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2 days ago · Government. Toronto is a single-tier municipality governed by a mayor–council system. The structure of the municipal government is stipulated by the City of Toronto Act. The mayor of Toronto is elected by direct popular vote to serve as the chief executive of the city.
5 days ago · News Release June 24, 2024 The City of Toronto will be sinking its teeth into a new, innovative way to enhance parkland management. The City is exploring the use of prescribed goat grazing to help maintain the urban meadow at Don Valley Brick Works Park.
2 days ago · News Release June 27, 2024 Toronto City Council has agreed to leverage City of Toronto-owned lands at 275 Merton St. to build 447 new purpose-built rental homes in midtown Toronto. This project includes a minimum target of 30 per cent affordable rental homes to remain affordable in perpetuity. To maximize the site’s housing potential and […]
4 days ago · Toronto, city, capital of the province of Ontario in southeastern Canada, on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. It is the most populous metropolitan area in Canada and the most important city in Canada’s most prosperous province.
4 days ago · In 1953 the Ontario Municipal Board recommended for the 13 municipalities the establishment of a federated form of government unique in North America. Passage of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto Act created the Corporation of Metropolitan Toronto, and a 25-member council of Metropolitan Toronto met for the first time on January 1, 1954.
4 days ago · Ontario’s first parliament met in 1792 at Niagara, but in 1793 Col. John Graves Simcoe, lieutenant governor of Upper Canada, selected the present site of Toronto for his capital because of its fine harbor, its strategic location for defense and trade, and the rich potential of its wilderness hinterland.
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3 days ago · Toronto—St. Paul's is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1935. Before the 2015 election , the riding was known as St. Paul's .
