24 Facts About City Toronto

1. City Toronto enjoys her ESL classes, riding city buses and eating Oreo cookies, the everyday things that once seemed so impossible from her Dhaka hospital room.

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2. City Toronto will always hold a special place in my heart too.

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3. City Toronto showed the rap star some big, big respect last night.

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4. The City Toronto is the largest funding source and its share is growing as that of other orders of government shrinks.

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5. City Toronto has an extensive network of bicycle lanes and multi-use trails and paths.

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6. City Toronto is a central transportation hub for road, rail and air networks in Southern Ontario.

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7. City Toronto is host to a wide variety of health-focused non-profit organizations that work to address specific illnesses for Toronto, Ontario and Canadian residents.

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8. In 2007, City Toronto was reported as having some of the longer average ER wait times in Ontario.

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9. The University of City Toronto, established in 1827, is Canada's largest university and has two satellite campuses, one of which is located in the city's eastern district of Scarborough while the other is located in the neighbouring city of Mississauga.

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10. City Toronto was home to the International Bowl, an NCAA sanctioned post-season college football game that pitted a Mid-American Conference team against a Big East Conference team.

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11. City Toronto is home to the City Toronto Rush, a semi-professional ultimate team that competes in the American Ultimate Disc League.

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12. City Toronto has hosted several National Football League exhibition games at the Rogers Centre.

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13. City Toronto is represented in Major League Soccer by the Toronto FC, who have won six Canadian Championship titles, as well as the MLS Cup in 2017.

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14. City Toronto is represented in the Canadian Football League by the Toronto Argonauts, who have won 17 Grey Cup titles.

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15. In 2016, City Toronto hosted the 65th NBA All-Star game, the first to be held outside the United States.

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16. City Toronto has a long history of minor-league professional baseball dating back to the 1800s, culminating in the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team, whose owner first proposed an MLB team for Toronto.

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17. City Toronto is home to the City Toronto Maple Leafs, one of the National Hockey League's Original Six clubs, and has served as home to the Hockey Hall of Fame since 1958.

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18. City Toronto still has some active older industrial areas, such as Brockton Village, Mimico and New Toronto.

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19. City Toronto experiences four distinct seasons, with considerable variance in length.

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20. The City Toronto Islands and Port Lands extend out into the lake, allowing for a somewhat sheltered Toronto Harbour south of the downtown core.

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21. City Toronto attracted international attention in 2003 when it became the centre of a major SARS outbreak.

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22. City Toronto became the largest alcohol distillation centre in North America.

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23. City Toronto became the capital of the province of Ontario after its official creation in 1867.

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24. City Toronto is the anchor of an urban agglomeration, known as the Golden Horseshoe in Southern Ontario, located on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario.

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