With more than 5 million people in the Greater Toronto Area, Toronto is the 4th largest city in North America after New York, Los Angeles and Mexico City. It’s a modern, progressive city with a vibrant downtown core. With 53% of Torontonians born outside of Canada, more than 230 nationalities and 180 languages and dialects spoken within the city, Toronto is the most diverse city in the world.
Toronto is highly walkable, with colorful neighbourhoods, including a concentrated downtown core, it brims with shopping, entertainment, and attractions, as well as a stunningly redeveloped waterfront area, great for walking and biking. Home to vast entertainment offerings across music, festivals, cultural events, international exhibits and 8 pro sports leagues including Canada’s only NBA and MLB teams.
Land Acknowledgement for Toronto
The sacred land on which the Metro Toronto Convention Centre operates has been a site of human activity for 15,000 years. This land is the territory of the Huron-Wendat and Petun First Nations, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit River. The territory was the subject of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement between the Iroquois Confederacy and the Ojibwe and allied nations to peaceably share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes. Today, the meeting place of Toronto is still the home to many indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work in the community, on this territory.
Statement developed by First Nations House at the University of Toronto and the Council of Aboriginal Initiatives’ Elders Circle. Last revised November 6, 2014
Pronunciation
- Anishnabeg: (ah-nish-naw-bek)
- Haudenosaunee: (hoodt-en-oh-show-nee)
- Métis: (may-tee)