Toronto Centre is an electoral district that has long covered the heart of downtown Toronto. The riding was first created in 1872 from portions of Toronto West and Toronto East. In 1924 the riding was discontinued, being broken into Toronto East Centre, Toronto West Centre and Toronto South. A riding covering much the same area was created in 1933 named Rosedale, named after the wealthy neighbourhood of Rosedale this riding was replaced with Toronto Centre—Rosedale in 1996, but the quickly growing population lead large areas to be shaved off on all sides. In 2003 the riding moved somewhat east and once again became simply Toronto Centre.
The riding contains the heart of Toronto's, and Canada's, business community and some of the nation's wealthiest residents. Federally the riding is represented by Bill Graham, the Minister of National Defence, provincially it is represented by George Smitherman, Ontario's Minister of Health.
Toronto's climate is moderated by Lake Ontario; its climate is among the mildest in Canada east of the Rocky Mountain range.
Toronto is the core of support for liberal causes like same-sex marriage and interventionist policies such as gun control in Ontario (and Canada), which puts it at odds sometimes with the rural and suburban areas, and even the rest of Canada (excluding Quebec) which are far more conservative.
Toronto is home to a number of educational institutions, including the largest university in Canada, the University of Toronto, which has a student population of more than 60,000 across three campuses (one downtown, one in Scarborough, and another in Mississauga).
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