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Ontario has 52 cities, [1] which together had in 2016 a cumulative population of 9,900,179 and average population of 190,388. [2] The most and least populous are Toronto and Dryden, with 2,794,356 and 7,749 residents, respectively. [2] Ontario's newest city is Richmond Hill, whose council voted to change from a town to a city on March 26, 2019. [3]
A city's metropolitan area in colloquial or administrative terms may be different from its CMA as defined by Statistics Canada, resulting in differing populations. Such is the case with the Greater Toronto Area , where its metro population is notably higher than its CMA population due to its inclusion of the neighbouring Oshawa CMA to the east ...
From 1855 to 1870, and once more from 1939, [26] income tax was imposed on residents of Quebec City. [27] In 1935, a municipal income tax was imposed on the income of individuals resident or doing business in Montreal and the municipalities of the Montreal Metropolitan Commission. [28]
A formal system of equalization payments was first introduced in 1957. [7] [ Notes 1]. The original program had the goal of giving each province the same per-capita revenue as the two wealthiest provinces, Ontario and British Columbia, in three tax bases: personal income taxes, corporate income taxes and succession duties (inheritance taxes).
Comparison of total taxes paid by a household earning the country's average wage (as of 2005), including personal income tax, employee and employer social security contributions, payroll taxes and cash benefits. It does NOT include local income tax levied by states and cities. (source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development).
The City of Ottawa, Canada's capital city, is the province's second-most populous municipality with 1,017,449 residents. [4] Ontario's smallest municipality by population is the Township of Cockburn Island with 16 residents while the smallest by land area is the Village of Newbury at 1.77 km 2 (0.68 sq mi). [4]
Ontario – one of the provinces of Canada, located in east-central Canada. [1] It is Canada's most populous province or territory [ 2 ] and fourth largest in total area. [ 3 ] It is home to the nation's capital city, Ottawa , and the nation's most populous city, Toronto .
List of census subdivisions in Ontario - counties, districts and regional municipalities; List of cities in Ontario - places which are incorporated as cities; List of francophone communities in Ontario - places which are designated as French language service areas due to having a significant minority or majority Franco-Ontarian population