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York County is a historic county in Upper Canada, Canada West, and the Canadian province of Ontario. It was organized by the Upper Canada administration from the lands of the Toronto Purchase and others.
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.
Quakers immigrated to Canada from New York, the New England States, and Pennsylvania. A Canadian Quaker sect, the Children of Peace , was founded during the War of 1812 after a schism in York County.
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The names of the many early pioneer settlers of York Region are scattered throughout various published local histories, biographies and articles.
York was a town and the second capital of the colony of Upper Canada. It is the predecessor to the old city of Toronto (1834–1998) . It was established in 1793 by Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe as a "temporary" location for the capital of Upper Canada, while he made plans to build a capital near today's London, Ontario .
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Media in category "York County, Ontario" The following 6 files are in this category, out of 6 total. Report on a water pollution survey of the village of Sutton, county of York (IA REPORTONAWATERPO00SNSN10164.ome).pdf 1,270 × 1,645, 16 pages; 2.09 MB
