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Rent regulation was first briefly introduced in Ontario under the National Housing Act 1944.After lobbying by business it was repealed in under a decade. The modern history of rent controls began in July 1975 when the Residential Premises Rent Review Act 1975 was enacted after the demand for rent controls became a major issue in the period leading to the 1975 provincial election. [2]
Toronto is the centre of this boom, with 17,000 new units being sold in 2005, more than double second place Miami's 7,500 units. [9] Toronto's condo population has grown from 978,125 in 2011 to 1.478 million people in 2016 representing 54.7% of the city population according to Toronto Condo News. [10]
Davenport is a neighbourhood northwest of downtown in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is north of the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks and Dupont Avenue and south of Davenport Road and the ridge that is the former Lake Iroquois coastline. Its eastern boundary is Bathurst Street and it stretches west to Lansdowne Avenue.
Regent Park is a neighbourhood located in downtown Toronto, Ontario built in the late 1940s as a public housing project managed by Toronto Community Housing.It sits on what used to be a significant part of the Cabbagetown neighbourhood and is bounded by Gerrard Street East to the north, River Street to the east, Shuter Street to the south and Parliament Street to the west.
The strength and vitality of the many neighbourhoods that make up Toronto, Ontario, Canada has earned the city its unofficial nickname of "the city of neighbourhoods." [ 1 ] There are 158 neighbourhoods officially recognized by the City of Toronto (in 2022, 34 neighbourhoods were created from 16 of the previous 140) [ 2 ] and upwards of 240 ...
There are two categories for designation under the Ontario Heritage Act: Part IV (individual property designation) or Part V (Heritage Conservation District designation). [7] The Ontario Heritage Trust, which is an Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture agency, is responsible for protecting any designated properties from drastic change or ...
Etobicoke (/ ɛ ˈ t oʊ b ɪ k oʊ / ⓘ, eh-TOH-bik-oh) is an administrative district and former city within Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Comprising the city's west end, Etobicoke is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the east by the Humber River, on the west by Etobicoke Creek, the cities of Brampton, and Mississauga, the Toronto Pearson International Airport (a small portion of the ...
It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. Toronto is a relatively modern city. Toronto is a relatively modern city. Its history begins in the late 18th century, when the British Crown purchased its land from the Mississaugas of the New Credit .