Ministry of Transportation (Ontario)
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The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) is an Ontario government ministry responsible for transport infrastructure and law in the Canadian province of Ontario. Its headquarters are located in St. Catharines, Ontario.
The ministry is responsible for:
- 9.7 million registered vehicles
- 8.5 million drivers
- 55 driver examination centres & 37 travel points (both operated by Serco DES Inc, as DriveTest Centres)
- 281 privately owned Driver and Vehicle Licence Issuing Offices across the province
- GO Transit
- 16,525 kilometres of provincial highway
- Service Ontario Kiosks
The ministry was gradually created and re-created from other provincial ministries:
- Provincial road building instructor 1896-1916
- Provincial Department of Public Highways 1916-1960s
- Department in the motor vehicles branch 1920
- Department of Highways 1960s
- Ministry of Transportation and Communications 1971-1993
- James W. Snow 1975-1984 - as Minister of Transportation and Communications
- Ed Fulton 1985-1989
- Ed Philip 1990-1991
- Gilles Pouliot 1991-1994
- Al Palladini 1995-1997
- Tony Clement 1997-1999
- David Turnbull 1999-2001
- Norm Sterling 2001-2003
- Frank Klees 2003
- Harinder Takhar 2003-2006
- Donna Cansfield 2006-present
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