Torontarian

English

Etymology

Apparently from Toronto +‎ -arian, perhaps with influence from Ontarian.

Adjective

Torontarian (not comparable)

1. (very rare) Torontonian: of, from, or pertaining to Toronto (the capital of Ontario, in Canada).
   • 1997, in British Journal of Canadian Studies, Volume 12, Issue 2,^[1] page 239:

     This article is concerned with police relations with visible minorities in Toronto, an aspect of Torontarian society that has drawn the attention of other English academics (Todd and Todd 1992; Todd, 1992, 1993; Jackson 1993).

   • 1998 January 20, Steve, “Re: Radiohead and Bjork????”, in alt.music.radiohead‎^[2] (Usenet):

     I live in London, Ontario, so I hope it will be ticketmaster... if not, would anybody Torontarian be willing to buy some tickets for me?

Noun

Torontarian (plural Torontarians)

1. (very rare) A Torontonian: a person from, or resident of, Toronto.
   • 1994 November 18, an75098, “Romantic Gay Torontarian (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)”, in alt.personals.misc‎^[3] (Usenet):
   • 2000 April 5, Flare, “Re: Milk carton: My nemesis”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer‎^[4] (Usenet):

     Oh now I feel like a limited Torontarian […]

   • 2006 August 13, Craig Bennett, “Re: Perogies”, in wpg.general‎^[5] (Usenet):

     I shipped a couple dozen of them express to an ex-Winniper now Torontarian a number of years ago.

   • 2007, Tim Pooley, “The Uneasy Interface”, in Yuji Kawaguchi et al., editors, Corpus-Based Perspectives in Linguistics, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 175:

     Chambers (2003: 107) gives the example of an interloper, an informant whose use of Canadian raising is atypical of Torontarians of his generation.