In an attempt to curb suburban sprawl in the 1960s and 1970s many suburban neighbourhoods of Toronto encouraged high density populations by mixing housing lots with apartment buildings far from the downtown core The post war years and the rise of the personal automobile saw the rapid rise of the suburbs as occurred across North America the most important suburban development was that of Don Mills in North York Begun in 1952 it was the first planned community in Canada and it initiated many practices that would become standard in Toronto suburbs the Don Mills project put into practice many of the ideas of the Garden city movement based on the ideas developed by Sir Ebenezer Howard creating a multi-use community focused on distinct neighbourhoods The earliest suburbs in North York Scarborough and Etobicoke mostly consisted of small single family homes often bungalows Over time suburban houses have grown in size and moved away from the simplistic post-war designs embracing the neo-eclectic style Toronto suburbs are different in character than those of other North American cities During the 1960s and 1970s city planners tried to curb sprawl by encouraging high population density in the suburbs with many modernist "Tower in the Park" style apartment complexes scattered across the suburbs with several Toronto boroughs working to build their own central business districts and move beyond being bedroom suburbs to being centres of business and industry as well This has had mixed results; this policy has made Toronto overall denser than most other North American cities which has reduced sprawl and made it easier to provide city services such as mass transit At the same time planners avoided creating mixed-use areas forcing suburban residents to work and shop elsewhere Apartments and condominiums. Other Christians 1,224,300 9.7 4 Global Policy Centers 5 Players and staff 1.2 19th century, The City of Toronto was incorporated in 1834 succeeding York which was administered directly by the then-province of Upper Canada the new city was administered by an elected council which served a one-year term the first mayor chosen by the elected councillors was William Lyon Mackenzie the first law passed was "an Act for the preventing & extinguishing of Fires" the first mayor directly elected to the post was Adam Wilson elected in 1859 Through 1955 the term of office for the mayor and council was one year; it then varied between two and three years until a four-year term was adopted starting in 2006 (See List of Toronto municipal elections.). ; Toronto Argonauts Toronto CFL Canadian Football Dr Thomas D Morrison Population figures are from the 2016 census The municipal government of Toronto corporately known as the City of Toronto is a public corporation providing services to Toronto Ontario Canada It is administered by 25 elected councillors (representing around 96,800 people each) who along with the Mayor of Toronto make up the Toronto City Council Torontonians elect a new council every four years in October Contents. 7 See also Toronto Union Station serves as the hub for VIA Rail's intercity services in Central Canada and includes services to various parts of Ontario Corridor services to Montreal and national capital Ottawa and long distance services to Vancouver and New York City The Toronto Coach Terminal in downtown Toronto also serves as a hub for intercity bus services in Southern Ontario served by multiple companies and providing a comprehensive network of services in Ontario and neighbouring provinces and states GO Transit provides intercity bus services from Union Station Bus Terminal and other bus terminals in the city to destinations within the GTA Road system.
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