Metro Toronto Community Services
Metro Toronto Community Services was a department within the former Regional Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto. The department was responsible for a variety of community-related services not provided by the local municipalities: * social services * welfare * hostels and shelters * community services The department was headed by the Commissioner of Community Services. This department is now under Toronto Community Services. Community Services Community service is unpaid work performed by a person or group of people for the benefit and betterment of their community without any form of compensation. Community service can be distinct from volunteering, since it is not always performed ...

Regional Municipality
A regional municipality (or region) is a type of Municipal government in Canada, Canadian municipal government similar to and at the same municipality, municipal local government, government level as a county, although the specific structure and servicing responsibilities may vary from place to place. Regional municipalities were formed in highly populated areas where it was considered more efficient to provide certain services, such as water, emergency services, and waste management over an area encompassing more than one local municipality. For this reason, regions may be involved in providing services to residents and businesses. Regional municipalities, where and when they include lower-tier municipalities within their boundaries, are sometimes referred to as upper-tier municipalities. Regional municipalities which generally have more servicing responsibilities than counties. Typical services include maintenance and construction of arterial roads including in urban areas, tr ...
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Metropolitan Toronto
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. History City and suburbs Prior to the formation of Metropolitan Toronto, the municipalities surrounding the central city of Toronto were all independent townships, towns and villages within York County. After 1912, the city no longer an ...
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Toronto Community Services
Toronto Community Services was the department responsible for providing social services, housing and shelters for homeless, day care, and old age homes. It was part of Metro Toronto Community Services department. As of April 2005, the departments and commissioners were replaced by divisions under the City Manager and Deputy Managers. The department was responsible for providing: * Toronto Homes for the Aged Division * Toronto Children's Services Division Assets * Long-term care facilities (all pre-1998 facilities acquired from Metro): ** Carefree Lodge, North York - 127 bed facility opened in 1967 ** Kipling Acres, Etobicoke - 337 bed facility built in 1959 with upgrades 2014 ** Wishing Well Manor, Scarborough ** Bendale Acres, Scarborough - 302 beds facility built 1963 ** Lakeshore Lodge, Etobicoke - 150 beds built 1990 ** Castleview Wychwood Towers, Toronto - 456 beds ** Cummer Lodge, North York - 391 beds ** Fudger House, Toronto - 249 beds built 1965 ** Seven Oaks, Scarbor ...
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