Living in Ontario: Grade 3 Social Studies
Transcript of Living in Ontario: Grade 3 Social Studies
Living in Ontario
Ontario is our Province
What is around Ontario?
Ontario has different regions
Read the names of some cities and towns in Ontario
Toronto is the Capital City of Ontario
Guelph is in Wellington County
Municipalities Municipal governments are in charge of
cities, towns, villages, counties, districts, or metropolitan regions.
Puslinch Guelph
Municipalities have Mayors Karen Farbridge is the Mayor
of Guelph. A mayor is an elected person
who serves as the head of a city’s government.
He or she has many responsibilities and follows a goal of making that city a great place for its residents to live.
http://guelph.ca/city-hall/mayor-and-council/mayors-office/guelph-mayors/
What Do Mayors Do? Mayors decide how to spend money in
the municipality. At city council meetings, where local
officers discuss current and upcoming plans for their areas, the mayor listens to everything and has the power to vote on which plans should be put into practice.
Municipalities are responsible for:
Water supply Sewage and garbage disposal Roads Sidewalks Street lighting Building codes Parks Playgrounds Libraries
What do you see in this picture that the Municipal Government is responsible for?
What Do Mayors Do? A mayor is also responsible for making
sure that city services, such as the fire department and police department, work well and are helping everyone who needs assistance.
Chief of Police, Brian Larkin