[URBAN NOTE] "Where can you live and still say you're from Toronto?"

[rfmcdonald]

blogTO starts an interesting debate on the borders of Canada's largest city, in the comments and on Twitter.

While abroad, nearly everyone who lives in Southern Ontario will say they're from Toronto. I've heard individuals exclaim they're from the Six when in reality they reside in London, St. Catharines and even Niagara Falls.

Since those outside of Canada probably haven't heard of the smaller towns, suburbs and municipalities within the Golden Horseshoe, it's usually acceptable to default to Toronto. Many 416-ers, however, would disagree.

This becomes even more frustrating considering the GTA boundaries aren't exactly concrete. The area's generally defined as being comprised of Toronto, York, Durham, Peel and Halton, but like the borders of east and west in Toronto and even the location of downtown, there just isn't much consensus.

Myself, I'd opt for the City of Toronto proper. The city has well-marked boundaries, after all.