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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.
Map of York County. Click here to generate index of people.
York Region covers 1,762 square kilometres from Lake Simcoe in the north to the city of Toronto in the south. Its eastern border is shared with Durham Region, to the west is Peel Region, and Simcoe County is to the northwest. A detailed map of the region showing its major roads, communities and points of interest is available.
Local Municipalities. The Regional Municipality of York consists of nine municipalities. Local government is organized in a two-tier structure. Public transit, water, emergency medical services and policing are handled by York Region, while curb-side garbage collection, local parks and libraries are the responsibility of each municipality.
Map of York County with municipal labels showing cities and boroughs (in red), townships (in white), and census-designated places (in blue) Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated municipalities: cities , boroughs , townships , and, in only one case, towns .
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Teiaiagon, settled by the Iroquois on the eastern bank of the Humber River, where Baby Pointis now, was the oldest known settlement on the land that would later become York Township. York Township was first organized in 1793. Its initial boundaries were the Humber River to the west, in the east by what would become Victoria Park Avenue, and in the ...
There are several distinct neighbourhoods in the former city, including the former municipality of Weston, which retains its own main street, Weston Road, and several street names duplicated in other districts of Toronto, especially downtown Toronto. North and west of Oakwood Village is the Fairbank community. Silverthorn is west of Fairbank. Silve...
Before York was dissolved, the York Board of Educationoversaw public secular schools in the former city. Since 1998, the district has been administered by the four Toronto boards: 1. Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir(CSCM) 2. Conseil scolaire Viamonde(CSV) 3. Toronto Catholic District School Board(TCDSB) 4. Toronto District School Board(TDSB) C...
Public library system
Before 1997, the city operated its own library system, the York Public Library. York Public Library was merged with the other library systems of the new City of Toronto to form the new Toronto Public Library(TPL). TPL operates several branches within the district. York's first public library was the Mount Dennis branch, which operated out of rented premises from 1923. In 1945, the Township of York Public Library Board was established, and proceeded to build three new library buildings that op...
York operated its own bus and streetcar service, until it was absorbed by the Toronto Transit Commission. Today, the area is served by the Toronto Transit Commission's buses, streetcar, and subway system.Of the Toronto subway system, only the Heath Street exit of St. Clair West station on Line 1 Yonge–University is in the former city of York as Egl...
The community was first organized as a township in 1793, but not incorporated until 1850. The township was initially a township under the County of York until 1954. In 1954, York was formally severed from the county, along with other municipalities situated south of Steeles Avenue to form the upper-tier government of Metropolitan Toronto. In 1967, ...
General and cited references
1. Boylen, J. C. (1954). York Township: An Historical Summary 1850–1954. The Municipal Corporation of the Township of York and The Board of Education of the Township of York.
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The towns of Aurora, Newmarket and Richmond Hill were expanded to include parts of the surrounding townships. -York County was divided into the The Regional Municipality of York and Metropolitan Toronto on 1st January 1971.
