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Archive of hometown notes from Toronto: local places, drinking water, taxes, and construction.
How Toronto sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.
Indoor radon figures for Toronto follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.
A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put Toronto in national context first.
Biidaasige Park is a reason people stay fond of Toronto.
December 2023 in Toronto: Biidaasige Park. Newer waterfront park at the Don River mouth on Ookwemin Minising. City copy frames it around waterway restoration and reconciliation.
TTC service boards name Line 1 Yonge-University as the primary north-south subway, with Blue Night Network covering overnight routes.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How Toronto compares with nearby cities on City Score.
Toronto's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.
A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.
Toronto is the GTA's core city, and the first orientation tricks are still the simplest. Toronto Island & Ferries pull you off the harbour
Toronto Island still orients Toronto. Ferry-accessed park with Lake Ontario on one side and the downtown skyline on the other. Centre Island dock culture is summer Toronto in miniature.
311 is the contact shorthand printed across toronto.ca service pages.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Toronto.
Residential mill rates for Toronto appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Toronto beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
Newer waterfront park at the Don River mouth on Ookwemin Minising. City copy frames it around waterway restoration and reconciliation.
Walk or drive through Toronto long enough and Biidaasige Park comes up. Newer waterfront park at the Don River mouth on Ookwemin Minising. City copy frames it around waterway restoration and reconciliation.
Commute talk is TTC talk. Line 1 Yonge-University is the north-south spine named on service boards; streetcars and the Blue Night Network cover the hours when the subway sleeps. When something civic breaks, 311 is the number on toronto.ca. Nathan Phillips Square is the downtown lawn for Cavalcade of Lights, Taste of India, and the festival stack the City produces with local artists: Nuit Blanche, Summerlicious, Doors Open, Pride Month. Neighbourhood names from daily news (St. James Town, Scarborough, Downsview) remind you the core city is a federation of districts, not a single postcard.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Large west-end destination park with Grenadier Café and Colborne Lodge on the City roster. TTC access from Bloor Street West keeps it in
High Park still orients Toronto. Large west-end destination park with Grenadier Café and Colborne Lodge on the City roster. TTC access from Bloor Street West keeps it in weekday reach.
TTC service boards name Line 1 Yonge-University as the primary north-south subway, with Blue Night Network covering overnight routes.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
City ferry pages treat Toronto Island as a long-standing public park day trip from the harbour, with advance tickets encouraged in peak
November 2023 in Toronto: Toronto Island. Ferry-accessed park with Lake Ontario on one side and the downtown skyline on the other. Centre Island dock culture is summer Toronto in miniature.
City ferry pages treat Toronto Island as a long-standing public park day trip from the harbour, with advance tickets encouraged in peak season.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Where Toronto sits in published building-permit figures for October 2023.
Construction intent in Toronto shows up first as authorized permit dollars. Read a single month as a pulse, not a verdict.
Open the Toronto permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.
Newer waterfront park at the Don River mouth on Ookwemin Minising. City copy frames it around waterway restoration and reconciliation.
Biidaasige Park still orients Toronto. Newer waterfront park at the Don River mouth on Ookwemin Minising. City copy frames it around waterway restoration and reconciliation.
Biidaasige Park is described on City pages as sitting near Cherry Street on Ookwemin Minising at the mouth of the Don River.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
High Park is a reason people stay fond of Toronto.
October 2023 in Toronto: High Park. Large west-end destination park with Grenadier Café and Colborne Lodge on the City roster. TTC access from Bloor Street West keeps it in weekday reach.
Nathan Phillips Square hosts City festival fixtures such as Cavalcade of Lights and events like Taste of India on the civic square.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Commute talk is TTC talk. Line 1 Yonge-University is the north-south spine named on service boards; streetcars and the Blue Night Network
Walk or drive through Toronto long enough and Toronto Island comes up. Ferry-accessed park with Lake Ontario on one side and the downtown skyline on the other. Centre Island dock culture is summer Toronto in miniature.
