hlewton wrote:... am guessing you meant Ontario.
Speaking of Ontario ...
Toronto is home to the world’s most confused citizens.
When they are overseas most Torontonians say “Oh, we live in Toronto, Canada”, and hospitable foreigners nod their heads and repeat “Ah! Canada!! Toronto!!!”. The kinder kind of foreigners do not go on to confirm their recognition by saying “Ford”.
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Earlier this week a special section in the Toronto Star tried to clear the muddy autumn waters with the map, reproduced above.
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When I landed here in 1982, the city was an accumulation of five municipalities, one of which was known as “the city of Toronto” (the bit near the lake, immediately above) as distinct from “The City of Etobicoke”, “The City of Scarborough” and so on. To make matters worse to a great many people it was “The City of Scarboro”, but I digress.
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About fifteen years later the five municipalities, known as cities, were amalgamated into one city to be known henceforth as “Metropolitan Toronto” (the bit near the lake, immediately above). Five cities, one of which used to be known as “The City of Toronto” became “The City of Toronto”. Then known locally as “Metro”, which is now the name of the supermarket chain that used be called “Dominion”.
“Metropolitan Toronto” is now labeled “The City of Toronto” in the map shown above.
“The Toronto Region” surrounds and includes “The City of Toronto”.
“The Greater Toronto Region” also surrounds and includes “The City of Toronto”.
However, if you live in Burlington you live in “The Greater Toronto Region” but not in “The Toronto Region”, whereas if you live in Mono, you are in “The Toronto Region” but not in “The Greater Toronto Region”.
Regardless of whether you live in “The City of Toronto”, “The Toronto Region” or “The Greater Toronto Region”, in order to get to those foreign lands you fly out of Toronto’s airport, which used to be called Toronto International Airport but is now known as Lester Pearson Airport.
Seventy-five percent of the residents of The City of Toronto, The Toronto Region or The Greater Toronto Region cannot tell you who Lester Pearson is, or was.
The airport’s international code is “YYZ”.
Got that?
There will be a quiz first thing Monday morning ...
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