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The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms includes provisions that guarantee English and French language schools and reaffirms the rights of separate schools in Ontario Four school boards in Toronto provide public elementary secondary and adult education the four school boards operate as either English or French first language school boards and as either secular or separate school boards The number of school boards based in Toronto and the kinds of institutions that they operate are a result of constitutional arrangements found in the Constitution of Canada Separate schools in Ontario are constitutionally protected under Section 93 of the Constitution Act 1867 and is further reinforced by Section 29 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms French language schools in Toronto are constitutionally protected under Section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms In 1980 there were 7 French schools (secular and separate) in Metropolitan Toronto Maurice Bergevin the vice principal of the Etienne Brule School stated that a study from Montreal in 1971 noted that if francophones in Toronto had the same proportion of schools that anglophones had in Montreal there would be 31 francophone schools in Metropolitan Toronto According to a 1971 Canadian federal census Toronto had 160,000 francophones the number of French first language schools in Toronto has since grown to 26 (secular and separate) Several alternative schools in Toronto are also operated by Toronto's public school boards the oldest is ALPHA Alternative School which opened in 1972 the first conference for publicly funded alternative schools in the Greater Toronto Area happened in Nov 2012. Ontario's Ministry of Education distance education program the Independent Learning Centre is also headquartered in Toronto Secular, 7.2 Assistant administrators flag Ontario portal Metropolitan Toronto School Board the predecessor board of the TDSB Early History of Education in Toronto. . . On the provincial level of government the Progressive Conservatives Liberals and the New Democrats all hold electoral districts in the GTA. While the GTA provided a strong base of support for the Progressive Conservative government between 1995 and 2003 the Ontario Liberal Party roared to victory in the GTA during the 2003 election and has enjoyed strong support from the region ever since in the 2011 election the Liberals won 33 of the 44 available seats in the GTA allowing Premier Dalton McGuinty to hold onto a minority government the 2014 election under McGuinty's successor Kathleen Wynne was an even bigger electoral landslide for the Liberals as they won 38 seats in the region They even took a number of ridings in territory that had voted PC for decades like Durham Burlington Newmarket-Aurora and Halton the PCs hold no seats in the Peel Region and only one seat in each of the Halton York and Durham regions While the NDP has been weak in the GTA since the 1995 election they have seen some successes in Brampton and the Durham Region where they hold one seat each The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario has not won a riding in the city of Toronto during a general election since 1999 on the other end of the spectrum the NDP saw major losses in Toronto during the 2014 election and only hold two seats in the city This is no longer the case since the 2018 provincial election as the Progressive Conservatives and the NDP made significant gains at the expense of the Liberals Municipal politics. Until 1763 most of Ontario was considered part of New France by French claim Rupert's Land defined as the drainage basin of Hudson Bay was claimed by Britain and included much of today's Northern Ontario the British defeated the armies of the French colony and its indigenous allies in the French and Indian War part of the Seven Years' War global conflict Concluding the war the peace treaty between the European powers known as the Treaty of Paris 1763 assigned almost all of France's possessions in North America to Britain including parts that would later become Ontario not already part of Rupert's Land Britain established the first Province of Quebec encompassing contemporary Quebec and southern Ontario After the American War of Independence the first reserves for First Nations were established These are situated at Six Nations (1784) Tyendinaga (1793) and Akwesasne (1795) Six Nations and Tyendinaga were established by the British for those indigenous groups who had fought on the side of the British and were expelled from the new United States Akwesasne was a pre-existing Mohawk community and its borders were formalized under the 1795 Jay Treaty In 1788 while part of the Province of Quebec southern Ontario was divided into four districts: Hesse Lunenburg Mecklenburg and Nassau in 1792 the four districts were renamed: Hesse became the Western District Lunenburg became the Eastern District Mecklenburg became the Midland District and Nassau became the Home District