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Greater Toronto Area facts for kids

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The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is the area that includes Toronto and the surrounding cities such as Mississauga, and Brampton.

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  • Toronto Location

    A map of Toronto's Census Metropolitan Area, which contains a large portion of the GTA.

  • Downtown from Ward's Island (11741021983)

    Toronto is the central city of the GTA.

  • Sheridan mississauga

    Mississauga is the largest city in Peel Region, and the second-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area.

  • Brampton Square

    Brampton, also in Peel Region, is the third largest city in the Greater Toronto Area.

  • SpeedFeedbackRoadSign

    Markham is the largest city in York Region, and the fourth largest city in the Greater Toronto Area.

  • The Short Portage - The Carrying Place, La Salle on the way over the Humber

    By the 17th century, the area was a crucial point for travel, with the Humber and Rouge River providing a shortcut to Lake Simcoe and the upper Great Lakes. These routes were known as the Toronto Passage.

  • YorkCountyOntario1880s

    Although the original boundaries of York County encompassed nearly all of the GTA, by 1851, its boundaries had been reduced to the present-day City of Toronto and York Region as depicted on the 1871 map.

  • Toronto Landsat

    Satellite image of Toronto during the mid-1980s

  • GreaterTorontoArea2022OSM

    Detailed map of the Greater Toronto Area

  • Pond at south end of Rouge 1

    Rouge National Urban Park is an urban national park in the GTA. It includes parts of the municipalities of Markham, Pickering, Toronto, and Uxbridge.

  • Oakville Assembly

    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.

  • Caledon Ontario

    A farm in Caledon. There were 3,707 farms in the Greater Toronto Area according to the 2006 census.

  • VMC Station Platform

    The Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station of the Toronto subway. The expansion of Line 1 Yonge–University in 2017 resulted in the first stations built outside the City of Toronto's limits.

  • Average Afternoon on Highway 401

    Highway 401 serves as a major roadway in the Greater Toronto Area.

  • YYZ Aerial

    The Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga is the GTA's primary airport, and ranks among the world's busiest airports.

  • 1spadinacres

    The University of Toronto, which was established in 1827, is the largest higher education institution in Canada. Building shown is 1 Spadina Crescent before renovation in the late 2010s.

See also

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