Constitutional Amendment
For any part of Toronto and the surrounding region to secede from Ontario to create a new province would require an amendment to the Constitution of Canada. The constitutional amendment would require resolutions from the House of Commons of Canada and the Senate of Canada, and resolutions from the legislative bodies of 7 of the provinces representing at least 50% of the population.
However, it has also been suggested that such an amendment may not be necessary if the federal and provincial government agree to split the province.
Expert opinion suggests it might not require a constitutional amendment. If there was agreement between the feds and the legislature to divide the province, presto, Canada's first and second largest province could apparently be created overnight.
— Don Martin, Toronto as 11th province not all that far-fetched, Calgary Herald
Read more about this topic: Proposal For The Province Of Toronto
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