Toronto

American  

[tuh-ron-toh] / təˈrɒn toʊ /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Ontario, in SE Canada, on Lake Ontario.

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Toronto British  

/ təˈrɒntəʊ /

noun

1. a city in S central Canada, capital of Ontario, on Lake Ontario: the major industrial centre of Canada; two universities. Pop: 2 481 494 (2001)

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Toronto Cultural  

1. Capital of Ontario, Canada, and the largest city in the province, in southern Ontario on Lake Ontario; the largest city in Canada; a commercial, financial, industrial, and cultural center of Canada.

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Other Word Forms

• Torontonian adjective

Example Sentences

The company, based outside Toronto, needs to find a second life for the factory and the hulking rows of assembly-line robots it spent roughly $575 million setting up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Dylan Cease signed a seven-year, $210-million deal with the Toronto Blue Jays.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

It has been a yearslong journey for Weedbrook, who founded the company nearly a decade ago while conducting postdoctoral research at the University of Toronto.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

It is a web that Western officials say stretches from the United Arab Emirates to Toronto, Hong Kong and Singapore.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

May I be free to plan to visit you at the convent next Saturday afternoon, July 6, between 3 and 5 o’clock in the afternoon, dependent upon the schedule of trains between Montreal and Toronto?

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger