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Toronto

Compare this sourced profile of Toronto, Canada before planning. Stable fields identify the place; confirm current transport, access and opening details with official sources.

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01What the data says — and does not say

What the data says — and does not say

This page separates the checked GeoNames row for Toronto—2,794,356, America/Toronto, and source coordinates—from live travel claims. Those fields identify and compare the record; they do not prove current transport, accessibility, census totals, or a City Atlas Club visit.

Wikidata's localized description: capital and largest city of the province of Ontario, Canada.

02This city's dataset fingerprint

This city's dataset fingerprint

Source identity and administrative path

The source row behind Toronto is GeoNames ID 6167865. Its recorded administrative path is Ontario → Canada, and GeoNames classifies the place as a first-order administrative seat. Toronto occurs once as a primary city label in this atlas sample; the numeric ID remains the durable source key if names change. The city row itself was updated 2026-04-13; that date belongs to the source record, not to every transport or visitor detail in the real destination.

Population position inside fixed cohorts

Within the fixed 1,206-record atlas, Toronto ranks 128 by recorded population. Inside the 12 selected Canada entries it ranks 1; inside the 198 entries in its broad region it ranks 11. Its 2,794,356 population value is 3.81 times the 733,784 median for the country cohort and 3.42 times the 816,326 regional median. Toronto falls inside the leading tenth of this atlas's Canada population cohort. Toronto's recorded value reaches at least twice the country-cohort median in this snapshot. These comparisons describe this selected dataset only; they are not current census rankings or official urban-area boundaries.

Nearest-reference pattern

Toronto's three nearest other atlas coordinates are Mississauga at 25.252 km with 717,961 recorded people; Brampton at 29.672 km with 656,480 recorded people; Hamilton at 62.44 km with 569,353 recorded people. The closest-to-farthest distance spread is 37.188 km. Compared with Mississauga, Toronto's recorded population is 3.89 times as large. Against Toronto, Mississauga follows Peel → Ontario → Canada in the source. Its point has lower latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected Canada cohort, uses the shared America/Toronto identifier, and carries populated place rather than first-order administrative seat. Its recorded population is below Toronto's. Against Toronto, Brampton follows Peel → Ontario → Canada in the source. Its point has lower latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected Canada cohort, uses the shared America/Toronto identifier, and carries populated place rather than first-order administrative seat. Its recorded population is below Toronto's. Against Toronto, Hamilton follows Hamilton → Ontario → Canada in the source. Its point has lower latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected Canada cohort, uses the shared America/Toronto identifier, and carries populated place rather than first-order administrative seat. Its recorded population is below Toronto's. Its nearest-neighbor distance ranks 299 of 1,206 from shortest to longest in the same snapshot. Toronto's nearest-coordinate gap falls between the tightest tenth and quarter of the atlas. This pattern can reveal whether other catalog references are geographically close, but it cannot establish whether a border crossing is possible or practical, or whether rail, road, fare, or journey-time connections exist. Read as one record signature, GeoNames 6167865, the coordinate pair 43.7064 / 79.3986, country rank 1 of 12, and neighbor GeoNames 6075357 at 25.252 km bind Toronto to a reproducible comparison. That combined key distinguishes the row; it is not a recommendation or evidence of a physical connection.

Coordinate, time-zone and class cohorts

Toronto's reference point is 43.7064° north and 79.3986° west. The IANA identifier America/Toronto is shared by 7 city rows in this catalog, while the GeoNames class PPLA is shared by 429 rows. Toronto's row carries a first-order administrative label but no second-order label. Toronto's point falls in the middle-latitude coordinate band used by this atlas's row checks. Toronto's time-zone field defines the narrower catalog cohort; its place class is shared more broadly. GeoNames supplies no elevation for Toronto, so the profile preserves that missing value instead of guessing terrain. Together these fields form a reproducible identity check for this page, not a claim about walkability, climate or accessibility.

Record keys
Toronto · GeoNames 6167865 · Q172
Name scope
Toronto · 1 atlas row share this source label · qualifier not required
Administrative chain
Ontario · Canada
Coordinate signature
43.7064° N · 79.3986° W
Population snapshot
2,794,356 · atlas rank 128 of 1,206
Country comparison
Canada rank 1 of 12 · median 733,784 · ratio 3.81×
Regional comparison
the Americas rank 11 of 198 · median 816,326 · ratio 3.42×
Time-zone cohort
America/Toronto · 7 of 1,206 atlas rows
Place-class cohort
PPLA first-order administrative seat · 429 of 1,206 rows
Elevation field
Toronto · missing in GeoNames
Nearest reference
Mississauga · 25.252 km · population 717,961 · atlas rank 772
Second reference
Brampton · 29.672 km · population 656,480 · atlas rank 845
Third reference
Hamilton · 62.44 km · population 569,353 · atlas rank 977
Neighbour geometry
Toronto · nearest-distance rank 299 of 1,206 · three-reference spread 37.188 km
Source dates
Toronto row updated 2026-04-13 · atlas dataset checked 2026-08-04