Greater Toronto Area
Greater Toronto Area | |
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From top, left to right: the southern portion of Downtown Toronto; Oakville; Sibbald Point Provincial Park; St. George's Anglican Church in Georgina; Downtown Uxbridge; Toronto Pearson International Airport | |
Greater Toronto Area Greater Toronto Area | |
| Coordinates: 43°38′33″N 79°23′14″W / 43.64250°N 79.38722°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Area | |
| • Land | 7,123.64 km2 (2,750.45 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 6,711,985 |
• Estimate (2024) | 7,670,678 |
| • Density | 1,076.79/km2 (2,788.9/sq mi) |
| Combined population of Halton, Peel, Toronto, York, Durham | |
| GDP (Nominal, 2022) | |
| • Total | CA$ 522.38 billion (US$417.9 billion) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code | |
| Area codes | 226, 249, 289, 416, 437, 519, 647, 705, 905, 365 |
The Greater Toronto Area, commonly referred to as the GTA, includes Canada's most populous city, Toronto, and the regional municipalities of Durham, Halton, Peel, and York. In total, the region contains 25 urban, suburban, and rural municipalities. The Greater Toronto Area begins in Burlington in Halton Region to the west, and extends along Lake Ontario past downtown Toronto eastward to Clarington in Durham Region.
According to the 2021 census, the Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) of Toronto has a total population of 6.202 million residents, making it Canada's most populous metropolitan area, and the 7th-largest in North America. However, the Greater Toronto Area, which is an economic area defined by the Government of Ontario, includes communities that are not included in the CMA, as defined by Statistics Canada. Extrapolating the data for all 25 communities in the Greater Toronto Area from the 2021 Census, the total population for the economic region included 6,711,985 people.
The Greater Toronto Area is a part of several larger areas in Southern Ontario. The area is also combined with the city of Hamilton to form a conurbation known as the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). The GTHA combined with Niagara Region form the core of the Golden Horseshoe.