Toronto

===Language===
[[File:Toronto tripartite rubbish bin, May 2006.jpg|thumb|A waste receptacle in Toronto with an advert for the local multilingual emergency telephone service (from left to right and top to bottom: [[Canadian English|English]], [[Russian Canadians|Russian]], [[Vietnamese Canadians|Vietnamese]], [[Chinese Canadians#Language|Traditional Chinese]], [[Canadian French|French]], [[Punjabi Canadians|Punjabi]], [[Spanish Canadians|Spanish]], and [[Chinese Canadians#Language|Simplified Chinese]])]]
English is the predominant language spoken by Torontonians, with approximately 95 percent of residents having proficiency in it, although only 54.7 percent of Torontonians reported English as their mother tongue.<ref name=langcen>{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3520005&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&SearchText=Toronto&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Language&TABID=1&type=0|title=Census Profile, 2016 Census – Toronto – Ontario – Language Profile|website=statcan.gc.ca|publisher=Stats Canada|access-date=September 7, 2019|date=August 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114033112/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3520005&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&SearchText=Toronto&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Language&TABID=1&type=0|archive-date=January 14, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Greater Toronto English, or simply [[Toronto slang]], is a dialect found primarily in Toronto, primarily spoken by youths. English is one of two [[official bilingualism in Canada|official languages of Canada]], with the other being French. Approximately 1.6 percent of Torontonians reported French as their mother tongue, although 9.1 percent reported being bilingual in both official languages.<ref name=langcen/> In addition to services provided by the federal government, provincial services in Toronto are available in both official languages as a result of the ''[[French Language Services Act]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90f32|title=French Language Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. F.32|publisher=Queen's Printer for Ontario|year=2019|website=ontario.ca|access-date=September 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623122731/https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90f32|archive-date=June 23, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> Approximately 4.9 percent of Torontonians reported having no knowledge in either of the official languages of the country.<ref name=langcen/>

Because the city is also home to many other languages, municipal services, most notably its [[911 (emergency telephone number)|9-1-1]] [[emergency telephone number|emergency telephone service]],{{efn|9-1-1 is the phone number for local emergency services, although GSM providers will also redirect phone calls made to [[112 (emergency telephone number)|1-1-2]] to local emergency services.}} is equipped to respond in over 150 languages.<ref name="911service">{{cite web |title=9-1-1 = EMERGENCY in any language |website=toronto.ca |publisher=[[Municipal government of Toronto|City of Toronto]] |url=http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=4e142140f1c8f310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD&vgnextchannel=163307ceb6f8e310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD |access-date=January 5, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028143249/http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=4e142140f1c8f310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD&vgnextchannel=163307ceb6f8e310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD |archive-date=October 28, 2014 }}</ref><ref name=lan3>[http://www12.statcan.ca:80/english/census06/data/topics/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?ALEVEL=3&APATH=3&CATNO=&DETAIL=0&DIM=&DS=99&FL=0&FREE=0&GAL=0&GC=99&GK=NA&GRP=1&IPS=&METH=0&ORDER=1&PID=89189&PTYPE=88971&RL=0&S=1&SUB=0&ShowAll=No&StartRow=1&Temporal=2006&Theme=70&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&GID=838003 Various Languages Spoken – Toronto] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408053330/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/tbt/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=838003&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=89189&PRID=0&PTYPE=88971,97154&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2006&THEME=70&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |date=April 8, 2020 }} [[Census metropolitan area|CMA]], Statistics Canada (2006); retrieved September 9, 2009.</ref> In the [[2001 Canadian census]], the collective [[varieties of Chinese]] and Italian are the most widely spoken languages at work after English.<ref name=lan>[http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/highlight/LanguageWork/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=CMA&View=2&Table=1&Code=535&Sort=2&B1=&B2=1 Language used at work by mother tongue in Toronto] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421124848/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/highlight/LanguageWork/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=CMA&View=2&Table=1&Code=535&Sort=2&B1=&B2=1 |date=April 21, 2008 }} [[Census metropolitan area|CMA]], Statistics Canada (2001). Retrieved December 5, 2006.</ref><ref name=lang2>[http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/highlight/LanguageWork/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=CSD&View=4&Code=3520005&Table=1&StartRec=1&Sort=5&B1=Toronto&B2=1 Language used at work by mother tongue (City of Toronto)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421122342/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/highlight/LanguageWork/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=CSD&View=4&Code=3520005&Table=1&StartRec=1&Sort=5&B1=Toronto&B2=1 |date=April 21, 2008 }}, Statistics Canada (2001); retrieved December 5, 2006.</ref> Approximately 55 percent of respondents who reported proficiency in a Chinese language reported knowledge of Mandarin in the 2016 census.<ref name=langcen/>