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Toronto is the largest city in
Canada and the provincial capital of
Ontario. It is located in Southern
Ontario on the northwestern shore of
Lake Ontario. With over 2.5 million
residents, it is the fifth most
populous municipality in North
America. Toronto is at the heart of
the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), and
is part of a densely populated
region in Southern Ontario known as
the Golden Horseshoe.
Toronto is also home to The Canadian
National Exhibition (CNE), also
known as The Ex, an annual event
beginning in August that takes place
at Exhibition Place in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada during the 18 days
leading up to and including Canadian
Labour Day Monday. Approximately 5.3
million people visit Exhibition
Place each year with 1.3 million
visitors attending the CNE alone,
making it Canada’s largest fair and
the seventh largest fair in North
America.
According to knowledgeable Toronto
residents, and architects who have
designed buildings in the city, such
as Will Alsop, Toronto has no
single, dominant architectural
style. Lawrence Richards, a member
of the faculty of architecture at
the University of Toronto, has said
"Toronto is a new, brash, rag-tag
place - a big mix of periods and
styles." Toronto buildings vary in
design and age with many structures
dating back to the mid-1800s, while
other prominent buildings were just
newly built in the 2000s.
Defining the Toronto skyline is the
CN Tower. At a height of 553.33
metres (1,815 ft 5 in) it was the
world's tallest freestanding
structure until 2007 when it was
surpassed by the Burj Khalifa, but
it is still the tallest tower in the
western hemisphere surpassing
Chicago's Willis Tower (formerly
known as Sears Tower) by 110 metres
in height. It is an important
telecommunications hub, and a centre
of tourism in Toronto. Toronto has a
diverse array of public spaces, from
city squares to public parks
overlooking ravines. A group called
the Toronto Public Space Committee
was formed to protect the city's
public spaces. Nathan Phillips
Square is the city's main square in
downtown, and forms the entrance to
City Hall. Yonge-Dundas Square, a
newer square not far from City Hall,
has also gained attention in recent
years as one of the busiest
gathering spots in the city. Other
squares include Harbourfront Square,
on the revitalized Toronto
waterfront, and the civic squares at
the former city halls of the defunct
Metropolitan Toronto, most notably
Mel Lastman Square in North York.
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