Commute talk is TTC talk. Line 1 Yonge-University is the north-south spine named on service boards; streetcars and the Blue Night Network cover the hours when the subway sleeps. When something civic breaks, 311 is the number on toronto.ca. Nathan Phillips Square is the downtown lawn for Cavalcade of Lights, Taste of India, and the festival stack the City produces with local artists: Nuit Blanche, Summerlicious, Doors Open, Pride Month. Neighbourhood names from daily news (St. James Town, Scarborough, Downsview) remind you the core city is a federation of districts, not a single postcard.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Toronto.
Residential mill rates for Toronto appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Toronto beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
CBC Toronto fronts swing from housing density fights to Blue Jays and Maple Leafs business, which is also a kind of local weather. CampTO
September 2023 in Toronto: Biidaasige Park. Newer waterfront park at the Don River mouth on Ookwemin Minising. City copy frames it around waterway restoration and reconciliation.
311 is the contact shorthand printed across toronto.ca service pages.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Toronto draws municipal drinking water from Lake Ontario, treated at R.L. Clark Water Treatment Plant.
Ask where Toronto drinking water begins and the answer is Lake Ontario, then R.L. Clark Water Treatment Plant. That supply chain is what the water atlas puts beside hardness and lead.
West-end plant at Twenty Third Street; rated capacity 615,000 m³/day.
See the Toronto water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.
Ferry-accessed park with Lake Ontario on one side and the downtown skyline on the other. Centre Island dock culture is summer Toronto in
Toronto Island still orients Toronto. Ferry-accessed park with Lake Ontario on one side and the downtown skyline on the other. Centre Island dock culture is summer Toronto in miniature.
Nathan Phillips Square hosts City festival fixtures such as Cavalcade of Lights and events like Taste of India on the civic square.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Seismic and wildfire context that applies to Toronto.
Toronto appears on NRCan seismic context (peak ground acceleration) and, where live, wildfire-season flags. Flood grades are incomplete on some pages.
Hazard pages are comparative geography, not insurance certificates. Pair them with provincial emergency bulletins when weather turns.
Newer waterfront park at the Don River mouth on Ookwemin Minising. City copy frames it around waterway restoration and reconciliation.
Walk or drive through Toronto long enough and Biidaasige Park comes up. Newer waterfront park at the Don River mouth on Ookwemin Minising. City copy frames it around waterway restoration and reconciliation.
Commute talk is TTC talk. Line 1 Yonge-University is the north-south spine named on service boards; streetcars and the Blue Night Network cover the hours when the subway sleeps. When something civic breaks, 311 is the number on toronto.ca. Nathan Phillips Square is the downtown lawn for Cavalcade of Lights, Taste of India, and the festival stack the City produces with local artists: Nuit Blanche, Summerlicious, Doors Open, Pride Month. Neighbourhood names from daily news (St. James Town, Scarborough, Downsview) remind you the core city is a federation of districts, not a single postcard.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Advertised broadband availability for Toronto.
Broadband rows for Toronto come from ISED National Broadband Data: advertised max download, 50/10 availability, and technology flags where published.
A map hex is not a living-room speed test. Confirm with your ISP after reading the Toronto internet page.
Biidaasige Park is described on City pages as sitting near Cherry Street on Ookwemin Minising at the mouth of the Don River.
August 2023 in Toronto: Toronto Island. Ferry-accessed park with Lake Ontario on one side and the downtown skyline on the other. Centre Island dock culture is summer Toronto in miniature.
Biidaasige Park is described on City pages as sitting near Cherry Street on Ookwemin Minising at the mouth of the Don River.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How Toronto sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.
Indoor radon figures for Toronto follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.
A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put Toronto in national context first.
Biidaasige Park is a reason people stay fond of Toronto.
Biidaasige Park still orients Toronto. Newer waterfront park at the Don River mouth on Ookwemin Minising. City copy frames it around waterway restoration and reconciliation.
TTC service boards name Line 1 Yonge-University as the primary north-south subway, with Blue Night Network covering overnight routes.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How Toronto compares with nearby cities on City Score.
