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. N 1.1 Name changes 8 Landmarks 1834 321,145 +8.5% 5 Education 3.1 Ryerson Square. 4.2 Loyalists and the land grant system, Loretto College School (Toronto 1915 - Sisters of Loreto). . Map of Toronto with major traffic routes Also shown are the boundaries of six former municipalities which form the current City of Toronto, The term "Greater Toronto" was first used in writing as early as the 1900s although at the time the term only referred to the old City of Toronto and its immediate townships and villages which became Metropolitan Toronto in 1954 and became the current city of Toronto in 1998 the use of the term involving the four regional municipalities came into formal use in the mid-1980s after it was used in a widely discussed report on municipal governance restructuring in the region and was later made official as a provincial planning area However it did not come into everyday usage until the mid- to late 1990s In 2006 the term began to be supplanted in the field of spatial planning as provincial policy increasingly began to refer to either the "Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area" (GTHA)[a] or the still-broader "Greater Golden Horseshoe" the latter includes communities like Barrie Guelph Kitchener-Waterloo Cambridge and the Niagara Region the GTA continues however to be in official use elsewhere in the Government of Ontario such as the Ministry of Finance Census metropolitan area, Disaster prevention and preparedness 146.4 170.2 211.2 243.7 241.3 1,012.9 Main article: Media in Toronto. History Head of Lake Purchase 1806 - additional lands to the west of Toronto in what is southern part of Mississauga Ontario Oakville and Burlington excluding small tracts covered in Treaty 22 (Mississauga and Oakbille) and Brant Tract Treaty No 18 1797 (Burlington), 1991 10,084,885 +10.8% On February 12 1998 MLGL purchased the Toronto Raptors a National Basketball Association franchise and the arena the Raptors were building from Allan Slaight and Scotiabank. With the acquisition MLGL was renamed to Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) acting as the parent company of the two teams. Larry Tanenbaum was a driving force in the acquisition having bought a bought a 12.5 percent stake in Maple Leaf Gardens Limited (MLGL) in 1996 The intersection of a roadway with a large multi-sport arena in the background, 1833 295,863 +12.3% A top official from the Toronto District School Board stated that he has concerns about a "controversial contract" between the Trades Council and the Ontario Government and claims that the contract with the trades council is "politically motivated." Chris Bolton the Chairman of the school board stated that the Trade Council is a "major contributors to the Liberals" and even campaigned for the Liberals a government spokesperson stated that Education Minister Laurel Broten decision to retain the Trade Council's services "nothing to do with politics.". . .

. See also: Toronto government debt Education. Expansion The Faculty of Arts comprises eleven humanities and social science departments (as of Winter 2018) and plays a unique dual role in the university the faculty offers:. Victoria Beach Cobourg Ontario 54 5-2 Extended area Depiction of the Battle of Queenston Heights during the War of 1812 Upper Canada was an active theatre of operation during the conflict American troops in the War of 1812 invaded Upper Canada across the Niagara River and the Detroit River but were defeated and pushed back by the British Canadian fencibles and militias and First Nations warriors However the Americans eventually gained control of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario the 1813 Battle of York saw American troops defeat the garrison at the Upper Canada capital of York the Americans looted the town and burned the Upper Canada Parliament Buildings during their brief occupation the British would burn the American capital of Washington D.C in 1814 After the War of 1812 relative stability allowed for increasing numbers of immigrants to arrive from Europe rather than from the United States as was the case in the previous decades this immigration shift was encouraged by the colonial leaders Despite affordable and often free land many arriving newcomers mostly from Britain and Ireland found frontier life with the harsh climate difficult and some of those with the means eventually returned home or went south However population growth far exceeded emigration in the following decades it was a mostly agrarian-based society but canal projects and a new network of plank roads spurred greater trade within the colony and with the United States thereby improving previously damaged relations over time Meanwhile Ontario's numerous waterways aided travel and transportation into the interior and supplied water power for development As the population increased so did the industries and transportation networks which in turn led to further development By the end of the century Ontario vied with Quebec as the nation's leader in terms of growth in population industry arts and communications In 1837 an armed insurrection was fought in the colony before being crushed by British authorities and Canadian volunteer units Unrest in the colony began to chafe against the aristocratic Family Compact who governed while benefiting economically from the region's resources and who did not allow elected bodies power This resentment spurred republican ideals and sowed the seeds for early Canadian nationalism Accordingly rebellion in favour of responsible government rose in both regions; Louis-Joseph Papineau led the Lower Canada Rebellion and William Lyon Mackenzie first Toronto mayor, led the Upper Canada Rebellion in Upper Canada the rebellion was quickly a failure William Lyon Mackenzie escaped to the United States where he declared the Republic of Canada on Navy Island on the Niagara River Canada West.