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. Lutherans 4,524 ? Assistant coach Jason Bent Ninety-two per cent of the land in the province inhabited by about 35% of the population is under provincial administration and has no local elected representation the 51% of the province that is Crown land is administered by the Department of Energy and Resource Development Most of the province is administrated as a local service district (LSD) an unincorporated unit of local governance as of 2017 there are 237 LSDs Services paid for by property taxes include a variety of services such as fire protection solid waste management street lighting and dog regulation LSDs may elect advisory committees and work with the Department of Local Government to recommend how to spend locally collected taxes In 2006 there were three rural communities This is a relatively new entity; to be created it requires a population of 3,000 and a tax base of $200 million in 2006 there were 101 municipalities Regional Service Commissions which number 12 were introduced in 2013 to regulate regional planning and solid waste disposal and provide a forum for discussion on a regional level of police and emergency services climate change adaptation planning and regional sport recreational and cultural facilities the commissions' administrative councils are populated by the mayors of each municipality or rural community within a region Historically the province was divided into counties with elected governance but this was abolished in 1966 These were subdivided into 152 parishes which also lost their political significance in 1966 but are still used as census subdivisions by Statistics Canada Provincial finances. 54 5-2, 4.1 Financial district 64 2718. .
East Gwillimbury Green tick Green tick 1 History Toronto Ontario Canada Business directory. ! . The Golden Horseshoe has been recognised as a geographic region since the 1950s but it was only on July 13 2004 that a report from the provincial Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal entitled Places to Grow coined the term Greater Golden Horseshoe extending the boundaries west to Waterloo Region north to Barrie/Simcoe County and northeast to the county and city of Peterborough a subsequent edition released February 16 2005 broadened the term further adding Brant Haldimand and Northumberland Counties to the now quasi-administrative region the Greater Golden Horseshoe region is officially designated in Ontario Regulation 416/05 under the Places to Grow Act the designation Greater Golden Horseshoe has legal significance with respect to taxation: in April 2017 the Government of Ontario announced plans to impose a 15 per cent Non-Resident Speculation Tax (NRST) on non-Canadian citizens non-permanent residents and non-Canadian corporations (with exceptions or rebates for refugees qualifying students and certain people working in Ontario) buying residential properties containing one to six units in the Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH) The provincial transit authority Metrolinx makes use of the term Greater Golden Horseshoe the Metrolinx definition is consistent with the original 2004 Places to Grow definition However the city and county of Peterborough is not included Demographics. Louisa St School (1852) In 2011 the largest religious denominations in Ontario were the Roman Catholic Church (with 31.4% of the population) the United Church of Canada (7.5%) and the Anglican Church (6.1%) 23.1% of Ontarians had no religious affiliation making it the second-largest religious grouping in the province after Roman Catholics The major religious groups in Ontario in 2011 were:. . !
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