A study shows that not that many Toronto natives refer to their hometown as “The 6,” as much as Drake would have you believe, Pigeons and Planes reports.
According to a new Forum Research poll published by The Toronto Star, it turns out 75% of people from the Canadian city, simply call it, Toronto.
The research was sparked by a city hall meeting about the Toronto sign in Nathan Phillips Square and to help answer the question of, “what it means to be a resident.” They chose three possible names they found popular in the media: Toronto, “T.O.” and “The 6.” While a majority of residents prefer to call the city by Toronto, “T.O.” was the second most popular pick among the folks who live there.
Only 7% of the 864 survey subjects, mostly aged between 18-34 years old, who call the populous city home, refer to it as “The 6.”
Drake‘s influence is great so it wouldn’t be surprising to find “The 6” moniker adopted by the city’s citizens over the years. President of Forum Research, Lorne Bozinoff, has plans on redoing the survey next year to find out if it’s usage has increased.
“The 6” nickname is in honor of Toronto’s 416 and 647 area codes and the amalgamation of their six municipalities. Drizzy popularized the term with his 2015 cut, “Woes Know Yourself” off If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late and gives credit to fellow Toronto rapper Jimmy Prime for coming up with the nickname.
very relevant study lol…
Sounds about right…old heads call it Toronto or T.O. and the younger generation refer to it as the “6” …big deal,did you really expect the majority of the population to call it the 6?? Its like Scarborough….a portion of the pop. Call it scarlem….its like that anywhere….waste of time survey.
Nobody calls Toronto the 6 fam. East Atlanta is what people refer to as the 6, even the cops call that area zone 6. That’s where Gucci Mane, Future and Scooter from
suicide iz rational and drake sucks.
I wish HHDX paid for my euthanasia (good death/ 100 percent painless death)
I got free bullets and a 99.9% guarentee of no pain
you can kill me then. if you kill me you do good deed. you just help to end this suffering. it’s gonna be appreciated.
T.Dot is what ive always known it as
Me too..
The song was called Know Yourself…
So old folks don’t like using young folk slang. How is this news of note. Do we need captain obvious in here?
Such a fucking queer this guy
i always called toronto Tdot and most people i know refer to Toronto as Tdot, T.O. or toronto….only fuck boys refer to it as the 6
The survery says almost nobody calls it the 6, old and young. Only retarded Drake fans have no reading comprehension. Only 7% of Toronoto residents call it the 6 and most of them(out of the 7%)… are young. Fuck Drake and his corny fans.
And you think Drake’s audience is old people? Shouldn’t you be doing something more productive with your time, old man??
I call it the 6 BIATCH!!!!!
Diz gay ass motherfucka is tryin to be somebody in his backyard… Lolz, he can’t win their heart though,he is strugglin to be famous,work hard pussy. #wisepeopleexistbeforeyou
I’m from Toronto we call that shit 6 all the time…
Drak got the term 6 from his writer old Quinton Miller who used the term 6 first in reference to Atlanta south side. Just listen to Quinton Miller’s old songs before Drake made “Know yourself” which Miller wrote by the way and you will see.
you’re on to something but not quite all the way there. miller definitely used it, but the use of 6 probably started with gucci calling himself mr zone 6 as far back as 2010. Zone 6 is is a reference police zoning and zone 6 is east atlanta.
Yeah you are right. That’s where Miller got it from. Forgot it’s been a while
OK what’s the point of this?
Im from Toronto.. a lot of people have and do call Toronto the 6. The numbers reflect the fact that the references is a few years old now so its like the word YOLO people stopped using it because its played out a bit with a snapchat geotag with a 6IX banner its hard to say that this term has not been a part of the city.
The 6 term started in section 6 in scarbrough..thats were jim prime and drake got it. Scarbs stand up for yourself!!
You know nothing, The 6 started in Jane & Finch by a Somali named Tonto. North York stand up!
Exactly! Haha drake take the L.
People going to Toronto call it The 6.
I thought he was paying homage to J Los first album, On The 6.