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Hotels Toronto are a great idea. Toronto is a place where many go to, and many shall need a hotel in that place. Hotels are places people can stay in when on holiday and many a person does this here. Maybe to see the city, the many ethnic communities may have visiors from abroad to see families. And many may stay in a good hotel . Toronto is Canada's largest city, North America's fifth largest, and the provincial capital of Ontario. Population: 2,481,494 (2001), Surrounding 'Greater Toronto Area': 4,682,897 (2001). Approximately 1/3rd of the Canadian population lives within a 2 hour drive, and about 1/6th of all Canadian jobs lie with the city limits. Up until the 1970s, Toronto was the second largest city in Canada, after Montreal, but a considerable spurt in growth since that time left it half again as large as its nearest rival by 2000. Much of this was due to the growing separation movement in Quebec and the election of the Parti Québécois in 1976, when a large group of English-speaking Montrealers left for Toronto. Though Quebecers would say they have more national pride, and they would have been welcome to stay, or may say they would have prefferred that past. Located on the northern shore of Lake Ontario, Toronto was originally a term of indeterminate geographical location, designating the approximate area of the future town of Toronto on maps dating to the late 17th and early 18th century. Eventually the name was anchored to the mouth of the Humber River, the end of a portage route from Georgian Bay; this is where the city of Toronto is located today. The source and meaning of the name remains a matter of debate. Most common definitions claim that the origin is the Huron word for "meeting place", "toran-ten". However it appears a more likely source for the name is the Mohawk term referring to "the place where trees grow over the water", a reference to a specific location at the northern end of what is now Lake Simcoe, but was then known as Lake Toronto. The portage route up the Humber River eventually leads to this point. The theory is that the name referred to the portage route itself. Part of this confusion can be attributed to the succession of peoples who lived in the area during the 18th century: Huron, Senecas, Iroquois, and Mississaugas (the latter having lent their name to Toronto's modern-day western suburb). Until the beginning of British colonization there were no permanent settlements, though both native peoples and the French did try, including the construction of a small fort near the mouth of the Humber, currently buried on the grounds of the CNE. European settlement in central Canada was quite limited before 1788, amounting to only a few families, but it began growing quickly in the aftermath of the American Revolution. Those American colonists who refused to accept being divorced from the United Kingdom, or who felt unwelcome in the new republic, often came north to the unsettled lands north of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. In 1788 the British negotiated the purchase of more than a quarter million acres of land in the area of Toronto. The site was then chosen by Governor John Graves Simcoe as the capital of the newly organized province of Upper Canada in 1793. Specifically the town, then known as York, was built inland from the Toronto Islands, a chain of small islands leading into a marsh at their eastern end, with an opening at the western end. This formed a natural protected harbor, one that was defended with the construction of Fort York at the entrance on what was then a high point on the water's edge with a small river on the inland side. The town proper was formed closer to the eastern end, near what is now Parliament St. Governor Simcoe was concerned with opening military communications between the settlements in the southwest of Upper Canada (notably Niagara, then Newark), and those to the east (Kingston, then points east to the border with Quebec). Yonge Street, which is today the center line of the city, was intended as a military highway for the north-south direction, while Dundas Street linked east and west. The latter ended up heading west only, and into Western Ontario rather than Niagara. Today it extends to Windsor on the American border. Yonge Street was more successful and is sometimes called "the longest street in the world" as it snakes its way for 1,896 kilometers to Rainy River, Ontario, on the Minnesota border. In 1813, as part of the War of 1812, York was attacked and partially burned. It was in retaliation for this that British forces attacked Washington, DC, the next year. Fort York was lightly manned at the time, and realizing that a defense was impossible, the troops retreated and set fire to the magazine. Many US soldiers were killed in the resulting explosion, and the fort was later re-built several hundred yards to the west. The fort now lies hundreds of yards inland due to landfill being dumped into the lake, and what was then a high point is largely invisible behind several highways. In 1834 the town reverted to the name Toronto. Growth continued to be slow and even in the late 1800's one artist managed to paint a map of the town including every individual building. Toronto's government was reorganized in 1953 to reflect its growing population. Rather than annexing nearby towns and suburbs, the region was divided into six regions: Toronto, Scarborough, Etobicoke, York, North York, and East York. The six, while still retaining their identities as cities, were then granted a regional government known as The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto. This arrangement lasted until 1998, when the regional level of government was abolished and the six cities were amalgamated into a new ("megacity of") Toronto. At this point the definition of Toronto itself came into doubt. The overwhelming majority of the citizens of Toronto opposed amalgation, as proven by a referendum in that year. However, the Province of Ontario under Premier Mike Harris had the formal power to ignore this referendum, and did so. In the 2000 Toronto municipal elections, over 88% of those voting did so for a Mayor that favored forming a new Province of Toronto - the top two finishers, Mel Lastman and Tooker Gomberg, both strongly favored this move, as did urban activist Jane Jacobs. However, this measure remains stalled due to Canadian laws that place the control of municipal affairs firmly in hands of Ontario. For more on the controversy see Toronto/Culture_and_Politics. Note: Province of Toronto advocates refer to the city only as Toronto, Canada, which is how the city is usually referred to globally. Landmarks include the CN Tower, a concrete transmission tower that (at 553 meters) is the tallest free-standing structure in the world; the SkyDome, the world's first sporting arena to feature a retractable roof; and the Toronto Islands, a 230-hectare park accessible from the city waterfront via ferry. Exhibition Park is the site of the annual Canadian National Exhibition. Some stay in hotels near here. The city is the seat of the University of Toronto, York University, Ryerson Polytechnic University, and several other institutes of higher learning. Transportation needs are served by the TTC subway and streetcars. Some visiting lecturers stay in hotels. Toronto is home to several professional sports franchises, including the Toronto Blue Jays (Major League Baseball), Toronto Maple Leafs (National Hockey League), Toronto Raptors (National Basketball Association) and Toronto Argonauts (Canadian Football League). The city is also home to the Ontario Science Centre, the Royal Ontario Museum, and the Toronto Zoo. Some visiting sports teams stay in hotels, some hotel stayers see the zoo.

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