Racial-Migration - Comprehension Worksheet
Following elimination of racially based immigration policies in Canada by the late 1960s, immigration began from all parts of the world. Toronto's population grew to more than one million in 1951 and doubled to two million by 1971. By the 1980s, Toronto had surpassed Montreal as Canada's most populous city and the chief economic hub. During this time, in part due to the political uncertainty raised by the resurgence of the Quebec sovereignty movement, many corporations moved their head offices from Montreal to Toronto and other Canadian cities.
In 1954, the City of Toronto was federated into a regional government known as Metropolitan Toronto. Later metropolitan government began to manage services that crossed municipal boundaries. In 1967, the seven smallest municipalities of the region were merged into their larger neighbors, resulting in a six-city configuration that included the old City of Toronto and the surrounding municipalities of East York, Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough and York. In 1998, six metropolitan governments were dissolved into a single municipality, creating the current City of Toronto.
Multiple-Choice Question:
(A) Montreal
(B) Elimination of racially based immigration policies
(C) Quebec sovereignty movement
(D) Corporations moving to Toronto
(A) One (B) Two (C) Six (D) Five
(A) 1971 (B) 1954 (C) 1980 (D) 1998
(A) Quebec sovereignty movement
(B) Elimination of racially based immigration policies
(C) Other western Canadian cities
(D) Toronto's population doubled to two million by 1971
(A) Using water (B) Crossing municipal boundaries
(C) Using public transit (D) Crossing states
(A) city of Toronto (B) government of Toronto
(C) municipality of Toronto (D) business centre of Toronto
(A) six (B) Seven (C) one (D) not known
(A) Thinking hard is bad
(B) When you think very much it is good
(C) To produce diverse ideas people need to think a lot more
(D) When all think alike, it is very much thinking
(A) An agreement (B) A disagreement
(C) A joke (D) A song for praise
(A) Montreal (B) not mentioned
(C) Canada itself (D) Toronto
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Answer key:
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