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The Toronto region remained in British North America after the founding of the United States during the American Revolution, after which several thousand United Empire Loyalists resettled in southern Ontario.
Toronto was founded as the Town of York and capital of Upper Canada in 1793 after the Mississaugas sold the land to the British in the Toronto Purchase. [1] For over 12,000 years, Indigenous People have lived in the Toronto area.
The earliest Toronto neighbourhoods were the five municipal wards that the city was split into in 1834. The wards were named for the patron saints of the four nations of the British Isles ( St. George, St. Andrew, St. Patrick, and St. David) and St. Lawrence, the patron saint of Canada.
Discover the fascinating history of New Toronto (Islington & Lakeshore Blvd W), an iconic neighbourhood born from the industrial era, where factories created thriving communities for their workers.
An overview of Toronto’s History. The French Colony (1615-1760) The first European to set foot on the shores of Lake Ontario in the vicinity of what is now Toronto was French explorer Étienne Brûlé. He was part of the expedition led by Samuel de Champlain in 1608 that resulted in the founding of Quebec. However, the Toronto region had been ...
The map below shows Toronto’s 140 historical neighbourhoods that have been in existence from 1996 to 2021. Additional information regarding the historical Toronto neighbourhood profiles (2001, 2006, 2011 and 2016 Census years) can be requested via email at spar@toronto.ca .
Main article: History of Toronto. See also: Amalgamation of Toronto. The site of Toronto lay at the entrance to one of the oldest routes to the northwest, a route known and used by the Huron, Iroquois, and Ojibwe. Archaeological sites show evidence of human occupation dating back thousands of years.
