Metro Toronto Community Services was a department within the former
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 an ...
of
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, whic ...
.
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 ...
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