Metropolitan Toronto

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Metropolitan Toronto was a former regional government in Ontario, Canada that encompassed the city of Toronto and its surrounding municipalities before their amalgamation into a single city in 1998.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former regional municipality
former upper-tier municipal government
amalgamatedWith City of Toronto NERFINISHED
East York NERFINISHED
Etobicoke NERFINISHED
North York NERFINISHED
Scarborough NERFINISHED
York NERFINISHED
contains City of Toronto NERFINISHED
East York NERFINISHED
Etobicoke NERFINISHED
North York NERFINISHED
Scarborough NERFINISHED
York NERFINISHED
country Canada
createdBy Province of Ontario NERFINISHED
dateEstablished 1953
dissolvedBy Government of Ontario NERFINISHED
dissolvedOn 1998-01-01
endTime 1998
governmentType regional municipality
two-tier municipal government
hadNumberOfLocalMunicipalities 6
hadSubdivisionType local municipalities
hasCapital City of Toronto NERFINISHED
hasExecutiveBody Metropolitan Toronto Executive Committee NERFINISHED
hasLeaderTitle Chairman of Metropolitan Toronto
hasLegislativeBody Metropolitan Toronto Council NERFINISHED
hasSuccessor City of Toronto NERFINISHED
legislatedBy Legislative Assembly of Ontario NERFINISHED
locatedIn Ontario
Southern Ontario
mergedInto amalgamated City of Toronto
officialLanguage English
operated Metropolitan Toronto Housing Authority NERFINISHED
Metropolitan Toronto Library Board NERFINISHED
Metropolitan Toronto Parks and Recreation NERFINISHED
Metropolitan Toronto Planning Department NERFINISHED
Metropolitan Toronto Police NERFINISHED
Metropolitan Toronto Works Department NERFINISHED
partOf Greater Toronto Area
reasonForDissolution municipal amalgamation policy of Ontario in the 1990s
replacedBy City of Toronto NERFINISHED
responsibleFor major arterial roads
policing at the metropolitan level
public transit coordination
regional planning
regional transportation planning
sewage and wastewater services
water supply
seatOfGovernment Toronto City Hall NERFINISHED
startTime 1953

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East Don River locatedIn Metropolitan Toronto
this entity surface form: Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto (historical)
Township of York partOf Metropolitan Toronto
York County, Ontario succeededBy Metropolitan Toronto