A map of Toronto's Census Metropolitan Area which contains a large portion of the GTA Toronto is the largest municipality in the GTA acting as the area's core Mississauga is the largest city in Peel Region and the second largest city in the Greater Toronto Area Brampton is the third largest city in the Greater Toronto Area Markham is the largest city in York Region and the fourth largest city in the Greater Toronto Area See also: List of municipalities in the Greater Toronto Area. .
On the morning of July 31 1813 a U.S invasion fleet appeared off York (Toronto) after having withdrawn from a planned attack on British positions at Burlington Heights That afternoon 300 American soldiers came ashore near here Their landing was unopposed: there were no British regulars in town and York's militia had withdrawn from further combat in return for its freedom during the American invasion three months earlier the invaders seized food and military supplies then re-embarked the next day they returned to investigate collaborators' reports that valuable stores were concealed up the Don River Unsuccessful in their search the Americans contented themselves with burning military installations on nearby Gibraltar Point before they departed Third incursion August 1814. Lake Ontario Basin, Education in the Greater Toronto Area is managed by the provincial Ministry of Education who manages preschool elementary and secondary education while the provincial Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development administers laws relating to tertiary education including post-secondary education and vocational schools Primary and secondary education, Toronto Ontario Canada Business directory Number of Farms 72,713 68,633 67,520 59,728 57,211. . The Centre for Innovation in Information Visualization and Data-Driven Design (CIV-DDD) led by York University and funded by the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation, is a 5-year research initiative launched in March 2010 to address "innovation and training in information and scientific visualization in Ontario" and consists of a team each from York University OCAD University (directed by Sara Diamond) and the University of Toronto 14 industry partners and a number of international collaborators; and, Crawford Purchase Italy Sebastian Giovinco 2015, The first building of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada along with a number of other buildings was set ablaze in the days after the battle Between April 28 and 30 American troops carried out many acts of plunder Some of them set fire to the buildings of the Legislative Assembly and Government House home to the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada it was alleged that the American troops had found a scalp there, though folklore had it that the "scalp" was actually the Speaker's wig the Parliamentary mace of Upper Canada was taken back to Washington and was only returned in 1934 as a goodwill gesture by President Franklin Roosevelt the Printing Office used for publishing official documents as well as newspapers was vandalized and the printing press was smashed Other Americans looted empty houses on the pretext that their absent owners were militia who had not given their parole as required by the articles of capitulation the homes of Canadians connected with the Natives including that of James Givins were also looted regardless of their owners' status. Sheaffe was later to allege that local settlers had unlawfully come into possession of Government-owned farming tools or other stores looted and discarded by the Americans and demanded that they be handed back During the looting several officers under Chauncey's command took books from York's first subscription library After finding out his officers were in possession of looted library books Chauncey had the books packed in two crates and returned to York However by the time the books arrived the library had closed and the books were auctioned off in 1822 The looting of York occurred in spite of Pike's earlier orders that outlined all civilian property be respected with any soldier convicted of such transgressions be executed. Dearborn similarly emphatically denied giving orders for any buildings to be destroyed and deplored the worst of the atrocities in his letters but he was nonetheless unable or unwilling to rein in his soldiers Dearborn himself was embarrassed by the looting as it made a mockery of the terms of surrender he arranged His soldiers' disregard for the terms he arranged and local civil leaders' continued protest against them made Dearborn eager to leave York as soon as all the captured stores were transported Aftermath. 1.2.1 Opening of Maple Leaf Gardens (1930s), 1 Etymology The Royal Alexandra Theatre was completed in 1909 and is an example of Beaux-Arts style of architecture common for theatres in early 20th century British Empire The city hosts a number of music theatres and venues most notably Roy Thomson Hall Designed by Canadian architects Arthur Erickson and Mathers and Haldenby the 2630-seat Roy Thomson Hall opened in 1982 as the primary home of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra the previous home of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra Massey Hall is the oldest musical theatre venue in Toronto and remains in operation today in June 2006 the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts opened as the new home of the Canadian Opera Company and the National Ballet of Canada Designed by Diamond + Schmitt the 2,000 seat opera house has a European-style tiered horseshoe-shaped auditorium It is the first structure in Canada specifically designed to house both opera and ballet with customized acoustics. Other musical theatres in Toronto include the Danforth Music Hall the Opera House and the Molson Canadian Amphitheatre The city also holds a number of live performance theatres including the Royal Alexandra Theatre the oldest live performance theatre in North America the Royal Alexandra's design was inspired by turn-of-the-century beaux-arts architectural styles typical of British theatres Other notable live performance venues include Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres Ed Mirvish Theatre Bathurst Street Theatre CAA Theatre Princess of Wales Theatre and the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts Sports venues, 4.3.1 Professional sports History Brighton The Park School (1853). . ; !
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