The British North America Act 1867 section 69 stipulated "There shall be a Legislature for Ontario consisting of the Lieutenant Governor and of One House, styled the Legislative Assembly of Ontario." The assembly has 107 seats representing ridings elected in a first-past-the-post system across the province.
The legislative buildings at Queen's Park are the seat of government. Following the Westminster system, the leader of the party holding the most seats in the assembly is known as the "Premier and President of the Council" (Executive Council Act R.S.O. 1990). The Premier chooses the cabinet or Executive Council whose members are deemed "ministers of the Crown."
Although the Legislative Assembly Act (R.S.O. 1990) refers to members of the assembly", the legislators are now commonly called MPPs (Members of the Provincial Parliament) in English and députés de l'Assemblée législative in French, but they have also been called MLAs (Members of the Legislative Assembly), and both are acceptable. The title of Prime Minister of Ontario, correct in French (le Premier ministre), is permissible in English but now generally avoided in favour of the title "Premier" to avoid confusion with the Prime Minister of Canada.
Politics Main article: Politics of OntarioOntario has numerous political parties which run for election. The three main parties are the Ontario Liberal Party, the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, and the social-democratic Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP). Each of the three parties has received a majority mandate during a provincial election since 1990.
Ontario is led by the minority government of Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne. Since gaining power under former Premier Dalton McGuinty in 2003, the Liberal Party has been re-elected twice in the 2007 and 2011 general elections. Unlike its previous two mandates, the party only achieved a minority mandate in the 2011 general election by capturing 53 seats (as opposed to the 71 it won in 2007), with the Progressive Conservatives winning 37 and the NDP winning 17 seats. Wynne replaced McGuinty as party leader and Premier, following a leadership convention in 2013.
In the 2011 federal election in Ontario the Conservatives were elected in 73 ridings, the NDP in 22, and the Liberals in 11. The Green Party did not win a seat in Ontario.
Urban areas See also: Golden Horseshoe, National Capital Region (Canada), and Detroit–WindsorStatistics Canada's measure of a "metro area", the Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), roughly bundles together population figures from the core municipality with those from "commuter" municipalities.
CMA (largest other included municipalities in brackets) 2001 2006 2011 % Change Toronto CMA (Mississauga, Brampton) 4,682,897 5,113,149 5,583,064 9.2% Ottawa CMA (Gatineau, Clarence-Rockland)* 1,067,800 1,130,761 1,236,324 9.3% Hamilton CMA (Burlington, Grimsby) 662,401 692,911 721,053 4.1% Kitchener CMA (Cambridge, Waterloo) 414,284 451,235 477,160 5.7% London CMA (St. Thomas, Strathroy-Caradoc) 435,600 457,720 474,786 3.7% St. Catharines CMA (Niagara Falls, Welland) 377,009 390,317 392,184 0.5% Oshawa CMA (Whitby, Clarington) 296,298 330,594 356,177 7.7% Windsor CMA (Lakeshore, LaSalle) 307,877 323,342 319,246 -1.3% Barrie CMA (Innisfil, Springwater) 148,480 177,061 187,013 5.6% Sudbury CMA (Whitefish Lake, Wanapitei Reserve) 155,601 158,258 160,770 1.6% Kingston CMA 146,838 152,358 159,561 4.7%*Parts of Quebec (including Gatineau) are included in the Ottawa CMA. The entire population of the Ottawa CMA, in both provinces, is shown.
Ten largest municipalities by population Municipality 1996 2001 2006 2011 Toronto (Provincial capital) 70062385421000000002,385,421 70062481494000000002,481,494 70062503281000000002,503,281 70062615060000000002,615,060 Ottawa (National capital) 7005721136000000000721,136 7005774072000000000774,072 7005812129000000000812,129 7005883391000000000883,391 Mississauga 7005544382000000000544,382 7005612925000000000612,925 7005668549000000000668,549 7005713443000000000713,443 Brampton 7005268251000000000268,251 7005325428000000000325,428 7005433806000000000433,806 7005523911000000000523,911 Hamilton 7005467799000000000467,799 7005490268000000000490,268 7005504559000000000504,559 7005519949000000000519,949 London 7005325669000000000325,669 7005336539000000000336,539 7005352395000000000352,395 7005366151000000000366,151 Markham 7005173383000000000173,383 7005208615000000000208,615 7005261573000000000261,573 7005301709000000000301,709 Vaughan 7005132549000000000132,549 7005182022000000000182,022 7005238866000000000238,866 7005288301000000000288,301 Kitchener 7005178420000000000178,420 7005190399000000000190,399 7005204668000000000204,668 7005219153000000000219,153 Windsor 7005197694000000000197,694 7005209218000000000209,218 7005216473000000000216,473 7005210891000000000210,891
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