Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.
With a populaton of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the fourth-most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario,while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341.
Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world.
he city of Toronto has a hot summer humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfa),though was on the threshold of a warm summer humid continental climate (Dfb) until the 20th century due to the urban heat island but still found in the metropolitan region,with warm, humid summers and cold winters.
According to the classification applied by Natural Resources Canada, the city of Toronto is in plant hardiness zone 7a. Some suburbs and nearby towns have lower zone ratings..
