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In a common square grid layout known as a 1,000-Acre Sectional System, adjacent parallel roads were 100 chains or 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (2.0 km) apart, and arranged as ten 100-acre lots each 20 chains by 50 chains [7] so that two consecutive concession roads and two consecutive side roads enclosed a square of 1,000 acres (4.0 km 2).
The issue which dominated Ontario politics in the mid-1920s was the Ferguson government's proposal to repeal the Ontario Temperance Act and replace prohibition with government control of liquor. The Liberals were split on the issue - most of their MLAs were "dry" but some were "wets" who were opposed to prohibition.
Ontario College of Art & Design University, commonly known as OCAD University or OCAD U, is a public art university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Its main campus is located within Toronto's Grange Park and Entertainment District neighbourhoods.
This is a listing of past and present correctional facilities run by the provincial government in Ontario, Canada. Provincial correctional facilities for adults are operated by the province's Ministry of the Solicitor General.
Patrick Walter Brown (born May 26, 1978) is a Canadian politician who has served as the 51st and current mayor of Brampton since 2018. He served as leader of the Official Opposition in Ontario and leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative (PC) Party from 2015 to 2018.
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System [3] (OMERS) is a Canadian public pension fund, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.OMERS is a defined benefit, jointly sponsored, multi-employer public pension plan created in 1962 by Ontario provincial statute to administer retirement benefits and manage pension investment funds of local government employees in the Canadian province of Ontario.
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is a Crown agency that retails and distributes alcoholic beverages throughout the Canadian province of Ontario. [5] It is accountable to the Legislative Assembly through the minister of finance. [5] It was established in 1927 by the government of Premier George Howard Ferguson to sell liquor, wine, and ...
System information; Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario: Length: 17,459 km [2] (10,849 mi) Formed: February 26, 1920 () [1] Highway names; Types: King's Highway n (2–169) Secondary Highway n (500–673) Tertiary Highway n (800–813) System links; Ontario provincial highways; Current; Former; 400-series