Businesses in Toronto

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Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Toronto

Industry Description	Number of Establishments	Average Age of Business
Restaurants	12,329	19 years
Lawyers legal	8,903	21 years
Corporate management	8,731	22 years
Real estate	7,630	22 years
Shopping	7,595	23 years
Health and medical	6,330	22 years
Electronics stores	5,536	20 years
Shopping other	3,735	23 years
Clothing stores	3,319	22 years

Toronto Facts

Area	643.3 km²
Population	2,934,208
Male Population	1,408,936 (48.0%)
Female Population	1,525,272 (52.0%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+54.6%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+19.2%
Median Age	39.2 years (Male: 38.2, Female: 40.1)
Area Codes	416, 780
Neighborhoods	Old Toronto, Downtown, North York, Scarborough, Entertainment District
Local Time
Timezone	Eastern Daylight Time
Lat & Lng	43.70011, -79.41630
Postal Codes	M2K, M2N, M3C, M3J, M3N, More

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Toronto Population

Years 1975 to 2020

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020
Population	1,897,953	2,252,917	2,462,154	2,771,033	2,934,208
Population Density	2,950.6 / km²	3,502.4 / km²	3,827.7 / km²	4,307.9 / km²	4,561.5 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Toronto Population change from 2000 to 2015

Increase of 12.5% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Toronto	+46%	+23%	+12.5%
Ontario	+52.6%	+28.6%	+16.4%
Canada	+55.8%	+30.2%	+17.2%

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Toronto Median Age

Median Age: 39.2 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Toronto	39.2 yrs	40.1 yrs	38.2 yrs
Ontario	40.6 yrs	41.4 yrs	39.6 yrs
Canada	40.6 yrs	41.5 yrs	39.6 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Toronto Population Density

Population Density: 4,562 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Toronto	2.9 million	643.3 km²	4,562 / km²
Ontario	13.8 million	1,078,182.8 km²	12.8 / km²
Canada	35.5 million	9,875,295.4 km²	3.6 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Toronto Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1850 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Toronto

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Toronto

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Toronto CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Toronto	46,396,175 tn	15.81 tn	72,127.7 tons/km²
Ontario	197,940,137 tn	14.38 tn	183.6 tons/km²
Canada	521,999,336 tn	14.7 tn	52.9 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Toronto CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	46,396,175 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	15.81 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	72,127.7 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Earthquake	Low (2.5)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
5/8/18	9:27 PM	3	37.9 km	5,050 m	14km SSE of Ajax, Canada	usgs.gov
8/4/04	11:55 PM	3	93.7 km	4,760 m	New York	usgs.gov
5/24/00	10:22 AM	3.1	28.1 km	18,000 m	southern Ontario, Canada	usgs.gov
11/26/99	10:33 PM	3.8	33.8 km	12,800 m	New York	usgs.gov
5/25/95	2:22 PM	3	91.6 km	5,000 m	New York	usgs.gov
8/5/89	9:07 PM	3.3	55.2 km	18,000 m	southern Ontario, Canada	usgs.gov
7/23/87	9:32 AM	3.4	23.7 km	6,800 m	southern Ontario, Canada	usgs.gov
10/4/83	5:18 PM	3.1	41.8 km	2,000 m	southern Ontario, Canada	usgs.gov
10/23/57	8:15 PM	4.3	86.3 km	—	New York	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Toronto

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