| Toronto | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Country | UCAS |
| State | Ontario |
| Coordinates | 43°42' N, 79°24' W (OSM, GM, BM, YM) |
Toronto is a city in Ontario, UCAS.
Population: 6,584,616
Human: 85%
Elf: 8%
Dwarf: 3%
Ork: 2%
Troll: 1%
Other: 1%
Area: 2,399 km2
Density: 2,745 persons per square kilometer
Per Capita Income: 108,800¥
Below Poverty Level: 30%
Fortune’s List: 0%
Corporate Affiliation: Human Population: 66%
Voting Precincts: 145
Education:
<12 Years: 14%
High School Equivalent: 72%
College Equivalent: 11%
Graduate Degree: 3%
Hospitals and Clinics: 57
LTG Access Number(s): (NA/UCAS-NE/TOR), 36 LTGs.
History[]
Riots erupt in February 2048 over a food shortage in Toronto.[[[1]]]
In 2055 a Toronto-based small toy manufacturer is involved in the smuggling of nuclear material by Winternight. The UCAS Army Special Assets Division places the company under surveillance.[[[2]]]
In 2074 terrorist cells connected to insect-spirit activity are discovered by UCAS military forces in the city.[[[3]]]
Toronto, Ontario, UCAS on the northern shore of Lake Ontario and part of the collection of metroplexes that make up the Lake Ontario Ring. (New York: Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo/Niagara Falls, and Watertown; Ontario: St. Catherine, Niagara Falls, Hamilton, Toronto, and Peterborough).
The area saw some growth after the earthquake that hit New York City though some aftershocks from the quake were felt, but the damage was minimal. Some of the corporations left NYC looking for more stable ground and Toronto had an open for business sign. The Treaty of Denver saw a huge influx of Canadian expats to make it a boomtown and the Treaty of Richmond saw more investment when the corporations in the UCAS were worried about the political climate of the CAS.
Toronto is one of the cleanest and safest cities in the UCAS and has a long-standing reputation for being a decent place to live. However, this doesn’t mean that the shadows here can’t run as deep as those in other Sprawls. Toronto just has a different kind of shadow community than what one would find in New York or DeeCee.
Toronto’s main legitimate industries are finance, Matrix tech, and entertainment. The city is the third major financial center in the UCAS after Boston and New York, home to a large number of corporate and foreign-owned banks and trading houses. it has its own stock exchange, which sees a brisk business each day, and there is no lack of insider trading and datasteals that go along with it.
Toronto has a thriving computer hardware and software industry, mostly start-ups and “cottage” operations specializing in software or making better widgets for computers and cyberdecks. There are quite a few “virtual” companies that exist only in the Matrix, with their own various partners and employees working remotely (oftentimes telecommuting from as far away as Hong Kong or Britain). Competition is fierce between these up-and-comers and the megacorps keeping an eye on their comings and goings.
The Toronto Matrix is as well maintained as the rest of the city. There are certain standards for Matrix iconography and all “construction” has to be approved by the government. Several residents make use of the Matrix for interactive entertainment. There are “gateways” into various virtual malls, games, sim-theatres, and the like.
Toronto is also the entertainment capital of the UCAS. The city served as the ‘stunt double’ for other city locations, particularly New York, for years. When the UCAS lost California and Nashville, and most of its major film and television industry, New York and Toronto tried to take up the slack. Toronto proved the better venue for most entertainment corps, which bought up land and set up facilities here. Some are just subsidiaries of California Free State corporations, giving them a presence in the UCAS, while others are independent or belong to one of the megacorps. Vision-Quest, NBS, Mediaworks, Brilliant Genesis, and others maintain studios here.
Politics[]
The headquarters of the Magical Reform Society is in Toronto.[[<ref>{{src|usb}} p. 83</ref>]]
Culture[]
White: 48%
South Asian: 13%
Chinese States: 11%
Black: 9%
Filipino: 6%
Latin American: 3%
Arab: 1%
Southeast Asian: 2%
West Asian: 2%
Korean: 2%
Japanese: 1%
Native American: 1%
English: 12%
Irish: 10%
Scottish: 10%
East Indian: 8%
Italian: 7%
German: 5%
French: 5%
Polish: 4%
Portuguese: 4%
Jamaican: 3%
Russian: 3%
Ukrainian: 3%
Sri Lankan: 2%
Greek: 2%
Spanish: 2%
British: 2%
Iranian: 2%
DISTRICTS[]
DOWNTOWN CORE (CENTRAL): AAA
Alexandra Park: AA
The Annex: AAA
Baldwin Village: AAA
Cabbagetown: A
CityPlace: A
Chinatown: AAA
Church and Wellesley: A
Corktown: AAA
Discovery District: AAA
Distillery District: AAA
The Entertainment District: B
East Bayfront: AA
Fashion District: AAA
Financial District: AAA
Garden District: AAA
Grange Park: AAA
Harbord Village: B
Harbourfront: AAA
Kensington Market: A
Little Japan: AAA
Moss Park: B
Old Town: A
Queen Street West: AAA
Regent Park: A
South Core: A
St. James Town: AAA
St. Lawrence: AAA
Toronto Islands: B
Trefann Court: AAA
University (includes Huron–Sussex): AAA
Yorkville: AAA
EAST END: AA
The Beaches (also known as The Beach): B
East Danforth: AA
Gerrard Street East (Little India): C
Greektown: A
Leslieville: B
Main Square: C
Playter Estates: A
Port Lands: A
Riverdale: B
Upper Beaches: AA
NORTH END: AAA
Bedford Park: AA
Casa Loma: AAA
Chaplin Estates: AA
Davisville Village: AAA
Deer Park (Yonge and St. Clair): AAA
Forest Hill (and Forest Hill Village): AAA
Lawrence Park: AA
Lytton Park: AAA
Midtown: AAA
Moore Park: AAA
North Toronto: AAA
Rosedale: AAA
South Hill (includes Rathnelly): AAA. Large suburban-style Japanese dwarven community, namely for Koborokuru dwarfs.
