Greater Toronto Area
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Greater Toronto Area | |
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Metropolitan aurie | |
![]() A view o the Toronto skyline at nicht | |
Eik-name(s): Greater Toronto, GTA | |
Kintra | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Area | |
• Total | 7124.15 km2 (2,750.65 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Density | 850/km2 (2201/sq mi) |
• CMA | 5583064 |
• Metro | 6054191 |
Canadian CD rank: 1st | |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Postal Code | |
Area code(s) | 226, 289, 416, 519, 647, 705, 905 |
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The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is a metropolitan aurie in Canadae. At the 2011 census, the census metropolitan aurie haed a population o 5,583,064. The Greater Toronto Area is defined as the central ceety o Toronto, an the fower regional municipalities that surroond it: Durham, Halton, Peel, an York.[2]
The Greater Toronto Area is different frae the Census Metropolitan Area of Toronto, which covers a smawer region. As o early 21st century, the regional span o the Greater Toronto Area is whiles extendit tae include the ceety o Hamilton, Ontario an its surroondin region, tae form the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, an urban aurie that haes a tot population rankit near the tap 50 in the warld.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Statistics Canada (Census 2011). "Toronto, Ontario (Census metropolitan area)". Retrieved 2012-02-08. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ OECD "OECD Territorial Reviews OECD Territorial Reviews: Toronto, Canada 2009" OECD Publishing, ISBN 92-64-07940-8 p37