Toronto's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.
A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.
Commute talk is TTC talk. Line 1 Yonge-University is the north-south spine named on service boards; streetcars and the Blue Night Network
Walk or drive through Toronto long enough and Toronto Island comes up. Ferry-accessed park with Lake Ontario on one side and the downtown skyline on the other. Centre Island dock culture is summer Toronto in miniature.
Commute talk is TTC talk. Line 1 Yonge-University is the north-south spine named on service boards; streetcars and the Blue Night Network cover the hours when the subway sleeps. When something civic breaks, 311 is the number on toronto.ca. Nathan Phillips Square is the downtown lawn for Cavalcade of Lights, Taste of India, and the festival stack the City produces with local artists: Nuit Blanche, Summerlicious, Doors Open, Pride Month. Neighbourhood names from daily news (St. James Town, Scarborough, Downsview) remind you the core city is a federation of districts, not a single postcard.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Toronto.
Residential mill rates for Toronto appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Toronto beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
Newer waterfront park at the Don River mouth on Ookwemin Minising. City copy frames it around waterway restoration and reconciliation.
July 2023 in Toronto: Biidaasige Park. Newer waterfront park at the Don River mouth on Ookwemin Minising. City copy frames it around waterway restoration and reconciliation.
Nathan Phillips Square hosts City festival fixtures such as Cavalcade of Lights and events like Taste of India on the civic square.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Large west-end destination park with Grenadier Café and Colborne Lodge on the City roster. TTC access from Bloor Street West keeps it in
Walk or drive through Toronto long enough and High Park comes up. Large west-end destination park with Grenadier Café and Colborne Lodge on the City roster. TTC access from Bloor Street West keeps it in weekday reach.
Commute talk is TTC talk. Line 1 Yonge-University is the north-south spine named on service boards; streetcars and the Blue Night Network cover the hours when the subway sleeps. When something civic breaks, 311 is the number on toronto.ca. Nathan Phillips Square is the downtown lawn for Cavalcade of Lights, Taste of India, and the festival stack the City produces with local artists: Nuit Blanche, Summerlicious, Doors Open, Pride Month. Neighbourhood names from daily news (St. James Town, Scarborough, Downsview) remind you the core city is a federation of districts, not a single postcard.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
City ferry pages treat Toronto Island as a long-standing public park day trip from the harbour, with advance tickets encouraged in peak
Toronto Island still orients Toronto. Ferry-accessed park with Lake Ontario on one side and the downtown skyline on the other. Centre Island dock culture is summer Toronto in miniature.
City ferry pages treat Toronto Island as a long-standing public park day trip from the harbour, with advance tickets encouraged in peak season.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Where Toronto sits in published building-permit figures for June 2023.
Construction intent in Toronto shows up first as authorized permit dollars. Read a single month as a pulse, not a verdict.
Open the Toronto permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.
Newer waterfront park at the Don River mouth on Ookwemin Minising. City copy frames it around waterway restoration and reconciliation.
Walk or drive through Toronto long enough and Biidaasige Park comes up. Newer waterfront park at the Don River mouth on Ookwemin Minising. City copy frames it around waterway restoration and reconciliation.
Commute talk is TTC talk. Line 1 Yonge-University is the north-south spine named on service boards; streetcars and the Blue Night Network cover the hours when the subway sleeps. When something civic breaks, 311 is the number on toronto.ca. Nathan Phillips Square is the downtown lawn for Cavalcade of Lights, Taste of India, and the festival stack the City produces with local artists: Nuit Blanche, Summerlicious, Doors Open, Pride Month. Neighbourhood names from daily news (St. James Town, Scarborough, Downsview) remind you the core city is a federation of districts, not a single postcard.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
High Park is a reason people stay fond of Toronto.
High Park still orients Toronto. Large west-end destination park with Grenadier Café and Colborne Lodge on the City roster. TTC access from Bloor Street West keeps it in weekday reach.
