Ontario

=== Law ===
[[File:One of Osgoode Hall facade during Doors Open Toronto event, 2010.jpg|thumb|[[Osgoode Hall]] houses the [[Court of Appeal for Ontario]], the [[appellate court]] for the province.]]
{{Further|Courts of Ontario}}
Ontario has grown, from its roots in [[Upper Canada]], into a modern jurisdiction. The old titles of the chief law officers, the Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General, remain in use. They both are responsible to the Legislature. The Attorney-General draughts the laws and is responsible for criminal prosecutions and the administration of justice, while the Solicitor-General is responsible for law enforcement and the police services of the province. The ''[[Municipal Act]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_01m25_e.htm |website=Government of Ontario | title = ''Municipal Act, 2001'', S.O. 2001, c. 25| date = July 24, 2014| access-date = April 23, 2019| archive-date = March 30, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330230859/http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_01m25_e.htm| url-status = live}}</ref> is the main [[statute]] governing the creation, administration and government of [[municipality|municipalities]] in the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of Ontario, other than the [[City of Toronto government|City of Toronto]]. After being passed in 2001, it came into force on January 1, 2003, replacing the previous ''Municipal Act''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/repealedstatutes/english/elaws_rep_statutes_90m45_e.htm |website=Government of Ontario | title = ''Municipal Act, 1990'' R.S.O. 1990, c. M.45| date = July 24, 2014| access-date = April 23, 2019| archive-date = March 7, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307000559/http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/repealedstatutes/english/elaws_rep_statutes_90m45_e.htm| url-status = live}}</ref> Effective January 1, 2007, the ''Municipal Act'' (the Act) was significantly amended by the ''Municipal Statute Law Amendment Act, 2006'' (Bill 130).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amo.on.ca/AMO-Content/Municipal-101/How-Municipal-Government-Works.aspx|title= How Municipal Government Works|website=AMO |access-date=May 14, 2019|archive-date=April 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423041832/https://www.amo.on.ca/AMO-Content/Municipal-101/How-Municipal-Government-Works.aspx|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ontario.ca/laws/view|title=Law Document English View|date=July 24, 2014|website=Ontario.ca|access-date=May 14, 2019|archive-date=November 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114010813/https://www.ontario.ca/laws/|url-status=live}}</ref>