Map Of Toronto's 44 Municipal Electoral Wards
This
Is No Longer
The Case Since
The 2018 Municipal Election
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
The Toronto City Council Is
A Unicameral Legislative Body
Comprising 44 Councillors (later Reduced
To 25 Since
The 2018 Municipal Election) Representing Geographical Wards Throughout
The City
The Mayor
And Members Of
The City Council Serve Four-year Terms Without Term Limits
(Until
The 2006 Municipal Election
The Mayor
And City Councillors Served Three-year Terms.) However
On November 18
2013
Council Voted
To Modify
The City's Government
By Transferring Many Executive Powers From
The Mayor
To
The Deputy Mayor
And Itself
As Of 2016
The City Council Has Twelve Standing Committees
Each Consisting Of
A Chairman
(some Have
A Vice-chair)
And
A Number Of Councillors
The Mayor Names
The Committee Chairs And
The Remaining Members Of
The Committees
Are Appointed
By City Council
An Executive Committee
Is Formed By
The Chairs Of Each Of Standing Committee
Along With
The Mayor
The Deputy Mayor
And Four Other Councillors
Councillors
Are Also Appointed
To Oversee
The Toronto Transit Commission And
The Toronto Police Services Board
Toronto City Hall Acts As
The Seat Of
The City Of Toronto Government
The City Has Four Community Councils That Consider Local Matters
City Council Has Delegated Final Decision-making Authority
On Local
Routine Matters
While Others�like Planning
And Zoning Issues�are Recommended
To
The City Council
Each City Councillor Serves As
A Member Of
A Community Council
There
Are About 40 Subcommittees
And Advisory Committees Appointed By
The City Council
These Bodies
Are Made Up Of City Councillors
And Private Citizen Volunteers
Examples Include
The Pedestrian Committee
Waste Diversion Task Force 2010
And
The Task Force
To Bring Back
The Don
The City Of Toronto Had An Approved Operating Budget Of CA$10.5 Billion
In 2017 And
A 10-year Capital Budget
And Plan Of CA$26.5 Billion
The City's Revenues Include Subsidies From
The Government Of Canada And
The Government Of Ontario
33% From Property Tax
6% From
The Land Transfer Tax And
The Rest From Other Tax Revenues
And User Fees
The City's Largest Operating Expenditures
Are
The Toronto Transit Commission
At CA$1.955 Billion (19%)
And
The Toronto Police Service
CA$1.131 Billion (9%)
Crime
; .
1881 1,926,922 +18.9%
Source: Statistics Canada website Censuses of Canada 1665
to 1871
See United Province of Canada
for population after 1840
Church of England; 7 Swims across
the lake
Total seats: - - 44 47 47 47 47 58, 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! ; . . . . .
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