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- Thousands of Black Americans who escaped slavery settled in Toronto before the American Civil War.
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Toronto has had an African Canadian population from its early days as a settlement. Its inhabitants included enslaved women, men, and children, Black Loyalists, and African Americans escaping enslavement in the United States.
Toronto was founded as the Town of York and capital of Upper Canada in 1793 after the Mississaugas sold the land to the British in the Toronto Purchase. For over 12,000 years, Indigenous People have lived in the Toronto area.
In 1979, Toronto became the first municipality in Canada to proclaim Black History Month through the efforts of many individuals and organizations such as the Ontario Black History Society.
In 1840, Toronto’s Anglican archbishop John Strachan commissioned a young Black man and former student, Peter Gallego, to conduct a census of Toronto’s Black residents; he counted 525. 20 Within 15 years, that number had almost doubled, with over half of city’s 973 Black residents living in St. John’s Ward. 21 (With a population of ...
A riot occurs after a protest march after the police shooting of Raymond Lawrence, a young black man. 1993: May 23: The Princess of Wales Theatre opens. 1995: August 11: The Russell Hill subway accident occurs. 1998: January 1: East York, Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough, Old Toronto, York and Metro Toronto are amalgamated into the new City ...
Apr 16, 2024 · By the mid-19th century, Toronto had become the largest city in Canada and a cultural and economic center. It was officially designated as the capital of the Province of Ontario in 1867 when Canada became a confederation.
The oldest Black institution in the city, now located on D'Arcy street is the First Baptist Church which was founded in 1826 when a dozen escaped slaves met on the shores of Toronto Bay and prayed. Worshipping at first outdoors, they had by 1827 expanded in number and leased the St. George' s Masonic Lodge for Sunday meetings.
