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York is a district and former city within Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located northwest of Old Toronto, southwest of North York and east of the Humber River. Originally formed as York Township, it encompassed the southern section of York County. It was split several times, creating East York and North York.
Nov 26, 2009 · York, Ont, is an urban community within the city of TORONTO and is separated from Etobicoke by the Humber River. The township of York was first surveyed in 1791 and the first settlers took up land in the township in 1796.
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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.
York was renamed and incorporated in 1834 as the city of Toronto. It was designated as the capital of the province of Ontario in 1867 during Canadian Confederation. [19] . The city proper has since expanded past its original limits through both annexation and amalgamation to its current area of 630.2 km 2 (243.3 sq mi).
- Canada
- 416, 647, 437
- 76.5 m (251.0 ft)
- March 6, 1834; 189 years ago (as City of Toronto)
York University (French: Université York), also known as YorkU or simply YU, is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, and it has approximately 55,700 students, 7,000 faculty and staff, and over 370,000 alumni worldwide.
- Urban / suburban, 185 ha (460 acres)
- 55,700
- Yeo the Lion
- Rhonda Lenton
York, former city (1983–98), southeastern Ontario, Canada. In 1998 it amalgamated with the cities of Toronto, Etobicoke, Scarborough, and North York and the borough of East York to form the City of Toronto. York was established as a borough in 1967, through the amalgamation of the township of York
The name York lived on through the name of York County (which was later split into Metropolitan Toronto and York Region ), and continues to live on through the names of several districts within the city, including Yorkville, East York, North York, and York the last three being suburbs that were formally amalgamated into the "megacity" of Toronto...
