York Regional Council

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governing body upper-tier municipal council

York Regional Council is the upper-tier municipal governing body responsible for setting policies, budgets, and strategic direction for the Regional Municipality of York in Ontario, Canada.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
York Regional Council canonical 2
Council of the Regional Municipality of York 1
Regional Municipality of York Council 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf governing body ⓘ
upper-tier municipal council ⓘ
appliesLaw Municipal Act, 2001 ⓘ
surface form: Municipal Act, 2001 (Ontario)
budgetaryAuthority regional capital budget ⓘ
regional operating budget ⓘ
composedOf mayor of each local municipality in York Region ⓘ
regional councillors from local municipalities in York Region ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
elects Regional Chair of York Region ⓘ
governmentType upper-tier municipal government ⓘ
governs Regional Municipality of York ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle Regional Chair ⓘ
hasSeatIn Newmarket, Ontario ⓘ
hasSubdivision advisory committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
jurisdiction Regional Municipality of York ⓘ
levelOfGovernment regional ⓘ
locatedIn Canada ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Regional Municipality of York ⓘ
meetsIn York Region, Ontario ⓘ
surface form: York Region Administrative Centre
overseesService long-term care homes ⓘ
paramedic services ⓘ
regional public health ⓘ
regional roads ⓘ
regional transit ⓘ
social housing programs ⓘ
waste management planning ⓘ
water and wastewater services ⓘ
parentAdministrativeUnit Ontario ⓘ
surface form: Province of Ontario
partOf municipal government of Ontario ⓘ
regionIncludes Town of Markham ⓘ
surface form: City of Markham

City of Richmond Hill ⓘ
Vaughan ⓘ
surface form: City of Vaughan

Town of Aurora ⓘ
East Gwillimbury, Ontario ⓘ
surface form: Town of East Gwillimbury

Town of Georgina ⓘ
Town of Newmarket ⓘ
Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville ⓘ
Township of King ⓘ
represents residents of York Region ⓘ
responsibleFor regional budgets ⓘ
regional environmental services ⓘ
regional infrastructure planning ⓘ
regional land use planning ⓘ
regional policies ⓘ
regional social services oversight ⓘ
regional transportation planning ⓘ
strategic direction for York Region ⓘ
usesLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: York Regional Council
Description of subject: York Regional Council is the upper-tier municipal governing body responsible for setting policies, budgets, and strategic direction for the Regional Municipality of York in Ontario, Canada.

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

York Region, Ontario → governingBody → York Regional Council ⓘ
Regional Municipality of York → hasGoverningBody → York Regional Council ⓘ
YRT → governingBody → York Regional Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Regional Municipality of York Council
Udora → hasHigherLevelGovernment → York Regional Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of the Regional Municipality of York
York Regional Road network → governedBy → York Regional Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: York Region Council