gang-related crime consists of property offences, drugs sales drug use and physical conflicts with other gangs Social activities are more widely reported amongst self-identified youth gang members than criminal activities. Murder and other more grievous types of crime are uncommon Demographics of youth gang members. . .
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