{"id":1550,"date":"2019-06-13T10:05:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T10:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/?p=1550"},"modified":"2019-06-18T16:30:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T16:30:56","slug":"why-is-toronto-called-the-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/why-is-toronto-called-the-6","title":{"rendered":"Why is Toronto called the 6?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whether it’s presented as the 6, the 6ix or the Six, Toronto is now called the 6, much to the chagrin of about 98% of Torontonians when it first started becoming popular.<\/p>\n

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Why is Toronto called the 6?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Toronto is called the 6 thanks to Forest Hill ‘hood rapper Drake, who refers to his hometown as the 6 when he named his album, Views from the 6. FYI, you can actually rent out the luxury condo he used to live in.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

At first, people were confused. But then we figured out it must be because of the two area codes, 416<\/strong> and 647<\/strong>. Jury’s out on why the 4 didn’t make the cut. Now, it’s a permanent part of Toronto’s identity. Whether it’s called the 6, 6ix, or Six, \u201call of these various combinations of nicknames over the years suggest the identity of the city remains in flux and changes generationally”, according to George Elliot Clark, English professor at the University of Toronto. “The identity remains very unsettled, and I think that\u2019s good. Part of the creative tension of Toronto is that it is such a mixture of various cultural influences.\u201d<\/p>\n

Drake fans thought it was cool, and adopted the term. But old-schoolers lamented it: What would happen to TO’s real nicknames?<\/p>\n

Here’s Drake explaining it himself:<\/b><\/p>\n