Counties were created within the districts By 1798 there were eight districts: Eastern Home Johnstown London Midland Newcastle Niagara and Western by 1826 there were eleven districts: Bathurst Eastern Gore Home Johnstown London Midland Newcastle Niagara Ottawa and Western by 1838 there were twenty districts: Bathurst Brock Colbourne Dalhousie Eastern Gore Home Huron Johnstown London Midland Newcastle Niagara Ottawa Prince Edward Simcoe Talbot Victoria Wellington and Western In 1849 the districts of southern Ontario were abolished by the Province of Canada and county governments took over certain municipal responsibilities the Province of Canada also began creating districts in sparsely populated Northern Ontario with the establishment of Algoma District and Nipissing District in 1858 When Canada was formed in 1867 its provinces were a relatively narrow strip in the southeast with vast territories in the interior it grew by adding British Columbia in 1871 P.E.I in 1873 the British Arctic Islands in 1880 and Newfoundland in 1949; meanwhile its provinces grew both in size and number at the expense of its territories Evolution of the borders of Ontario since Canadian Confederation in 1867 The borders of Ontario its new name in 1867 were provisionally expanded north and west When the Province of Canada was formed its borders were not entirely clear and Ontario claimed eventually to reach all the way to the Rocky Mountains and Arctic Ocean With Canada's acquisition of Rupert's Land Ontario was interested in clearly defining its borders especially since some of the new areas in which it was interested were rapidly growing After the federal government asked Ontario to pay for construction in the new disputed area the province asked for an elaboration on its limits and its boundary was moved north to the 51st parallel north The northern and western boundaries of Ontario were in dispute after Canadian Confederation Ontario's right to Northwestern Ontario was determined by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in 1884 and confirmed by the Canada (Ontario Boundary) Act 1889 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by 1899 there were seven northern districts: Algoma Manitoulin Muskoka Nipissing Parry Sound Rainy River and Thunder Bay Four more northern districts were created between 1907 and 1912: Cochrane Kenora Sudbury and Timiskaming Demographics. . On February 12 1998 MLGL purchased the Toronto Raptors a National Basketball Association franchise and the arena the Raptors were building from Allan Slaight and Scotiabank. With the acquisition MLGL was renamed to Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) acting as the parent company of the two teams. Larry Tanenbaum was a driving force in the acquisition having bought a bought a 12.5 percent stake in Maple Leaf Gardens Limited (MLGL) in 1996 The intersection of a roadway with a large multi-sport arena in the background!
Wolfe Island 1.^ Includes league playoff Canadian Championship and CONCACAF Champions League games General managers, Extended Total extended 1,778,206 United States Real Salt Lake, M The first elections for the school board were held on September 3 1850 Two trustees were elected to represent each of the six wards in the city Results of 1850 School Trustee Elections. 2017 65/66 A 39 395 594 3.2 Reform Movement Toronto's Financial District from the northeast the district serves as the centre for Canada's financial services Toronto the capital of Ontario is the centre of Canada's financial services and banking industry Neighbouring cities are home to product distribution it centres and manufacturing industries Canada's Federal Government is the largest single employer in the National Capital Region which centres on the border cities of Ontario's Ottawa and Quebec's Gatineau The information technology sector is important particularly in the Silicon Valley North section of Ottawa home to Canada's largest technology park. IT is also important in the Waterloo Region where the headquarters of BlackBerry is located Tourism contributes heavily to the economy of Central Ontario peaking during the summer months owing to the abundance of fresh water recreation and wilderness found there in reasonable proximity to the major urban centres at other times of the year hunting skiing and snowmobiling are popular This region has some of the most vibrant fall colour displays anywhere on the continent and tours directed at overseas visitors are organized to see them Tourism also plays a key role in border cities with large casinos among them Windsor Cornwall Sarnia and Niagara Falls the latter of which attracts millions of US and other international visitors Agriculture. Home District Grammar School in York Upper Canada later becoming Royal Grammar School Toronto High School and finally to the current name Jarvis Collegiate Institute St Catherine's and District Grammar School (Niagara District); 5.1.5 Freed slaves 10 References No religious affiliation 2,927,790 23.1. .
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