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Oct 6, 2023 · Discover the history of the City of London, Ontario from European settlement in 1793 to its founding in 1826, uncover London's beginnings, evolution & progress.
- Settlement and Development
- Cityscape
- Population
- Economy and Labour Force
- Transportation
- Government and Politics
- Cultural Life
Within the territory of the NEUTRALS, who were succeeded by the OJIBWA, London began as a 405 ha site reserved by John Graves SIMCOE in 1793 as the future provincial capital and strategic pivot for defence. There were then few European settlers west of Lake Ontario, but after Thomas TALBOT's colonization scheme expanded north from Lake Erie, and on...
London's older central portion is a grid of wide streets laid out on level ground between north and south branches of the THAMES RIVER. Subsequently, the occasional annexation of adjacent land has resulted in a city area of 421.77 km2, half of it acquired in 1993. The city's suburban expansion post-1945 has moved north, west and south, onto somewha...
For most of its history, London's population has grown more by in-migration than by natural increase. As befits so classic an Upper Canadian, colonial town, even in the most recent census (2001c), more than one-third of Londoners identified all or part of their ethnic origin as English, followed by Canadian, Scottish and Irish. Those with German, F...
London's highly diversified manufacturing base today ranges from breakfast cereals (Kellogg's, 1924) through abrasives (3M, 1952) and light aircraft (Diamond, 1993) to heavy diesel locomotives (GM, 1949). Many firms are engaged in supplying components to automobile assembly plants in southwestern Ontario and the United States. London's hinterland c...
From the mid-1850s, London has been a major railway junction and division point, served by main lines of CN and CP Rail. VIA Rail's London passenger terminal is the third busiest in Canada, and the city is also served by Amtrak with daily services from Chicago. The London International Airport supports 5 scheduled airlines offering frequent feeder ...
Since 1847 London has for the most part been governed by a mayor and council members representing 4 wards. After a large annexation in 1961, the city added 3 wards and adopted a board of control (mayor plus 4 controllers directly elected) in addition to the 14 ward councillors. This structure was continued after the annexation of 1993, with greatly...
An active community of artists, both creative and interpretive, gives the region's cultural life great vitality. London has been home to several nationally and internationally known artists - notably Paul PEEL, Greg CURNOE, Philip Aziz and Paterson EWEN. Museum London (London Regional Art and Historical Museums, 1980-2001) supports the visual arts ...
- 352 395 (2006c); 336 539 (2001c)
- 4.7% (2001-2006); 3.3% (1996-2001)*
- 457 720 (2006c); 435 600 A (2001c)
- 5.1% (2001-2006); 3.8% (1996-2001)*
1762 and earlier. Aboriginal people lived on the land for millennia before European settlers came for means of exploration and colonization. Before Europeans traveled to North America, first nations people, mostly Algonquian and Iroquoian, shared the land where Ontario is now located.
Christ Church, Lambeth. Coordinates: 51.49844°N 0.11191°W. Christ Church in 2005. Christ Church, Lambeth, England, was founded by the Rev Dr Christopher Newman Hall in 1876 as a Congregational chapel, on Westminster Bridge Road.
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This was mainly due to the fact that many Irish canal workers had worked in the building of the Erie Canal and after it was completed in 1826 had headed north to Ontario to take up farming. In the 1850s many poor Irish were assisted through public schemes to come to Ontario where they found employment in the cities and towns.
The lands that make up present-day Ontario, the most populous province of Canada as of the early 21st century have been inhabited for millennia by groups of Aboriginal people, with French and British exploration and colonization commencing in the 17th century.