Metropolitan Toronto

Metropolitan Toronto
Dissolved region
Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto
Metro Hall
Flag Seal
Nickname(s):  Metro, Metro Toronto
Location of Metropolitan Toronto in Greater Toronto Area
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Incorporated	1953 from York County
Dissolved	1998 into Toronto
Government
• Type	Council–manager government
• Body	Metropolitan Toronto Council
• Chairman	Alan Tonks (last)
Area
• Total	630 km2 (240 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (DST)

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Toronto Purchase 1787 Battle of York 1813 Battle of Montgomery's Tavern 1837 First Great Fire of Toronto 1849 Second Great Fire of Toronto 1904 Hurricane Hazel (effects) 1954 First Amalgamation 1967 Second Amalgamation 1998
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The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was an upper-tier level of municipal government in Ontario, Canada, from 1953 to 1998. It was made up of the old city of Toronto and numerous townships, towns and villages that surrounded Toronto, which were starting to urbanize rapidly after World War II. It was commonly referred to as "Metro Toronto" or "Metro".

Passage of the 1997 City of Toronto Act caused the 1998 amalgamation of Metropolitan Toronto and its constituents into the current City of Toronto. The boundaries of present-day Toronto are the same as those of Metropolitan Toronto upon its dissolution: Lake Ontario to the south, Etobicoke Creek and Highway 427 to the west, Steeles Avenue to the north, and the Rouge River to the east.