什麼是多倫多

加拿大城市，安大略省省會。加拿大第三大城市。位於美、加邊界的安大略湖北岸。最先住有塞尼卡人部落，1750年左右法國人在這裡建立了一個貿易站。1793年忠於英國統治的美國移民在此地建立了約克城。1812年戰爭中美國軍隊兩次洗劫了此地。1834年城市獲得了特許狀，恢復了多倫多的名稱。1867年成為安大略省省會。1954年多倫多與周圍的埃託比科克、東約克、北約克、斯卡伯勒以及約克等城鎮一起組成了一個大多倫多自治區，使這裡成為加拿大人口最為稠密的都會區。多倫多是加拿大的金融及商業中心。多倫多證券交易所坐落於此，這裡也是主要的國際貿易中心之一。船隻經聖羅倫斯航道可由這裡往大西洋，經五大湖航線則可通美國的主要港口。加拿大製造業產出的一半以上來自這裡。大量外國移民（1950～1990）帶來了各種不同的文化，使多倫多成為北美大陸上最為活躍的城市之一。這裡有一度世界最高的獨立建築加拿大國立大廈，有名望冰球館，每年的加拿大全國會展也在這裡舉行。這裡有眾多的高等學府，包括創設於1827年的多倫多大學和創立於1836年的維多利亞大學。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).