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Canada's three territories have also been granted similar autonomy over these matters under the provisions of federal legislation. This means that there is a separate agency (or agencies) in each province responsible for regulating the consumption of and, in all but one case, the sale of alcoholic drinks.
The RST was increased one point to 8% on July 1, 2013. It reverted to 7% as of July 1, 2019 and although it was planned to drop to 6% as of July 1, 2020 [3] [4] due to the COVID-19 pandemic the province has deferred the reduction until further notice. [5] There is a 5% tax on lodging and 5% tax on hotel room fees. New Brunswick: HST: 10: 15
The following is a list of Canada's largest enclosed shopping malls, by reported total retail floor space, or gross leasable area (GLA) with 750,000 square feet (70,000 m 2) and over. In cases where malls have equal areas, they are further ranked by the number of stores.
The highway is one of the major backbones of a network in the Great Lakes region, connecting the populous Quebec City–Windsor corridor with Michigan, New York and central Ontario's cottage country. [13] It is the principal connection between Toronto and Montreal, becoming Autoroute 20 at the Ontario–Quebec border. [14]
Montreal's economy is the second largest of all cities in Canada [1] and the first in Quebec. [2] Montreal is a centre of commerce, industry, technology, culture, finance, and world affairs. In 2022, Metropolitan Montreal was responsible for $233 Billion CDN of Quebec's $425 Billion CDN GDP , [ 3 ] with a population of 4.37 million people. [ 4 ]
In a return match in November 1925 in Brooklyn, New York, Canada was defeated 1–6. [25] One year later, Canada lost 2–6 to the Americans in the same city [26] before playing four internationals in a 1927 tour of New Zealand. [17] The New Zealand tour included a total of 22 games, of which Canada won 19 with only 2 defeats.
Downtown Toronto is the main central business district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Located entirely within the district of Old Toronto, it is approximately 16.6 square kilometres in area, [3] bounded by Bloor Street to the northeast and Dupont Street to the northwest, Lake Ontario to the south, the Don Valley to the east, and Bathurst Street to the west.
Canada inherited its criminal laws from England.The first recorded laws dealing with prostitution were in Nova Scotia in 1759, although as early as August 19, 1675 the Sovereign Council of New France convicted Catherine Guichelin, one of the King's Daughters, with leading a "life scandalous and dishonest to the public", declared her a prostitute and banished her from the walls of Quebec City ...