TORONTO 



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TORONTO 



Churches and Educational Institutions. With 

 one church for approximately every thousand 

 of total population, Toronto is often called "the 

 city of churches." Saint Paul's (Anglican) is 

 perhaps the costliest ;, Saint James Cathedral 

 (Anglican), although erected as early as 1852, 

 is still one of the finest churches of the city. 

 Saint Michael's Cathedral (Roman Catholic), 

 Saint James and Saint Andrews (Presbyterian), 

 the Eaton Memorial Methodist in its beautiful 

 surroundings, the Metropolitan Methodist, 

 noted for its great organ, Jarvis Street Baptist 

 and Bond Street Congregational are notable. 



Toronto is. the educational center of the Do- 

 minion. In fact, the city's most conspicuous 

 buildings are the University of Toronto and its 

 affiliated institutions and the beautiful Gothic 

 of Victoria University. In addition, there are 

 McMagter University (Baptist), Trinity Col- 

 lege (Anglican) and Upper Canada College, the 

 oldest secondary school in the Dominion. The 

 city's public schools are noted for their high 

 standards as well as for their splendid buildings. 

 The Technical School, erected at an expense 

 of $2,000,000, is one of the best-equipped 

 schools on the continent. The public library, 

 the largest in the Dominion, with its fourteen 

 branches, many of them in beautiful buildings, 

 has a prominent part in the education of the 

 people. There are numerous private schools. 



Toronto is also the center in Canada for edu- 

 cation in the arts. It is the home of the On- 

 tario Society of Artists and of the Canadian 

 Art Club, and it has a flourishing art school 

 and a specially large number of musical schools. 

 The students of these schools have contributed 

 by their interest and support to the mainte- 

 nance of the Mendelssohn Choir and the Sym- 

 phony Orchestra, two institutions of which the 

 citizens of Toronto are justly proud. The 

 Mendelssohn Choir is one of the best choral 

 societies in the world. It is worthy of note that 

 one of the leading clubs is called the Arts and 

 Letters Club. 



Public Buildings and Other Features. In ad- 

 dition to the churches and schools, Toronto may 

 boast of its public buildings. The most con- 

 spicuous is the city hall, on Queen Street. It 

 was completed in 1899, eight years after the 

 laying of the cornerstone, and cost about $2,- 

 500,000. Its massive tower, 300 feet high, holds 

 a clock which is said to be the largest winding 

 clock in North America. The diameter of its 

 face is twenty feet, and its largest bell weighs 

 11,648 pounds. Second in importance is the 

 Parliamentary building in the Queen's Park, 



beautifully situated and of an imposing char- 

 acter. The Royal Bank building is the highest 

 building in the British Empire. The new Union 



THE CITY HALL 



Station, the magnificent General Hospital, the 

 pride of the city, half a dozen other hospitals, 

 Eaton's great department store, and the Arena, 

 the largest auditorium, deserve special mention. 



Exhibition Park is the home of the Canadian 

 National Exhibition, an annual event which is 

 famous for its agricultural, industrial and ar- 

 tistic exhibits. Most of the buildings in the 

 park are of red pressed brick with stone trim- 

 mings and are practically fireproof. The at- 

 tendance during the exhibition each Septem- 

 ber is about one million. The city has many 

 parks, including High Park (335 acres), Hum- 

 ber Boulevard (129 acres) and Riverdale Park 

 (108 acres). Riverdale Park has a zoological 

 garden. Hanlon's Point, on the island, and 

 Scarborough Beach, at the eastern end of the 

 city, are amusement parks. The city itself is 

 noted for its beautiful domestic architecture, 

 the thousands of homes with their beautiful 

 gardens making it especially attractive. 



Government. The government of the city is 

 vested in a board of control (five members, in- 

 cluding the. mayor) and a board of aldermen. 

 The board of control, whose members are 

 elected each year by the voters at large, is the 

 executive body, and it has general administra- 

 tion of the city's affairs. The schools, however, 

 are controlled by a board of education, elected 



