The city of Toronto is the largest city in Canada and serves as the capital of the Canadian province of Ontario. It is home to over 2.5 Million residents making it the 5th most populated municipality in all of North America. The city is known by many nicknames including the Queen City, the Big Smoke, and Hogtown. It is also considered Canada's economic capital and is classified as a Global City. Toronto residents are referred to as Torontonians.

Toronto enjoys a culturally diverse population significant of its role as the main settling destination of immigrants to Canada. It is considered a culturally diverse city because of the fact that over 49% of the population is non-native-born residents. It has also been rated as one of the most livable cities in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit because of its low crime rate, high standard of living, clean environment, and open attitude to diversity. It is also one of the most expensive cities to live in Canada.

Tourism is a growing economy in Toronto with local and foreign tourists visiting the city for attractions such as CN Tower, which held the record as the tallest free standing land structure in the world for 30 years.