Toronto Trivia Quiz

Canada has 10 provinces and three territories. Toronto is located in the province of Ontario.

A demonym is a noun used to refer to people from a particular place. The demonym for people from Toronto is Torontonian.

Canada is located in North America. Toronto is located in Canada.

Over 6.4 million people live in and around the Toronto area. This is roughly a quarter of Canada's entire population.

Toronto has a few nicknames. Another is "Toronto the Good."

Toronto is on the shore of Lake Ontario. Ontario is one of North America's Great Lakes.

The CN tower was the tallest freestanding structure in the world from 1975 to 2007. The Dubai skyscraper Burj Dubai took its place in 2007.

Toronto has more ethnic neighborhoods than most cities. Aside from those listed above, you can also find Little Italy, Greektown, Koreatown, and Little Portugal.

Rob Ford served as the Mayor of Toronto from 2010 to 2014. He was known for various scandals, including a video surfacing of him doing drugs.

Based on the number of flights going in and out, the Toronto Airport is the 15th busiest on earth. Its name is the Lester B Pearson Airport.

Toronto is the largest city in Canada. It is the fourth largest urban area in North America after Mexico City, New York City, and Los Angeles.

Tim Horton was a player for the Toronto Maple Leafs. The coffee chain named for him has become a huge part of the Canadian identity.

There are more than 8,000 restaurants in Toronto. If you ate at a different Toronto restaurant every night, it would take more than 20 years to visit all of them.

Toronto was founded by John Graves Simcoe. It was initially founded as York in 1793.

Toronto is home to the PATH. This is the largest underground shopping mall in North America, with over 1,200 stores.

There are over 180 languages and dialects spoken in and around Toronto. Roughly 100,000 new immigrants arrive every year.

Toronto is the home of Caribana, the largest single-day parade on the continent. It involves over 10,000 participants in costume.

The Toronto Zoo is not the largest on earth. It is actually the third largest zoo.

About a quarter of films set in the US are actually filmed in Canada. Many of these are shot in Toronto.

Toronto is one of the most multicultural and diverse cities on the planet. Almost half of its residents were born outside Canada.

The name of Toronto's hockey team is the Maple Leafs. They have not won the Stanley Cup since 1967.

Toronto Island is home to a clothing optional beach. It is a part of Hanlan's Point Beach.

Toronto's Casa Loma is the only authentic castle in North America. As far as castles go it's young, only about a century old.

The Toronto International Film festival is world famous. Being shown and awarded at the TIFF is prestigious for filmmakers.

Toronto is the largest city in Canada and one of the largest in North America. Roughly a quarter of the entire population of Canada lives in or within miles of Toronto.

Toronto has an area specifically designated for street art. It's called Graffiti Alley.

Toronto was the capital of Canada until 1866. Today, Ottawa is the capital.

Toronto is often near the top on lists of the world's most livable cities. In 2018, it tied in 7th place with Tokyo.

As of the 2016 census, over 12.6% of Toronto's population is South Asian. This is the second largest group after European, which sits at 47.1%.

Toronto has one of the largest tech and financial centers in North America. It also has the second largest food and beverage industry in North America.

After Hong Kong, Toronto is the most business-friendly city in the world. It is one of the world's leading business cities.

Toronto is proud of their multiethnic and diverse city. You can hear hundreds of languages spoken throughout the city.

All of these are Toronto area codes. If you see these, you are getting a call from Toronto.

The Great Toronto Fire of 1904 took a toll on Toronto. It destroyed a large chunk of downtown Toronto and caused more than $10 million in damage.

Toronto is a relatively flat city. It has both soft hills and ravines.