"Province of Toronto" redirects here. For the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical province, see Ecclesiastical Province of Toronto.
A map of the Greater Toronto Area with the City of Toronto and the four surrounding regional municipalities.
The Province of Toronto is an urban secession proposal to split the city of Toronto and some or all of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)[1] from the province of Ontario into a new Canadian province. Secession of Toronto, the surrounding region, or any other portion of the province from Ontario to create a new province would require an amendment to the Constitution of Canada.[2][3]
The proposal for a new province of Toronto has been made by politicians and urban affairs commentators, in 2010 by MPP Bill Murdoch,[4] and most recently by 2018 Toronto mayoral candidate and former Toronto Chief Planner Jennifer Keesmaat.[5] The concept has also been supported by Jane Jacobs and others.[4]
Variations of the proposal have appeared intermittently for decades.[6]
In fact, the remedy he proposes has been discussed, off-and-on for decades, by a variety of urban advocates dedicated to securing more power, autonomy and clout for Canada's largest city.
— Editorial, "Should Toronto be a province?", Toronto Star[6]
^Coyle, Jim (17 March 2010). "Toronto secede? Where's the door?". Toronto Star. Star Media Group. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
^"Amendment by general procedure". Constitution Act, 1982. Department of Justice, Government of Canada. Retrieved 17 March 2010. An amendment to the Constitution of Canada in relation to the following matters may be made only in accordance with subsection 38(1)...notwithstanding any other law or practice, the establishment of new provinces.
^"MPP's vision: Province of Toronto". Toronto Star. Owen Sound: Star Media Group. The Canadian Press. 16 March 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
^ abLu, Vanessa (16 March 2010). "Should Toronto go it alone?". Toronto Star. Star Media Group. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
^@jen_keesmaat (27 July 2018). "Now I have had a chance to sleep on it. Secession. Why should a city of 2.8 million not have self governance?" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ ab"Should Toronto be a province?". Toronto Star. Star Media Group. 18 March 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
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