Districts in Toronto:
When Metropolitan Toronto amalgamated its six internal cities into one in 1998, it created a new "mega city" known simply as Toronto. Covering more than 600 square kilometres, Toronto stretches some 32 kilometres along the shores of Lake Ontario, and includes a dense, urban core surrounded by a ring of suburbs. The city is laid out on a very straightforward grid pattern and streets rarely deviate from the grid, except if there's a significant landmark in the way. As every district was at one point a city onto itself, each consist of their own unique and varied neighborhoods.
The six Toronto districts are:
Toronto:
Downtown Toronto is the heart of this urban core, with Yonge Street running almost directly in the middle of this district. The Old City of Toronto is divided further, into the Downtown, West End, East End, and north to Midtown
Etobicoke:
Etobicoke, is largely industrial and suburban in urban makeup. The airport service area and hotels, most airport facilities are located within Mississauga, just to the west.
York:
York is formerly a separate city, the second smallest of the six former municipalities, yet it is one of the most ethnically diverse.
East York:
East York was formerly a semi-autonomous borough within the overall municipality of Metropolitan Toronto. One of East York's claims to fame was that, before the amalgamation, it was Canada's only borough.
North York:
North York is home to Parc Downsview Park, Canada's first national urban park, Downsview Airport and the North York Performing Arts Centre.
Scarborough:
Scarborough has characteristics of a suburb of old Toronto, but retains much of its own character and flavour. Because of the topography of the Bluffs, the Rouge Valley, and other creeks and minor tributaries, Scarborough is said to be the greenest and leafiest part of Toronto.
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