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