OFD City and Policy Practice Test

Ontario runs as a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy at the provincial level. The Crown’s role is largely ceremonial, carried out by the Lieutenant Governor who represents the Crown in Ontario, while elected representatives form the Legislative Assembly. The Premier and Cabinet run the government, making and implementing laws that the assembly debates and votes on, with assent from the Crown.

The choice describing city council and a city manager reflects how cities are run locally, not the province as a whole. Municipalities in Ontario have elected councils (and often a mayor) plus an administrator or city manager who oversees daily operations. So, while Ontario’s local government is organized as city councils with administrators, the province itself functions as a constitutional monarchy within a parliamentary system.