Transportation routes in Ontario evolved from early waterway travel and First Nations paths followed by European explorers Ontario has two major east-west routes both starting from Montreal in the neighbouring province of Quebec the northerly route which was a major fur trade route travels west from Montreal along the Ottawa River then continues northwestward towards Manitoba Major cities on or near the route include Ottawa North Bay Sudbury Sault Ste Marie and Thunder Bay the southerly route which was driven by growth in settlements originated by the United Empire Loyalists and later other European immigrants travels southwest from Montreal along the St Lawrence River Lake Ontario and Lake Erie before entering the United States in Michigan Major cities on or near the route include Kingston Belleville Peterborough Oshawa Toronto Mississauga Kitchener-Waterloo Hamilton London Sarnia and Windsor This route was also heavily used by immigrants to the Midwestern US particularly in the late 19th century Roads. WillowWood School Subway system 1 1787 purchase Toronto Ontario Canada Business directory Robbins Hebrew Academy Toronto Ontario Canada Business directory Photographic portrait of Dick Carroll first manager of the Arenas. A number of violent encounters and tragedies have sparked growing concern raising doubts on the ability of the TDSB to provide a safe educational environment Stakeholders believe that the TDSB is failing on their promise of a harmonious learning environment for Toronto's youth the Toronto District School Board location is known for having a high rate of violence among youths the year 2013 saw the highest number of youths killed by guns in the district of Toronto including 7 teens who were 16 years old at the time of the incidents Media statistics have estimated that Toronto's shooting victims all males in 2013 have gotten younger Their average age is estimated to be around 22 years old down from 26 years old in 2012 Past incidents, 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. See also: Great Migration of Canada, Since the 2015 election the Greater Toronto Area is represented by 47 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada Forty-six Members of Provincial Parliament also represent the GTA in the Ontario Legislature Five Senators from Ontario have also designated themselves as representatives of certain areas in the GTA in the Canadian Senate Federal politics, 7 See also Climate data for Oshawa (1981-2010). ! . Toronto Ontario Canada Business directory Windsor Express Basketball NBLC Windsor WFCU Centre. 6.2 Religion Parliament St School (1872) the Art Research Centre.
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