Those community councils never became high functioning, and the original six were reduced to four. Even further back, 64 years ago, the province created Metro Toronto, a landmark reorganization of municipal government unique in North America. Twelve cities, towns and villages around the city of Toronto were amalgamated into Metro Toronto, each having one member on the new Metro Council, and the city of Toronto itself was awarded twelve members. This established a two-tier government with the metro tier looking after city-wide operations and the local tier, essentially the remaining governments from the amalgamated municipalities, looking after more local matters.
Shared between the two tiers were things that relied on existing infrastructure. The general consensus was that the Metro form of government worked well. It lasted until 1997, when the province forced another form of amalgamation by eliminating the lower tier and creating the City of Toronto from what was formerly Metro Toronto.