Nathan Phillips Square hosts City festival fixtures such as Cavalcade of Lights and events like Taste of India on the civic square.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
CBC Toronto fronts swing from housing density fights to Blue Jays and Maple Leafs business, which is also a kind of local weather. CampTO
May 2023 in Toronto: Toronto Island. Ferry-accessed park with Lake Ontario on one side and the downtown skyline on the other. Centre Island dock culture is summer Toronto in miniature.
TTC service boards name Line 1 Yonge-University as the primary north-south subway, with Blue Night Network covering overnight routes.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Toronto.
Residential mill rates for Toronto appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Toronto beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
Toronto is the GTA's core city, and the first orientation tricks are still the simplest. Toronto Island & Ferries pull you off the harbour
Biidaasige Park still orients Toronto. Newer waterfront park at the Don River mouth on Ookwemin Minising. City copy frames it around waterway restoration and reconciliation.
311 is the contact shorthand printed across toronto.ca service pages.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Toronto draws municipal drinking water from Lake Ontario, treated at R.L. Clark Water Treatment Plant.
May 2023 is a good week to revisit Toronto's source: Lake Ontario. Treatment at R.L. Clark Water Treatment Plant sits between the intake and the tap.
West-end plant at Twenty Third Street; rated capacity 615,000 m³/day.
See the Toronto water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.
Ferry-accessed park with Lake Ontario on one side and the downtown skyline on the other. Centre Island dock culture is summer Toronto in
Walk or drive through Toronto long enough and Toronto Island comes up. Ferry-accessed park with Lake Ontario on one side and the downtown skyline on the other. Centre Island dock culture is summer Toronto in miniature.
Commute talk is TTC talk. Line 1 Yonge-University is the north-south spine named on service boards; streetcars and the Blue Night Network cover the hours when the subway sleeps. When something civic breaks, 311 is the number on toronto.ca. Nathan Phillips Square is the downtown lawn for Cavalcade of Lights, Taste of India, and the festival stack the City produces with local artists: Nuit Blanche, Summerlicious, Doors Open, Pride Month. Neighbourhood names from daily news (St. James Town, Scarborough, Downsview) remind you the core city is a federation of districts, not a single postcard.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Seismic and wildfire context that applies to Toronto.
Toronto appears on NRCan seismic context (peak ground acceleration) and, where live, wildfire-season flags. Flood grades are incomplete on some pages.
Hazard pages are comparative geography, not insurance certificates. Pair them with provincial emergency bulletins when weather turns.
Newer waterfront park at the Don River mouth on Ookwemin Minising. City copy frames it around waterway restoration and reconciliation.
April 2023 in Toronto: Biidaasige Park. Newer waterfront park at the Don River mouth on Ookwemin Minising. City copy frames it around waterway restoration and reconciliation.
City ferry pages treat Toronto Island as a long-standing public park day trip from the harbour, with advance tickets encouraged in peak season.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Advertised broadband availability for Toronto.
Broadband rows for Toronto come from ISED National Broadband Data: advertised max download, 50/10 availability, and technology flags where published.
A map hex is not a living-room speed test. Confirm with your ISP after reading the Toronto internet page.
Biidaasige Park is described on City pages as sitting near Cherry Street on Ookwemin Minising at the mouth of the Don River.
Toronto Island still orients Toronto. Ferry-accessed park with Lake Ontario on one side and the downtown skyline on the other. Centre Island dock culture is summer Toronto in miniature.
Biidaasige Park is described on City pages as sitting near Cherry Street on Ookwemin Minising at the mouth of the Don River.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How Toronto sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.
Indoor radon figures for Toronto follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.
A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put Toronto in national context first.
Biidaasige Park is a reason people stay fond of Toronto.
Walk or drive through Toronto long enough and Biidaasige Park comes up. Newer waterfront park at the Don River mouth on Ookwemin Minising. City copy frames it around waterway restoration and reconciliation.
