
Air quality alerts issued in Canada and US as wildfires continue to burn
Wildfire smoke degrades air quality in swaths of Ontario, with Toronto ranking among the worst in the world on Monday.
Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the fourth-most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. As of 2024, the census metropolitan area had an estimated population of 7,106,379. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world.
Wildfire smoke degrades air quality in swaths of Ontario, with Toronto ranking among the worst in the world on Monday.
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