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1. www.britannica.com › place › TorontoToronto - History, Capital, Canada | Britannica

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   4 days ago · By the 1660s the Seneca occupied two sites— Teiaiagon, at the mouth of the Humber River, and Ganatsekwyagon, located near the mouth of the Rouge River. However, these sites were abandoned by the Seneca, and the Mississauga ( Ojibwa) occupied the area by the end of that century.

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3. www.cbc.ca › news › canadaToronto needs more money to rename Yonge-Dundas Square

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   Jun 18, 2024 · Toronto city council voted Thursday to rename Yonge-Dundas Square to Sankofa Square in 2024. The new name originates in Ghana and means “reclaiming past teachings that enable us to move...

4. www.blogto.com › city › 2024The Toronto Pride Parade route map and road closures for 2024

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   5 days ago · Toronto Pride Parade route map. The Toronto Pride Parade will follow the same route in 2024 as it did last year, launching at the corner of Church and Bloor at 2 p.m., heading west on Bloor, south ...

5. www.blogto.com › city › 2021The surprisingly radical history of that church they built ...

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   Jun 8, 2024 · The Church of the Holy Trinity, located in Trinity Square in downtown Toronto, is on the west side of the busy Eaton Centre. However, when it was built in 1847, Henry Scadding, author of...

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6. www.theglobeandmail.com › canada › torontoWhy can’t Toronto keep its best public spaces in good repair?

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   Jun 15, 2024 · Bookmark. Two centuries ago, Toronto’s leaders set aside a parcel of land in its growing west end for the enjoyment of the public. It became Clarence Square, a classic Victorian park with...

7. thespaces.com › giant-shimmering-bubbles-haveGiant shimmering bubbles have popped up in a Toronto plaza

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   Jun 5, 2024 · Toronto’s Luminato Festival has kicked, and among the offerings is a giant bubble artwork that tumbles across a public square. Evanescent is designed by Sydney’s Atelier Sisu –led by award-winning artists Renzo B Larriviere and Zara Pasfield–and the Instagramable pop-up installation exemplifies the studio’s interactive ‘bubble ...

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   When did Toronto become the largest city in Canada?

   • By the 1976 census, Toronto passed Montreal to become the largest city in Canada, and the gap between these two cities continued to grow. The present City of Toronto limits were set in 1998, dissolving the Metropolitan system and amalgamating the five adjacent boroughs.

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   Why was Toronto the first capital of Ontario?

   • Ontario’s first parliament met in 1792 at Niagara, but in 1793 Col. John Graves Simcoe, lieutenant governor of Upper Canada, selected the present site of Toronto for his capital because of its fine harbor, its strategic location for defense and trade, and the rich potential of its wilderness hinterland.

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   Where is the Church of the Holy Trinity in Toronto?

   • The Church of the Holy Trinity, located in Trinity Square in downtown Toronto, is on the west side of the busy Eaton Centre. However, when it was b...

   The surprisingly radical history of that church they built the Toronto

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   How did the telegraph connect Toronto to New York?

   • A telegraph connection (first used in 1847) between Toronto and New York improved communications and the transfer of goods, especially all the inputs required (from seeds to processing equipment) for the rapidly expanding agricultural frontier of southern Ontario.

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   How did the First Nations settle Toronto?

   • Prior to the arrival of Europeans, a number of First Nations peoples inhabited the site of the present city of Toronto and the surrounding regions. Their seminomadic settlement patterns included using the Toronto Passage—a portage from the mouth of the Humber River to Georgian Bay —as a trade route.

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   How will Etobicoke square be funded?

   • Additional costs above the $335,000 budgeted by the city "will be funded directly by the Square through third-party financial partners and in-kind support," city manager Paul Johnson wrote in a letter responding to formal questions from Coun. Stephen Holyday, who represents Ward 2, Etobicoke Centre.

   Toronto needs more money to rename Yonge-Dundas Square

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9. nationalpost.com › opinion › heres-just-how-smashingHere's just how smashing the Liberal defeat was in Toronto-St ...

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   3 days ago · The Liberals’ first byelection loss in Toronto since 1981. ... If you live in Ottawa Centre, you just received this charming map in the mail from Liberal MP Yasir Naqvi. MPs have priority access ...