Commute talk is TTC talk. Line 1 Yonge-University is the north-south spine named on service boards; streetcars and the Blue Night Network cover the hours when the subway sleeps. When something civic breaks, 311 is the number on toronto.ca. Nathan Phillips Square is the downtown lawn for Cavalcade of Lights, Taste of India, and the festival stack the City produces with local artists: Nuit Blanche, Summerlicious, Doors Open, Pride Month. Neighbourhood names from daily news (St. James Town, Scarborough, Downsview) remind you the core city is a federation of districts, not a single postcard.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How Toronto compares with nearby cities on City Score.
Toronto's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.
A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.
CBC Toronto fronts swing from housing density fights to Blue Jays and Maple Leafs business, which is also a kind of local weather. CampTO
February 2023 in Toronto: Toronto Island. Ferry-accessed park with Lake Ontario on one side and the downtown skyline on the other. Centre Island dock culture is summer Toronto in miniature.
311 is the contact shorthand printed across toronto.ca service pages.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Toronto.
Residential mill rates for Toronto appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Toronto beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
Newer waterfront park at the Don River mouth on Ookwemin Minising. City copy frames it around waterway restoration and reconciliation.
Biidaasige Park still orients Toronto. Newer waterfront park at the Don River mouth on Ookwemin Minising. City copy frames it around waterway restoration and reconciliation.
Nathan Phillips Square hosts City festival fixtures such as Cavalcade of Lights and events like Taste of India on the civic square.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Large west-end destination park with Grenadier Café and Colborne Lodge on the City roster. TTC access from Bloor Street West keeps it in
February 2023 in Toronto: High Park. Large west-end destination park with Grenadier Café and Colborne Lodge on the City roster. TTC access from Bloor Street West keeps it in weekday reach.
TTC service boards name Line 1 Yonge-University as the primary north-south subway, with Blue Night Network covering overnight routes.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
City ferry pages treat Toronto Island as a long-standing public park day trip from the harbour, with advance tickets encouraged in peak
Walk or drive through Toronto long enough and Toronto Island comes up. Ferry-accessed park with Lake Ontario on one side and the downtown skyline on the other. Centre Island dock culture is summer Toronto in miniature.
Commute talk is TTC talk. Line 1 Yonge-University is the north-south spine named on service boards; streetcars and the Blue Night Network cover the hours when the subway sleeps. When something civic breaks, 311 is the number on toronto.ca. Nathan Phillips Square is the downtown lawn for Cavalcade of Lights, Taste of India, and the festival stack the City produces with local artists: Nuit Blanche, Summerlicious, Doors Open, Pride Month. Neighbourhood names from daily news (St. James Town, Scarborough, Downsview) remind you the core city is a federation of districts, not a single postcard.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Where Toronto sits in published building-permit figures for January 2023.
Building-permit value for Toronto comes from Statistics Canada when a direct-tier row exists. Quiet months often follow busy ones.
Open the Toronto permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.
Biidaasige Park is a reason people stay fond of Toronto.
January 2023 in Toronto: Biidaasige Park. Newer waterfront park at the Don River mouth on Ookwemin Minising. City copy frames it around waterway restoration and reconciliation.
Biidaasige Park is described on City pages as sitting near Cherry Street on Ookwemin Minising at the mouth of the Don River.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Toronto draws municipal drinking water from Lake Ontario, treated at R.L. Clark Water Treatment Plant.
Ask where Toronto drinking water begins and the answer is Lake Ontario, then R.L. Clark Water Treatment Plant. That supply chain is what the water atlas puts beside hardness and lead.
West-end plant at Twenty Third Street; rated capacity 615,000 m³/day.
See the Toronto water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.
Toronto is the GTA's core city, and the first orientation tricks are still the simplest. Toronto Island & Ferries pull you off the harbour
Toronto Island still orients Toronto. Ferry-accessed park with Lake Ontario on one side and the downtown skyline on the other. Centre Island dock culture is summer Toronto in miniature.
TTC service boards name Line 1 Yonge-University as the primary north-south subway, with Blue Night Network covering overnight routes.
More on Toronto: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.