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- York County was created on 16 June 1792 and was part of the jurisdiction of the Home District of Upper Canada.
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York County was created on 16 June 1792 [1] and was part of the jurisdiction of the Home District of Upper Canada. It originally comprised all of what is now the City of Toronto, the regional municipalities of Halton, Peel, and York as well as portions of the Regional Municipality of Durham, and the City of Hamilton.
County of York. In 1953, the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was created to administer common services for the City of the Toronto, the townships of East York, Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough and York as well as seven villages and towns that had been separated from these townships over time; each of these municipalities retained their ...
-York County was divided in 1852 creating Peel County to the west and Ontario County to the east. -Canada West became the Province of Ontario in 1867. -In 1873 Richmond Hill was incorporated as a town.
York County's West Riding was divided once in 1816 to form Gore District (later Halton, Wentworth, Waterloo and Wellington Counties) and again in 1851 to form Peel County. Counties, districts and townships in different areas of the province may have shared the same name.
From York County to York Region On July 1, 1867, the passing of the British North American Act signalled the creation of Canada as a nation and unified the Province of Canada (Ontario and Quebec), Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Apr 12, 2024 · York County is a historic county in Upper Canada, Canada West, and the Canadian province of Ontario. York County was created on 16 June 1792[1] and was part of the jurisdiction of the Home District of Upper Canada.
YORK County. Named from the town of York, now Toronto, established by Governor Simcoe (1792) as the capital of the Province, near the site of a French Fort (Rouille) which was burned in 1759.
