Talk:Toronto

Frequently asked questions

Please change the mayor to reflect the results of the latest mayoral election. We only change the mayor once the mayor begins holding office, which is generally a few days after the election. Please change the population figure to the latest available figure. The City website shows this figure. Statistics Canada shows this estimated figure. We only use population figures from the latest official census per WP:CANPOP. We do not accept any other source, not from the city, and not from Statistics Canada estimates.

Missing detail?

The lede is woefully inadequate without a mention of Toronto's ascendancy at the expense of Montreal. If not for the Québec nationalism, Toronto would still be the Second City. Glaring omission, and if I trawled the history, I bet it used to be there... 142.126.140.83 (talk) 00:42, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

It's already mentioned in greater detail in History of Toronto. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 13:23, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

Less precipitation than rainfall?

I was looking at the weatherbox for the climate of Toronto here when I saw that it said that Toronto had less precipitation than rainfall in August and September (August had 71.9 mm of precip but 81.1 mm of rainfall, for example). This seems illogical because rainfall contributes to precipitation totals, and thus is a part of it. Can someone check this/check the resource? Antarctican2606 (talk) 15:26, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 October 2024

toronto indigenous name add citation https://guides.library.utoronto.ca/toronto Ifeltafuneralinmybrain (talk) 03:06, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

Template:Partly done cited with https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2128934/full. NotAGenious (talk) 08:17, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

Simple spelling error

Can anybody turn "Lakes Simcoe" into "Lake Simcoe" under the Quick Facts section? Over1BillionPagesOnWiki (talk) 13:33, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

File:X mark.svg Not done "Lakes Simcoe and Couchiching" is grammatically correct as it refers to both Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching. By the way, the proper term for the "Quick Facts" section is the Infobox. By the way, you can now edit semi-protected pages yourself. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 16:16, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

However, I did correct a different spelling error in the infobox, or as you call it the Quick Facts section, albeit regarding the spelling of "statutory." Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:17, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

Bordering a subtropical climate?

It looks like on February 8th at 00:48 user NameStuffs made a change saying that the climate of Toronto borders a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). Is this accurate? This seems to come on the heels of two edits made on January 31st by user 2607:fea8:5298:5210:8a7e:23c6:fcb4:c33d, who edited both the pages for Amherstburg (Ontario) and Windsor (Ontario) to also say that the climates there border a humid subtropical climate (albeit, to be fair, for Amherstburg its corresponding French-language article (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherstburg) has mentioned it being subtropical for a while now, while its English-language article traditionally just had the chart but with no brief description at the top). All of this does seem a bit fishy to me, so I want to double-check with others to make sure this is accurate. Speyeker (talk) 19:52, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

Reverted edit as it is original research and warned user. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:45, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

I explained my decision to include the information about the subtropical climate as when using the weatherbox data, the lowest mean temperature is -3.5°C, which when using the -3°C isotherm, makes Toronto, in my opinion, bordering a subtropical climate, as it's only 0.5°C away. I understand that that's just my opinion, and that the -3°C isotherm isn't the isotherm used commonly on Wikipedia.

However, I have seen other pages (Sofia, Pittsburgh, Windsor, and Yarmouth), reference the -3°C isotherm, and those same climates also are around 1°C away from the 0°C isotherm. Now that I think about it, it's kind of a stretch to say this, as Toronto doesn't use the -3°C isotherm to be subtropical, but I don't understand how it constitutes original research.

P.S: I'm not 2607:fea8:5298:5210:8a7e:23c6:fcb4:c33d. However, I considered Windsor's page when adding this for Toronto. NameStuffs (talk) 05:02, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

I think you hit the nail on the head there. "In my opinion". We need reliable sources that state that, not editors interpretations, synthesis and original research. Canterbury Tail talk 13:28, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

Agreed. In my opinion = original research. Template:Ping It is important to read WP:NOR, which explains very clearly why original research is prohibited. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 15:11, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

Fair enough NameStuffs (talk) 19:49, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:28, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

Remember to use reliable sources, not original research. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:08, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

Update

File:Yes check.svg Done I have fully removed the claim. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:48, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 June 2025

Under the Human Resources -> Public Health Section, there is a caption that the MaRS Discovery District building is located at Bloor Street. This is false. It is located on College Street at University Avenue 70.54.143.30 (talk) 11:47, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

Quite right. Fixed. Thanks for noticing. Canterbury Tail talk 12:08, 6 June 2025 (UTC)