Toronto Geography
What is Toronto's largest park?
High Park
Measuring 12 acres in area in front of Toronto City Hall, what is the name of Canada’s largest city square?
Nathan Phillips Square.
What is the only NHL team from Canada to win the Stanley Cup in the modern era.
Toronto Maple Leaf's
What’s the name of the park that was built to facilitate public access to the base of the Scarborough Bluffs?
Bluffer’s park
Canada's "Big Five" banks are all based in Toronto. What are they?
They are Bank of Montreal (BMO), Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), and Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD).
What is the hottest month in Toronto?
July
What is the name of the multi-sport event that Toronto hosted the summer of 2015?
Pan American Games
What year was the first subway line in Toronto opened?
1954
Which road is believed to be the first official road in Scarborough, appearing on maps as early as 1850?
Kennedy Road
True or False: The Rogers Centre is the first in the world with a fully retractable roof!
TRUE
During what month of the year does Toronto receive the most snowfall on average? (Based on climate data from 1981-2010)
January
What is the name of the street in Toronto known for its abundance of luxury shopping?
Bloor Street
What is the name for the Gothic Revival style mansion in midtown Toronto constructed in 1911?
Casa Loma
What year was the Scarborough RT opened to the public?
1985
TRUE or False: Toronto is home to the biggest Mall in Canada; Eaton Centre.
False, the largest mall in Canada is West Edmonton Mall, located in Edmonton Alberta
In what year did Toronto experience a horrific ice storm that left the city in the dark over the holidays?
2013
Which Street in Toronto is most known for its vibrant street art?
Graffiti Alley
The letters “CN” in Toronto’s CN Tower stands for what railway company who originally constructed the communications tower in 1976?
Canadian National
What year was Scarborough reconstituted as a borough?
1967
What Western Conference team did the Toronto Raptors defeat in the 2019 NBA finals to become league champions?
Golden State Warriors
TRUE or FALSE: Toronto is part of the Canadian shield.
False, Toronto is part of the St. Lawrence Lowlands.
What is the name of the largest public event held in Toronto?
Canadian National Exhibition (CNE)
Given to the city in 1981 as part of its "Salute to Switzerland," a 1,000-pound piece of what European mountain sits at the base of the CN Tower?
Matterhorn
TRUE or FALSE: Scarborough was the home of the 1st Tim Horton's. (Trick question)
Technically, TRUE! The first Tim Hortons as we know it opened in Hamilton, but the hockey star put his name to today's successful coffee and donut chain, he made an unsuccessful attempt to found a similar empire out of a strip plaza on Lawrence Ave. "Tim Horton Do-Nut" was paired with a "Tim Horton Drive-In Restaurant" at Kingston and McCowan, and a "Tim Horton Chicken" location
Owned by The Woodbridge Company of Toronto, what Monday-to-Saturday newspaper is the most popular in Canada?
The Globe and Mail