Toronto's municipal government has 44 elected councillors (representing approx. 55,000 people each) who along with the mayor make up Toronto City Council. Toronto elects a new local government every four years. The next election is slated for November 2010.

In 1998, the Provincial Government restructured Toronto's municipal government into a Megacity comprised of the former municipalities of North York, Etobicoke, Scarborough, York, the Old City of Toronto and the Borough of East York. This is often referred to as the Amalgamation.

Municipal and provincial responsibilities were re-jigged and property tax was reformed. Only the governments of Canada, British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec govern larger populations than the City of Toronto.

• $7.6 billion operating budget
• $1.250 billion capital budget
• 6th largest government in Canada
• approximately 45,000 employees (including Agencies, Boards and Commissions run by city of Toronto)

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