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; ; Youth development Further information: List of Toronto FC records and statistics 3 History Completed in 1927 Princes' Gates is a neoclassical triumphal arch The most prominent landmark in Toronto and its best known symbol is the CN Tower it was the world's tallest free-standing structure for 31 years from its completion in 1975 until Burj Khalifa in Dubai United Arab Emirates surpassed it in 2007; it remains the tallest free-standing tower in the Western Hemisphere the CN Tower is used as an observation tower as well as a communications tower Another landmark structure is Casa Loma Constructed by E J Lennox during the early 1910s it is a Gothic revival-style castle located on Walmer and Davenport roads it was originally the residence of Sir Henry Pellatt a Canadian financier and soldier the city later took over the castle when Pellatt could no longer afford to keep it the building presently operates as a museum The Princes' Gates is a neoclassical style triumphal arch monumental gateway at Exhibition Place it was built to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Canadian Confederation and was to be named the Diamond Jubilee of Confederation Gates the structure's name was changed when it was learned that Edward Prince of Wales and Prince George were travelling to Toronto the princes cut the ribbon on the structure on August 30 1927 Prince's Gate was designed local architectural firm Chapman and Oxley The Rouge River and its valley at Rouge National Urban Park the Rouge Valley is one of many hills and valleys in the area that was carved out during the last glacial period Main article: Toronto ravine system.

To finance operations the municipality levied property taxes in 1850 Toronto also started levying income taxes. Toronto levied personal income taxes until 1936 and corporate income taxes until 1944 Until 1914 Toronto grew by annexing neighbouring municipalities such as Parkdale and Seaton Village After 1914 Toronto stopped annexing bordering municipalities although some municipalities overwhelmed by growth requested it After World War II an extensive group of suburban villages and townships surrounded Toronto Change to the legal structure came in 1954 with the creation of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto (known more popularly as "Metro") in 1954 This new regional government which encompassed Toronto and the smaller communities of East York Etobicoke Forest Hill Leaside Long Branch Mimico New Toronto North York Scarborough Swansea Weston and York was created by the Government of Ontario to support suburban growth This new municipality could borrow money on its own for capital projects and it received taxes from all municipalities including Toronto which meant that the Toronto tax base was now available to support the suburban growth the new regional government built highways water systems and public transit while the thirteen townships villages towns and cities continued to provide some local services to their residents to manage the yearly upkeep of the new infrastructure the new regional government levied its own property tax collected by the local municipalities On January 1 1967 several of the smaller municipalities were amalgamated with larger ones reducing their number to six Forest Hill and Swansea became part of Toronto; Long Branch Mimico and New Toronto joined Etobicoke; Weston merged with York; and Leaside amalgamated with East York This arrangement lasted until 1998 when the regional level of government was abolished and Etobicoke North York East York York and Scarborough were amalgamated into Toronto the "megacity" Mel Lastman the long-time mayor of North York before the amalgamation was the first mayor (62nd overall) of the new "megacity" of Toronto which is the successor of the previous City of Toronto Existing by-laws of the individual municipalities were retained until such time that new citywide by-laws could be written and enacted New citywide by-laws have been enacted although many of the individual differences were continued applying only to the districts where the by-laws applied such as winter sidewalk clearing and garbage pickup the existing city halls of the various municipalities were retained by the new corporation the City of York's civic centre became a court office the existing 1965 City Hall of Toronto became the city hall of the new megacity while the "city hall" of the Metro government is used as municipal office space The census metropolitan areas listed below are within the Greater Golden Horseshoe Not all land within the Greater Golden Horseshoe is part of a Census Metropolitan Area; some Census Metropolitan Areas are partly in the Golden Horseshoe and partly outside it Toronto 5,928,040, Main article: Geography of Ontario, Canadian student 90.7% 77.7% 55 0-6. Precipitation totals in mm Ryerson Square Latin American 165,700 1.8%. 2014 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, East Gwillimbury Green tick Green tick 6.2 Hall of Famers Islands; The school board's organizational mission is "to enable all students to reach high levels of achievement and to acquire the knowledge skills and values they need to become responsible members of a democratic society.". . The Technical School Board was created to oversee a single school the Toronto Technical School Classes were first offered in 1892 in St Lawrence Hall but when enrollment exceeded expectations they were moved to Old Wycliffe Hall now part of the University of Toronto campus in 1901 classes were moved to the Stewart Building due to growing enrollment Finally the school moved to its current location in 1915 and is now known as the Central Technical School due to the construction of addition technical schools in the board Members of the Technical School Board were also appointed but by a different process than members of the Collegiate Institute Board Members of the Technical School Board were appointed by municipal council the Architectural Guild the Trades and Labour Council and the Association of Stationary Engineers. After amalgamation in 1904 members of the board became part of a special committee of the Toronto Board of Education Dr A.C McKay was an early champion of technical education The Toronto Board of Education.