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2 days ago · The Greater Toronto Area, commonly referred to as the GTA, includes the City of Toronto and the regional municipalities of Durham, Halton, Peel, and York. In total, the region contains 25 urban, suburban, and rural municipalities.
6 days ago · Toronto, city, capital of the province of Ontario in southeastern Canada, on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. It is the most populous metropolitan area in Canada and the most important city in Canada’s most prosperous province.
1 day ago · Canada, the second largest country in the world in area, occupying roughly the northern two-fifths of the continent of North America. Despite Canada’s great size, it is one of the world’s most sparsely populated countries. It has crafted what many consider to be a model multicultural society.
5 days ago · Here is a list of the provinces and territories, and their standard abbreviations, with their capitals (the cities where their governments are based) and largest cities. Canada's national capital, where the federal government meets, is Ottawa .
6 days ago · The Toronto region remained in British North America after the founding of the United States during the American Revolution, after which several thousand United Empire Loyalists resettled in southern Ontario.
4 days ago · Canada has six population centres with more than one million people: Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa. The large size of Canada's north, which is currently not arable, and thus cannot support large human populations, significantly lowers the country's carrying capacity.
6 days ago · Officials said a south wildfire grew to 10,800 hectares and is eight kilometres from Jasper. The fire is four kilometres closer to the town than it was the day before. It’s also 2.5 kilometres from the Valley of the Five, a popular hiking trail. A north wildfire sits at around 270 hectares and is five kilometres from the town.
