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According to Hong Kong laws, when a designated public holiday falls on a Sunday or on the same day of another holiday, the immediate following weekday would be a public holiday. However, there are exceptions; for example, as Lunar New Year 2007 falls on a Sunday (18 February), the government have designated the Saturday directly before (17 ...
Between 1996 and 2011, the number of Hong Kong-born Canadians dropped as many Hong Kong-Canadians chose to return to Hong Kong during the 2000s. [5] From 2011 to 2016, the number of Hong Kong-born Canadians residing in Canada increased again. [5] In 2006, among the 790,035 speakers of any variety of Chinese, 300,590 were speakers of Cantonese. [13]
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.
Below is a list of mayors of Toronto, Ontario, Canada . Toronto's first mayor, William Lyon Mackenzie, was appointed in 1834 after his Reform coalition won the new City of Toronto's first election and he was chosen by the Reformers. The most recent election to the office of mayor was a by-election on June 26, 2023 in which Olivia Chow was elected.
Rogers Centre hosted Canadian football from opening in 1989 to 2015, as the Argonauts moved to BMO Fieldin 2016. In November 2007, it hosted the 95th Grey Cup, its first since 1992 and third all-time. It was the 56th Grey Cup hosted by the city of Toronto since the championship's inception in 1909.
Ontario portal. v. t. e. 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.
In 1875, the City Council fixed the first Monday in August as a Civic Holiday. [17] The holiday was renamed "Simcoe Day" in 1969 in honour of John Graves Simcoe, the first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada, who established York (now Toronto) as the capital of Ontario, and who was the leading proponent of the Act Against Slavery.
May 10, 2023: Scarborough—Guildwood MPP Mitzie Hunter resigns her seat in order to pursue a bid to become the mayor of Toronto during the 2023 by-election. [16] December 1, 2023: Kitchener Centre elects Ontario Green candidate, Aislinn Clancy. Thus doubling Green representation in the Legislature. [17]