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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.
Map of York County. Click here to generate index of people.
We have attempted to gather the names of all York Region Pioneer Settlers into this one comprehensive list, with enough information to establish when they came to the area, and where they settled.
York County Maps & Facts. Reference: Wm. H. Smith, “Smith’s Canadian Gazetteer, 1846” (Toronto: H. & W. Roswell) (Coles Canadiana Collection) -Before 1788 the Townships of East Gwillimbury, Georgina, King, Markham, Vaughan and Whitchurch were located in the Montreal District, Province of Quebec.-In 1788 the Montreal District was divided ...
County of York - The images used for this section were scanned from a map of southern and central Ontario circa 1951. This map was chosen because it predates most of the urban growth that occurred in south-central Ontario after World War II.
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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.
