toronto
Country : Canada
Currency : Canadian Dollar (CAD)
Language : English
Population
City: 2 481 494 (2001)
Metro: 4 682 897 (2001)
Time
Zone: Eastern Standard Time (EST)
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Toronto
closeToronto has grown tremendously over the last 200 years from a small town at Lake Ontario to Canada's most populous city.
The city boasts the world's largest underground city, the CN Tower - the world's tallest structure until 2009 - and a number of top-class museums such as the Royal Ontario Museum.
Random Toronto Highlights
Casa Loma, Toronto
Sir Henry Pellatt, a local tycoon built his dreamhouse at the beginning of the 20th century and fashioned it like a romanticized version of a medieval castle.
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Toronto's largest museum covers world cultures and natural history in a historic building that mixes grand old architecture with spectacular modernism.
Royal York Hotel, Toronto
The Royal York Hotel is one of Toronto's most famous landmarks. When the hotel was built in 1929, this 28 story building was the tallest in the British Empire.
Queen's Park, Toronto
Queen's Park is one of Canada's oldest urban parks, originally created in 1860 in english style. The statue-littered park is now home to Ontario's Legislative Building.


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