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The day-to-day operation of the municipal government is managed by the city manager who is a public servant and head of the Toronto Public Service – under the direction of the mayor and the council. The government employs over 38,000 public servants directly, [2] as well as affiliated agencies.
Formed in 1998, it replaced the former city councils of Toronto, York, Etobicoke, Scarborough, East York, North York and Metropolitan Toronto. This category lists articles relating to operational divisions and political aspects of Toronto's city government.
Toronto City Council is the governing body of the municipal government of Toronto, Ontario. Meeting at Toronto City Hall , it comprises 25 city councillors and the mayor of Toronto . The current term began on November 15, 2022.
As of 1998, Metropolitan Toronto and all its constituent municipalities were amalgamated into a single City of Toronto. Under the City of Toronto Act, 2006, [15] the mayor is the head of council [16] and the chief executive officer [17] of the City. The deputy mayor is appointed by the mayor from among the elected members of the City Council. [18]
The mayor of Toronto is the head of Toronto City Council and chief executive officer of the municipal government. The mayor is elected alongside city council every four years on the fourth Monday of October; there are no term limits. [2] While in office, mayors are styled His/Her Worship. [3]
Peel County became Peel Region in 1974 as well. In 1980, North York would be incorporated into a city, with York following suit in 1983 and Etobicoke and Scarborough in 1984, although still part of the Metropolitan Toronto municipal government. [29] Satellite image of Toronto and Mississauga during the mid-1980s
The Bloor and Gladstone branch of the Toronto Public Library, a public service operated by the City of Toronto government.. Public services in Toronto are funded by municipal property taxes, financial transfers from the Government of Ontario and Government of Canada, or are operated and financed by the higher-level governments.
The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was an upper-tier level of municipal government in Ontario, Canada, from 1953 to 1998. It was made up of the old city of Toronto and numerous townships, towns and villages that surrounded Toronto, which were starting to urbanize rapidly after World War II. It was commonly referred to as "Metro Toronto ...