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. . . . A farm in Caledon There were 3,707 farms in the Greater Toronto Area according to the 2006 census While it was once the most dominant industry for residents in the Greater Toronto Area agriculture now occupies a small percentage of the population but still a large part of land in the surrounding four regional municipalities Census data from 2006 has shown there are 3,707 census farms in the GTA down 4.2% from 2001 and covering 274,363 hectares (677,970 acres). Almost every community in the GTA is currently experiencing a decrease in the acreage of farmland with Mississauga seeing the most significant the only communities in the GTA which are experiencing a growth in the acreage of farmland are Aurora Georgina Newmarket Oshawa Richmond Hill and Scugog with Markham experiencing neither any growth nor decline. Most of the GTA's farmland is in Durham Region with 55% of their total land area being farmland This is followed by York Region with 41% of their lands being farmland Peel Region with 34% and Halton Region with 41%. Toronto's remaining farmland is completely within Rouge Park in the Rouge Valley the average size of the farm in the GTA (74 hectares (183 acres)) is much lower than the farms in the rest of Ontario (averaging 233 acres (0.94 km2)) This has been attributed to the shift of farm types in the GTA from the traditional livestock and cash crop farms (requiring an extensive land base) towards more intensive enterprises including greenhouse floriculture nursery vegetable fruit sheep and goats The most numerous farms types in the GTA are miscellaneous specialty farms (including horse and pony sheep and lamb and other livestock specialty) followed by cattle grain and oilseed dairy and field crop farms. Although the output of dairy production has dropped with farms from within the GTA dairy has remained the most productive sector in the agricultural industry by annual gross farm receipts. Despite the decreased amount of farmland around the region farm capital value increased from $5.2 billion in 1996 to $6.1 billion in 2001 making the average farm capital value in the GTA continued to be the highest in the province Infrastructure, 6 External links Separate Methods Cape Vincent. Accounting & Finance 13 Further reading North Toronto: Evans Gang King Gang Wunkies Main articles: Toronto Transit Commission bus system and Toronto streetcar system; ! .

1.2.2 Members of the Toronto Public School Board Main articles: Roman Catholicism in Canada and Alexander Macdonell (bishop), Wine grapes growing in the Niagara Peninsula a major Canadian wine region Common types of farms reported in the 2001 census include those for cattle small grains and dairy the fruit- and grape-growing industry is primarily on the Niagara Peninsula and along Lake Erie where tobacco farms are also situated Market vegetables grow in the rich soils of the Holland Marsh near Newmarket the area near Windsor is also very fertile the Heinz plant in Leamington was taken over in these autumn of 2013 by Warren Buffett and a Brazilian partner following which it put 740 people out of work. Government subsidies followed shortly; Premier Kathleen Wynne offered CAD$200,000 to cushion the blow and promised that another processed-food operator would soon be found on December 10 2013 Kellogg's announced layoffs for more than 509 workers at a cereal manufacture plant in London. Kellogg's plans to relocate jobs to Thailand The area defined as the Corn Belt covers much of the southwestern area of the province extending as far north as close to Goderich but corn and soy are grown throughout the southern portion of the province Apple orchards are a common sight along the southern shore of Nottawasaga Bay (part of Georgian Bay) near Collingwood and along the northern shore of Lake Ontario near Cobourg Tobacco production centred in Norfolk County has decreased allowing an increase in alternative crops such as hazelnuts and ginseng the Ontario origins of Massey Ferguson once one of the largest farm-implement manufacturers in the world indicate the importance agriculture once[citation needed] had to the Canadian economy A sign that marks the Ottawa Greenbelt an initiative that aims to protect the surrounding farmland and limit urban sprawl Southern Ontario's limited supply of agricultural land is going out of production at an increasing rate Urban sprawl and farmland severances contribute to the loss of thousands of acres of productive agricultural land in Ontario each year Over 2,000 farms and 150,000 acres (61,000 ha) of farmland in the GTA alone were lost to production in the two decades between 1976 and 1996 This loss represented approximately 18%" of Ontario's Class 1 farmland being converted to urban purposes in addition increasing rural severances provide ever-greater interference with agricultural production in an effort to protect the farmland and green spaces of Greater Toronto and the National Capital Region the Government of Ontario introduced greenbelts around the Golden Horseshoe and Ottawa limiting urban development in these areas Energy. Toronto Ontario Canada Business directory, 3.2 Home arenas and practice facilities Toronto has a diverse array of public spaces from city squares to public parks overlooking ravines Nathan Phillips Square is the city's main square in downtown and forms the entrance to City Hall Yonge-Dundas Square near City Hall has also gained attention in recent years as one of the busiest gathering spots in the city Other squares include Harbourfront Square on the Toronto waterfront and the civic squares at the former city halls of the defunct Metropolitan Toronto most notably Mel Lastman Square in North York the Toronto Public Space Committee is an advocacy group concerned with the city's public spaces in recent years Nathan Phillips Square has been refurbished with new facilities and the central waterfront along Queen's Quay West has been updated recently with a new street architecture and a new square next to Harbourfront Centre In the winter Nathan Phillips Square Harbourfront Centre and Mel Lastman Square feature popular rinks for public ice-skating Etobicoke's Colonel Sam Smith Trail opened in 2011 and is Toronto's first skating trail Centennial Park and Earl Bales Park offer outdoor skiing and snowboarding slopes with a chairlift rental facilities and lessons Several parks have marked cross-country skiing trails There are many large downtown parks which include Allan Gardens Christie Pits Grange Park Little Norway Park Moss Park Queen's Park Riverdale Park and Trinity Bellwoods Park An almost hidden park is the compact Cloud Gardens, which has both open areas and a glassed-in greenhouse near Queen and Yonge South of downtown are two large parks on the waterfront: Tommy Thompson Park on the Leslie Street Spit which has a nature preserve is open on weekends; and the Toronto Islands accessible from downtown by ferry Rouge National Urban Park is a national park in the eastern portion of the city Large parks in the outer areas managed by the city include High Park Humber Bay Park Centennial Park Downsview Park Guild Park and Gardens and Morningside Park Toronto also operates several public golf courses Most ravine lands and river bank floodplains in Toronto are public parklands After Hurricane Hazel in 1954 construction of buildings on floodplains was outlawed and private lands were bought for conservation in 1999 Downsview Park a former military base in North York initiated an international design competition to realize its vision of creating Canada's first urban park the winner "Tree City" was announced in May 2000 Approximately 8,000 hectares (20,000 acres) or 12.5 percent of Toronto's land base is maintained parkland. Morningside Park is the largest park managed by the city which is 241.46 hectares (596.7 acres) in size In addition to public parks managed by the municipal government parts of Rouge National Urban Park the largest urban park in North America is in the eastern portion of Toronto Managed by Parks Canada the national park is centred around the Rouge River and encompasses several municipalities in the Greater Toronto Area Culture. . . .