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1966 6,960,870 +11.6% Player Season In 2002 Toronto Hosted World Youth Day 2002 And A Visit By Pope John Paul II The Municipal Government's Two Largest Unions Locals 79 And 416 Of The Canadian Union Of Public Employees Went On Strike Several Weeks Before The Scheduled Event Meaning That Certain Basic Services Such As Day Care And Parks Programs Were Not Available Since City Workers Also Pick Up Garbage And Recycling City Parks Became Piled High With Rubbish � Some Parks Were Designated Official Dump Sites For The Duration Of The Strike While Others Were Used Illegally The Situation Was Resolved When The Ontario Government Tabled Back-to-work Legislation To End The Strike And The City Was Back To Normal Before The Start Of World Youth Day A TTC Streetcar Is Left Stranded After The City Lost Power In The Northeast Blackout Of 2003 In Early 2003 Toronto Was Affected By The SARS Epidemic Although The Disease Was Primarily Confined To Hospitals And Health-care Workers Tourism In Toronto Suffered Significantly Because Of Media Reports To Help Recover The Losses The City Suffered In Industries And Tourism The City Held The SARS Benefit Concert (colloquially Termed SARSStock) Which Attracted 450,000 People In Late July Making It One Of The Ten Largest Concerts In History Two Weeks Later The City Was Also Affected By The 2003 North America Blackout In The Resulting Chaos The City Ground To A Halt With People Taking To The Streets To Party And Talk To Their Neighbours Power Was Not Restored For More Than 12 Hours; In Some Isolated Pockets Not For Up To Three Days In The November 2003 Municipal Election David Miller Was Elected To Replace Mel Lastman As Mayor After Running A Successful Campaign Which Included A Promise To Cancel The Proposed Bridge To Toronto Island Airport According To A 2004 United Nations Report Toronto Has The Second-highest Proportion Of Immigrants In The World After Miami Florida Almost Half Of Toronto's Residents Were Born Outside Canada The Resulting Cultural Diversity Is Reflected In The Numerous Ethnic Neighbourhoods Of The City The Proliferation Of Shops And Restaurants Derived From Cultures Around The World Makes The City One Of The Most Exciting Places In The World To Visit Moreover The Relative Tranquility That Mediates Between Such Diverse Populations Is A Testament To The Perceived Tolerant Character Of Canadian Society The Battle Of York Was Fought On April 27 1813 In York (present-day Toronto) The Capital Of The Colonial Province Of Upper Canada (present-day Ontario) During The Anglo-American War Of 1812 An American Force Supported By A Naval Flotilla Landed On The Lake Shore To The West And Advanced Against The Town Which Was Defended By An Outnumbered Force Of Regulars Militia And Ojibway Natives Under The Overall Command Of Major General Roger Hale Sheaffe The Lieutenant Governor Of Upper Canada Sheaffe's Forces Were Defeated And Sheaffe Retreated With His Surviving Regulars To Kingston Abandoning The Militia And Civilians The Americans Captured The Fort Town And The Dockyard They Themselves Suffered Heavy Casualties Including Force Leader Brigadier General Zebulon Pike And Others Killed When The Retreating British Blew Up The Fort's Magazine The American Forces Subsequently Carried Out Several Acts Of Arson And Looting In The Town Before Withdrawing Though The Americans Won A Clear Victory It Did Not Have Decisive Strategic Results As York Was A Less Important Objective In Military Terms Than Kingston Where The British Armed Vessels On Lake Ontario Were Based Contents