Condominiums seen under construction in Toronto June 19, 2009. (Reuters files)

The City of Toronto is bigger than ever.

Toronto officials announced Tuesday that Hogtown is now the fourth largest municipality in North America.

According to a report received by the city’s economic development committee Tuesday, Toronto’s growing population has pushed the city from the fifth largest in North America to the fourth biggest.

City officials base the milestone on Statistics Canada’s July 1, 2012, population estimates released last month that peg Toronto’s population at 2.79 million.

Mexico City is the largest North American city with 8.8 million residents, followed by New York at 8.2 million people, and Los Angeles with 3.8 million inhabitants.

Toronto came in slightly ahead of fifth-place Chicago, which has a population of 2.7 million.

City officials say Toronto’s population has grown steadily for the last 10 years and is increasing at the rate of around 38,000 people annually.

“These population figures are another sign confirming Toronto’s steady growth,” Mayor Rob Ford said in a prepared statement. “Toronto is a desirable location for people to live and work. We are attracting people from across North America and other parts of the world.”