Toronto has mourned its infamous former leader Rob Ford, with his young daughter calling him the "mayor of heaven now".

Rob Ford, the pugnacious, populist former mayor of Toronto whose career crashed in a drug-driven, obscenity-laced debacle, has died of cancer, his family said. He was 46.

'Why are you dressed like a magician?'

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford took to YouTube to say he didn’t tell the truth about his drug use at first because he was embarrassed.

Toronto mayor Rob Ford lived up his reputation for surprises when he got stuck in a hotel elevator for nearly an hour while a room full of the city’s business elite waited impatiently for him to deliver a speech.