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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.
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This research guide focuses on Toronto Public Library's resources on the former City of York, a municipality that was located northwest of the old city of Toronto, southwest of the former city of North York and east of the Humber River and the former city of Etobicoke. It was one of seven municipalities that were amalgamated in 1998 to form the cur...
The history of the former City of York dates back to 1791 when Upper Canada (Ontario) was first surveyed and divided into townships. Originally known as Dublin, York Township was a large area surrounding Toronto, designated as the provincial capital and renamed York in 1793. The name Toronto was resumed when the Town of York became a city in 1834. ...
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Toronto City Directories
Published for almost 170 years, Toronto city directoriesare an invaluable research tool to: research the history of a house or other buildings; trace people that have lived in the city including family members, missing persons, birth parents; discover the development of a neighbourhood or a street; learn about services, products and entertainments that were available to Torontonians over time; find out about local businesses and other organizations TPL has created this fileto help you find di...
Research Guide to Reggae Lane: Toronto's Jamaican Music Scene, 1960's to Present
This guidecontains multiple media resources related to the world renowned Jamaican music scene in this area.
Books at Maria A. Shchuka Branch Local History Collection
This reference collection is housed on the second floor of the library. Circulating copies of some titles may be available at Toronto Public Library. History of Toronto and County of York, Ontario. 1885. Outline of the history of the Dominion of Canada and a history of the City of Toronto and the County of York. See "The Township of York," volume I, pages 77-96. Read both volumes online at Internet Archive (Volume I, Volume II). History of Weston, by Fredrick D. Cruickshank. 1937. Pioneer Lif...
Books available at other Toronto Public Library branches
Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of York, Ontario: Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and Many of the Early Settled Families, by J. H. Beers & Co. 1907 William Tyrrell of Weston, by Edith Lennox Morrison. 1937 I Was There: A Book of Reminiscences, by Mary Edith Carey Tyrrell. 1938 Old Toronto: A Selection of Excerpts from Landmarks of Toronto, John Ross Robertson. 1954 One Hundred Years: A Retrospect, 1857-1957: Weston Grammar School to We...
Resources at City of Toronto Archives
York Records A finding aid to the City of Toronto's "records, created by municipal governments as well as private groups and individuals, about York, including personal papers; published books and reports; and visual material, including maps and photographs." This research guide was developed by Toronto Public Library staff: Barbara Baillargeon, Librarian, Maria A. Shchuka Branch and Barbara Myrvold, Senior Services Specialist, Local History. They were assisted by Abby Sharon, Graduate Studen...
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.
If a time is in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), a "Z" is added directly after the time without a separating space. "Z" is the zone designator for the zero UTC offset. "09:30 UTC" is therefore represented as "09:30Z" or "0930Z". Likewise, "14:45:15 UTC" is written as "14:45:15Z" or "144515Z". [26]
The townships became part of the County of York.-In October 1792 Nassau District became the Home District which included the County of York and City of Toronto.-Loyalist and Quaker settlers came to the area when John Graves Simcoe opened Yonge Street in 1796. -In 1826 North Gwillimbury township was created from Georgina.
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.
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