Toronto
City in Canada: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Sunset Toronto Skyline Panorama Crop from Snake Island: Jchmrt, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Toronto is a city in Canada, in Ontario. About 2.8 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Canada in our atlas.
It lies at 43.71° N, 79.40° W, about 161 m (528 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Toronto time zone.
Location
Red dot: Toronto. Green dots: other major cities of Canada. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Toronto has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 25°C (77°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about -5°C (22°F). Around 774 mm (30 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in CanadaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Mississauga · 25 km
- Brampton · 30 km
- Hamilton · 62 km
- Ottawa · 352 km
- Montréal · 507 km
- Québec · 742 km
- Winnipeg · 1,581 km
- Calgary · 2,900 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 6167865 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q172 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Sunset Toronto Skyline Panorama Crop from Snake Island: Jchmrt, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- First Canadian Place August 2017 01: Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Art Gallery of Ontario entrance: Owen Byrne from Ottawa, Canada, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Sankofa Square Toronto, May 30 2026 (01): Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Toronto Scotia plaza buidling: švabo, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Bata Shoe Museum: Gisling, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Aga Khan Museum in Toronto- Exterior: JohnOyston, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Toronto Eaton Centre 2021: Canmenwalker, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Toronto Nathan Phillips Square Panorama: Saud, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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