Crossword Clue: Canada's largest city
Here's the answer to the Canada's largest city crossword clue, with an explanation and where it has appeared.
Definition & answer: TORONTO
The answer to "Canada's largest city" is TORONTO. Toronto runs 7 letters — 3 vowels and 4 consonants — opening with T and closing on O. In a grid it fills a 7-square slot whose letters are each shared with a crossing word, so the intersections do a lot of the heavy lifting when the clue itself is tough.
Origin & meaning
Toronto is Canada's largest city and the capital of Ontario, on Lake Ontario. The CN Tower was the world's tallest free-standing structure for over 30 years. It is one of the most multicultural cities on Earth.
Common usage
You'll see TORONTO in grids regularly — its 7-letter, 3 vowels shape is exactly what setters need to bridge trickier entries. When one intersecting letter is already in place, especially the T or O, TORONTO tends to fall fast.
Crossword trivia
Short answers like TORONTO are the connective tissue of a crossword. You'll meet TORONTO again and again, and recognizing it instantly is one of the quiet skills that separates fast solvers from slow ones.
Stuck on this clue?
The fastest way past a stubborn clue like this one is the grid itself: pencil in the easy crossing answers first, and TORONTO will often be the only word that fits the letters you already have.
This clue in different puzzles
Setters vary how they clue TORONTO — sometimes with a straight dictionary definition, sometimes with wordplay, a pun, or a fill-in-the-blank — but the answer itself stays the same. Learning to spot the answer behind the disguise is a core crossword skill.
Example sentences
- "I had the crossing letters, so writing TORONTO into the grid took no time at all."
- "Toronto is the kind of answer that clicks the moment you spot one letter."
- "Seeing 'Canada's largest city' in the clue list, an experienced solver pencils in TORONTO almost immediately."