Summerhill: B
Wanless Park: A
Wychwood Park: AAA
Yonge–Eglinton (considered centre of Midtown Toronto): AA
WEST END: A
Beaconsfield Village: C
Bloor West Village: C
Bracondale Hill: C
Brockton Village: A
Carleton Village: D
Corso Italia: D
Davenport: A. Middle-class residential. Predominantly human.
Dovercourt Park: B
Dufferin Grove: B
Earlscourt: D
Fort York: A
High Park: D
The Junction (formerly West Toronto; a small section also contains Little Malta): AAA
Junction Triangle: AA
Koreatown: C
Liberty Village: C
Little Italy: B
Little Portugal: A
Little Tibet: AAA
Mirvish Village: D
Niagara: AAA
Palmerston: B
Parkdale: B
Queen Street West: A
Roncesvalles: C
Runnymede: A
Seaton Village: A
Swansea: D
Trinity–Bellwoods: D
Wallace Emerson: A
OLD EAST YORK: A
Broadview North: AAA
Crescent Town: AAA
East Danforth: C
Pape Village: AA
Woodbine Heights: C
SUBURBAN EAST YORK: A
Bermondsey: A
Governor's Bridge: A
Leaside: C
O'Connor–Parkview: C
Thorncliffe Park: A
ETOBICOKE: AA
Alderwood: AAA
Centennial Park: AA
Clairville: AAA
Eatonville (Etobicoke West Mall): B
The Elms: A
Eringate: C
Humber Heights – Westmount: A
Humber Valley Village: B
Humberwood: A
Islington–City Centre West: AA
Kingsview Village (The Westway): B
The Kingsway: AA
Long Branch: AAA
Markland Wood: B
Mimico: C
New Toronto: B
Princess Gardens: AA
Rexdale: A
Richview: AAA
Smithfield: A
Stonegate-Queensway: A
Sunnylea: AAA
Thistletown: B
Thorncrest Village: B
West Humber-Clairville: A
West Deane Park: AA
Willowridge: A
SCARBOROUGH: AAA
Agincourt: AAA
Armadale: A
Bendale (Cedarbrae): AAA
Birch Cliff: AAA
Birch Cliff Heights: AAA
Brown's Corners (historical): AA
Clairlea: A
Cliffside: B
Cliffcrest: AAA
Dorset Park: B
Eglinton East: AAA
Golden Mile: AAA
Guildwood: B
Highland Creek: AA
Ionview: AAA
L'Amoreaux: AA
Malvern: AAA
Maryvale: AAA
Milliken: AA
Morningside: B
Morningside Heights: A
Oakridge: AAA
Port Union (Centennial Scarborough): AAA
Rouge: AAA
Scarborough City Centre: AAA
Scarborough Junction: A
Scarborough Village: AA
Steeles: AAA
Tam O'Shanter – Sullivan: AAA
West Hill: AAA
West Rouge: AAA
Wexford: B
Woburn: AAA
NORTH YORK: AA
Amesbury: A
Armour Heights: AAA
Bathurst Manor: A
Bayview Village: AAA
Bayview Woods – Steeles: AA
Bermondsey: AAA
Black Creek: C
The Bridle Path: AAA
Clanton Park (Wilson Heights): C
Don Mills: B
Don Valley Village: B
Downsview: AAA
Flemingdon Park: B
Glen Park: A
Henry Farm: AAA
Hillcrest Village: AAA
Hoggs Hollow: C
Humber Summit: AA
Humbermede (Emery): B
Jane and Finch (University Heights; Elia): AAA
Lansing: C
Lawrence Heights: AAA
Ledbury Park: B
Lawrence Manor: B
Maple Leaf: AA
Newtonbrook: AAA
North York City Centre: A
Parkway Forest: AAA
Parkwoods: A
The Peanut: A
Pelmo Park – Humberlea: B
Pleasant View : AAA
Uptown Toronto: AAA
Victoria Village: B
Westminster–Branson: AAA
Willowdale: A
York Mills: AA
York University Heights (Village at York): A
YORK: AA
Baby Point: AA
Briar Hill–Belgravia: AAA
Eglinton West (Little Jamaica): C
Fairbank, Toronto (Caledonia–Fairbank): AA
Humewood–Cedarvale: B
Lambton: AA
Mount Dennis: C
Oakwood–Vaughan (Oakwood Village [AA]; Five Points [B]; Northcliffe [B]): B
Old Mill: C
Rockcliffe–Smythe: AA
Silverthorn: C
Tichester: B
Weston: AAA
==Trivia==
- Toronto was voted "cleanest and safest city in the UCAS" in [[2051]]-[[2052|52]].<ref>{{src|sona}} p.175</ref>
==References==
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==Index==
sourcebooks[]
- Loose Alliances, 25
Portfolio of a Dragon: Dunkelzahn's Secrets, 26- Safehouses, 2
- Shadows of North America, 27, 71, 109, 110, 166, 174, 175-176, 201, 202
- Sixth World Almanac, 66, 195-196
- State of the Art: 2064, 167
- System Failure, 47, 86
- Target: UCAS, 65
- Threats, 24
novels[]
External links[]
- ↑ Sixth World Almanac p.66
- ↑ Threats p.24
- ↑ Safehouses p.2