Designed by Eberhard Zeidler the Eaton Centre represented one of North America's first downtown shopping malls it was designed as a multi-levelled vaulted glass-ceiling galleria modelled after the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan Italy At the time of its opening in 1977 the interior design of the Eaton Centre was considered quite revolutionary and influenced shopping centre architecture throughout North America Plans originally called for the demolition of Old City Hall and the Church of the Holy Trinity but these were eventually dropped after a public outcry Ultimately Louisa Street Downey's Lane and Albert Lane were closed and disappeared from the city street grid to make way for the new office and retail complex Since the 2010s the Eaton Centre is the most visited tourist attraction in Toronto and the most visited shopping mall in North America Large sprawling retail centres are common in suburban Toronto Of the more notable such centres is Yorkdale Shopping Centre which opened in 1964 as one of the largest malls in the world the mall was constructed with a novel system for its retailers to receive merchandise Most shopping centres have their receiving doors located at the back side while Yorkdale was constructed with a one-way two-laned road for trucks running beneath the centre that leads directly to retailers' basement storages Other large shopping malls in Toronto include Scarborough Town Centre Fairview Mall and Sherway Gardens Institutional architecture. Foster Hewitt sitting at his office desk Foster Hewitt was the Maple Leafs' first radio play-by-play announcer from 1927 to 1968 As a result of both Bell Canada and Rogers Communications having an ownership stake in MLSE Maple Leafs broadcasts are split between the two media companies; with regional TV broadcasts split between Rogers' Sportsnet Ontario and Bell's TSN4. Colour commentary for Bell's television broadcasts is performed by Jamie McLennan and Ray Ferraro while play-by-play is provided by Chris Cuthbert and Gord Miller Colour commentary for Rogers' television broadcasts is performed by Greg Millen while play-by-play is provided by Paul Romanuk. MLSE also operates a regional specialty channel the Leafs Nation Network the Leafs Nation Network broadcasts programming related to the Maple Leafs as well as games for the Toronto Marlies the Maple Leafs' American Hockey League affiliate Like the Maple Leafs television broadcasts radio broadcasts are split evenly between Rogers' CJCL (Sportsnet 590 the Fan) and Bell's CHUM (TSN Radio 1050). Both Bell and Rogers' radio broadcasts have their colour commentary provided by Jim Ralph with play-by-play provided by Joe Bowen Foster Hewitt was the Leafs' first play-by-play broadcaster providing radio play-by-play from 1927 to 1978 in addition he provided play-by-play for television from 1952 to 1958 and colour commentary from 1958 to 1961. Originally aired over CFCA Hewitt's broadcast was picked up by the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (the CRBC) in 1933 moving to CBC Radio (the CRBC's successor) three years later. As the show was aired on Canadian national radio Hewitt became famous for the phrase "He shoots he scores!" as well as his sign-on at the beginning of each broadcast "Hello Canada and hockey fans in the United States and Newfoundland."[note 2]; . A map of Toronto's Census Metropolitan Area which contains a large portion of the GTA Toronto is the largest municipality in the GTA acting as the area's core Mississauga is the largest city in Peel Region and the second largest city in the Greater Toronto Area Brampton is the third largest city in the Greater Toronto Area Markham is the largest city in York Region and the fourth largest city in the Greater Toronto Area See also: List of municipalities in the Greater Toronto Area; Quarterfinals Mexico UANL 2 Geography, 3.1 Line 5 Eglinton, 3 Vehicles most frequently stolen. The resort island of Landaa Giraavaru in the Maldives, Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse 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, Toronto History Round of 16 United States Colorado Rapids.
Nicholson Island 1981 8,625,107 +4.4% Some Members of the Family Compact 1.2.1 Independent Other Several municipally funded programs affect health in the city They are listed below and where possible their annual budgets are provided Provincial and federal programs also affect health in Toronto such as the provincial Smoke-Free Ontario Act which bans cigarette smoking in enclosed spaces in the province Student life. 2 Early history Main article: Presbyterian Church in Canada. Toronto Lady Lynx USL Women's soccer Centennial Park Stadium 2005 0.
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