Faculties of Ryerson University, 10.1 Great Lakes in general 2006 70 29 217 323, This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it (September 2014). 9 Record 10 See also International student 9.3% 22.3% Raptors 905 Basketball NBA G League Mississauga Paramount Fine Foods Centre Toronto fire boats and police marine unit. As part of the 1763 Treaty of Paris which ended the Seven Years' War global conflict and the French and Indian War in North America Great Britain retained control over the former New France which had been defeated in the French and Indian War the British had won control after Fort Niagara had surrendered in 1759 and Montreal capitulated in 1760 and the British under Robert Rogers took formal control of the Great Lakes region in 1760. Fort Michilimackinac was occupied by Roger's forces in 1761 The territories of contemporary southern Ontario and southern Quebec were initially maintained as the single Province of Quebec as it had been under the French From 1763 to 1791 the Province of Quebec maintained its French language cultural behavioural expectations practices and laws the British passed the Quebec Act in 1774 which expanded the Quebec colony's authority to include part of the Indian Reserve to the west (i.e parts of southern Ontario) and other western territories south of the Great Lakes including much of what would become the United States' Northwest Territory including the modern states of Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota After the American War of Independence ended in 1783 Britain retained control of the area north of the Ohio River the official boundaries remained undefined until 1795 and the Jay Treaty the British authorities encouraged the movement of people to this area from the United States offering free land to encourage population growth for settlers the head of the family received 100 acres (40 ha) and 50 acres (20 ha) per family member and soldiers received larger grants. These settlers are known as United Empire Loyalists and were primarily English-speaking Protestants the first townships (Royal and Cataraqui) along the St Lawrence and eastern Lake Ontario were laid out in 1784 populated mainly with decommissioned soldiers and their families "Upper Canada" became a political entity on 26 December 1791 with the Parliament of Great Britain's passage of the Constitutional Act of 1791 the act divided the Province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada but did not yet specify official borders for Upper Canada the division was effected so that Loyalist American settlers and British immigrants in Upper Canada could have English laws and institutions and the French-speaking population of Lower Canada could maintain French civil law and the Catholic religion the first lieutenant-governor was John Graves Simcoe.[circular reference], Toronto Ontario Canada Business directory, St Catharines CMA (Niagara Falls Welland) 377,009 390,317 392,184 406,074 3.5. Main article: Ottawa River timber trade 4 References Season East 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.". ! ! 14 References Toronto Ontario Canada Business directory 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. .
Crawford Adventist Academy Main article: Canadian Classique Toronto Ontario Canada Business directory. The Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick: has jurisdiction over family law and major criminal and civil cases and is divided accordingly into two divisions: Family and Trial it also hears administrative tribunals The Probate Court of New Brunswick: has jurisdiction over estates of deceased persons The Provincial Court of New Brunswick: nearly all cases involving the criminal code start here The system consists of eight Judicial Districts loosely based on the counties the Chief Justice of New Brunswick serves at the apex of this court structure Administrative divisions. Canadian student 90.7% 77.7% BMO Field in July 2007 pre-expansion during the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup St Catharines-Niagara 406,074 Sodus Outer Light Sodus Bay New York! The idea towards a streamlined local government to control local infrastructure was made as early as 1907 by member of federal Parliament and founder of the Toronto Globe William Findlay Maclean who called for the expansion of the government of the former City of Toronto in order to create a Greater Toronto the idea for a single government municipality would not be seriously explored until the late 1940s when planners decided the city needed to incorporate its immediate suburbs However due to strong opposition from suburban politicians a compromise was struck which resulted in the creation of Metropolitan Toronto in 1953 the portion of York County south of Steeles Avenue a concession road and township boundary was severed from the county and incorporated as the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto. With the concession of Metro Toronto the offices of York County were moved from Toronto to Newmarket Originally the membership in Metropolitan Toronto included the City of Toronto and five townships: East York Etobicoke North York Scarborough and York; as well as seven villages and towns which became amalgamated into their surrounding townships in 1967 the early Metro Toronto government debated over the annexation of surrounding townships of Markham Pickering and Vaughan the first Metro Toronto Chairman Frederick Goldwin Gardiner planned on the conversion of these townships into boroughs of the Metro Toronto government in 1971 the remaining areas of York County was replaced by the Ontario government with the Regional Municipality of York in 1974 Ontario and Durham Counties were reorganized to become the Regional Municipality of Durham; Pickering west of Rouge River was transferred to Scarborough at that time Peel County became Peel Region in 1974 as well in 1980 North York would be incorporated into a city with York following suit in 1983 and Etobicoke and Scarborough in 1984 although still part of the Metropolitan Toronto municipal government Satellite image of Toronto during the mid-1980s, There are presently 12 public English first language school boards and two French first language school boards operating within the GTA Seven of these school boards operate secular schools whereas the other seven operate separate schools; the seven separate school boards in the Greater Toronto Area all serve the Roman Catholic faith in addition to public schools there are also a number of private schools that operate within Greater Toronto Three of these GTA-based school boards also manage institutions outside Greater Toronto the two French first language school boards based in Toronto as well as the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board (DPCDSB) the Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir operates French separate schools throughout the Greater Golden Horseshoe whereas the Conseil scolaire Viamonde operates French secular schools throughout the Ontario Peninsula the DPCDSB maintains English first language separate schools in Peel Region and in Dufferin County a county adjacent to the GTA Conversely English first language schools in Clarington a municipality within Durham Region are managed by school boards based outside the GTA in Clarington Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board manages public English secular schools while the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board manages public English separate schools School boards in the Greater Toronto Area, Four Seasons Hotels Limited trading as Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is an international luxury hospitality company headquartered in Toronto Ontario Canada. Four Seasons operates more than 100 hotels worldwide. Since 2007 Bill Gates (through Cascade Investment) and Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal have been majority owners of the company Contents. The Great Lakes Circle Tour and Seaway Trail are designated scenic road systems connecting all of the Great Lakes and the St Lawrence River. As the Seaway Trail is posted on the U.S side only Lake Ontario is the only of the five Great Lakes to have no posted bi-national circle tour In the 1800s there were reports of an alleged creature similar to the so-called Loch Ness Monster being sighted in the lake the creature is described as large with a long neck green in colour and generally causes a break in the surface waves Swims across the lake. There are presently 12 public English first language school boards and two French first language school boards operating within the GTA Seven of these school boards operate secular schools whereas the other seven operate separate schools; the seven separate school boards in the Greater Toronto Area all serve the Roman Catholic faith in addition to public schools there are also a number of private schools that operate within Greater Toronto Three of these GTA-based school boards also manage institutions outside Greater Toronto the two French first language school boards based in Toronto as well as the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board (DPCDSB) the Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir operates French separate schools throughout the Greater Golden Horseshoe whereas the Conseil scolaire Viamonde operates French secular schools throughout the Ontario Peninsula the DPCDSB maintains English first language separate schools in Peel Region and in Dufferin County a county adjacent to the GTA Conversely English first language schools in Clarington a municipality within Durham Region are managed by school boards based outside the GTA in Clarington Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board manages public English secular schools while the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board manages public English separate schools School boards in the Greater Toronto Area. 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