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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.
The 2023 Hong Kong electoral changes were proposed by the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on 2 May 2023 in the 18 District Councils of Hong Kong for the following December elections and approved by Legislative Council on 6 July 2023. The changes are officially effective from 10 July 2023.
The number of Hong Kong-born Canadians living in Canada peaked in 1996, with 241,095 Hong Kong-born Canadians reported in that year's census. [5] 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]
Beginning in the late-2000s, the term "Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area" was introduced by a few public bodies [a] to refer to the GTA and the city of Hamilton as a single entity. The population of the combined area is 7,281,694 as of 2021, [ 5 ] and is projected to grow to 8.6 million by 2031. [ 6 ]
In the Greater Toronto Area, there are 25 incorporated municipalities in either York Region, Halton Region, Peel Region, Durham Region or Toronto. According to the 2021 census , the Greater Toronto Area has a total population of 6,711,985.
The riding of Toronto—St. Paul's was vacated on January 16, 2024, following the resignation of Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett. [5] [6] Bennett, most recently the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health in the government of Justin Trudeau, had held the seat since 1997. [7]
The role and powers of the mayor of Toronto are set out in the 1997 City of Toronto Act, an Ontario statute, and its update in 2006.It outlines the mayor's role as head of council and chief executive officer of the City of Toronto.
The government of Ontario's debt has risen under all governments since 1989. During the 1990s recession, the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) government of Premier Bob Rae increased the total debt from $35.4 billion in 1989-1990 to $90.7 billion in 1994-1995.