加拿大城市，安大略省省会。加拿大第三大城市。位於美、加边界的安大略湖北岸。最先住有塞尼卡人部落，1750年左右法国人在这里建立了一个贸易站。1793年忠於英国统治的美国移民在此地建立了约克城。1812年战争中美国军队两次洗劫了此地。1834年城市获得了特许状，恢复了多伦多的名称。1867年成为安大略省省会。1954年多伦多与周围的埃托比科克、东约克、北约克、斯卡伯勒以及约克等城镇一起组成了一个大多伦多自治区，使这里成为加拿大人口最为稠密的都会区。多伦多是加拿大的金融及商业中心。多伦多证券交易所坐落於此，这里也是主要的国际贸易中心之一。船只经圣罗伦斯航道可由这里往大西洋，经五大湖航线则可通美国的主要港口。加拿大制造业产出的一半以上来自这里。大量外国移民（1950～1990）带来了各种不同的文化，使多伦多成为北美大陆上最为活跃的城市之一。这里有一度世界最高的独立建筑加拿大国立大厦，有名望冰球馆，每年的加拿大全国会展也在这里举行。这里有众多的高等学府，包括创设於1827年的多伦多大学和创立於1836年的维多利亚大学。人口：4,682,897（2001）。
Toronto
City (metro. area pop., 1996: 4,264,000), capital of Ontario. Canada's third-largest city, it lies on the northern shore of Lake Ontario. Originally inhabited by Seneca tribes, it occupies the site of a French trading post established c. 1750. It was founded in 1793 as York by Americans loyal to the British. U.S. troops sacked it twice during the War of 1812. In 1834 it received its city charter and current name. It became capital of Ontario in 1867. In 1954 it formed a municipality with the adjoining towns of Etobicoke, East York, North York, Scarborough, and York that has made it the most populous metropolitan area in Canada. It is Canada's financial and commercial center, the seat of the Toronto Stock Exchange, and a major international trading center, with access to Atlantic shipping via the St. Lawrence Seaway and to major U.S. ports via the Great Lakes. It produces more than half of Canada's manufactured goods. Extensive immigration (1950-90) brought a variety of foreign cultures that transformed it into one of the liveliest cities on the continent. It is the site of the CN Tower (the world's tallest freestanding structure), the Hockey Hall of Fame, and the annual Canadian National Exhibition. Its educational institutions include the University of Toronto (1827) and Victoria University (1836).
