Found on the north-west side of Lake Ontario, Toronto is the largest city in Canada. with 2,731,571 residents in 2016.
French forts Fort Rouillé and Fort Toronto were established in present day Toronto in 1750, but they abandoned a decade later due to the turbulence of the Seven Years' War.
In 1793, the British Governor John Graves Simcoe built a fort and settlement in the same present day Toronto location. He named it York after Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany. The town's settlement was formed at the eastern end of the harbor behind the peninsula, near the present-day intersection of Parliament Street and Front Street (in the "Old Town" area).
Simcoe decided to move the Upper Canada capital from Newark to York believing that the new site would be less vulnerable to attack by the United States.
Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begun in York in 1795.
The picture below is a notice to settlers of Yonge Street from 1798, indicating their duties once they settled land granted to them.
American forces attacked York in 1813 as part of the War of 1812. The Battle of York ended in its capture and the Americans subsequently plundered the town, and set fire to the legislative buildings.
York, Upper Canada, was incorporated as a city on March 6, 1834. It was renamed Toronto, the Huron Indian word for meeting place.
Toronto became a major destination for immigrants to Canada in the second half of the 19th century. The first significant wave of immigrants were Irish, fleeing the Great Irish Famine. In 1847, with a population of just 20,000 people, Toronto took in 38,560 Irish famine victims.
Toronto was one of two cities (along with Montreal) that wanted to be the capital of Canada, but Queen Victoria decided that Ottawa, then a small logging town, should be the national capital as it was located between the two.
The Yonge Street subway line opened in Toronto on March 30, 1954. It was the first subway built in Canada.
Construction of the CN Tower in Toronto topped out in April 1975, beginning the 553.33 metres (1,815.4 ft) tower's 34 year reign as the world's tallest free-standing structure.
The Toronto census metropolitan area (CMA) held a population of 5,928,040 in 2016 , making it Canada's most populous CMA.
Toronto is closer to the equator than it is to the North Pole.
According to Canada's 2011 census, 49 percent of Torontonians are immigrants.
Highway 401 is a 400-series highway in the Canadian province of Ontario stretching 817.9 kilometres (508.2 mi). The portion that passes through Toronto is the busiest highway in the world, and one of the widest.
The EdgeWalk on Toronto's CN Tower — a precipitously high walkway open to the elements from which brave visitors can lean out held only by a safety lead — is 356 metres (1168 feet) above the ground.
Though it has always been a fictional American city, the original artist of Superman modeled the Metropolis skyline after Toronto.
The Toronto Blue Jays are a major league baseball team based in Toronto. In 1992, "the Jays" became the first non-US team to win the World Series, a feat they repeated in 1993.
The Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto is the largest museum in Canada. With more than six million items and forty galleries, the museum's diverse collections of world culture and natural history contribute to its international reputation. It exhibits vary from the world's largest collection of fossils from the Burgess Shale to the tomb of Zu Dashou, a Ming dynasty Chinese general.
Toronto has around 90 fake houses (they look real on the outside) which contain transformers that convert raw, high voltage electricity to a voltage low enough to distribute throughout the city.
There is a 30 kilometre (19 mile) network of tunnels underneath downtown Toronto, connecting shops, subway stations and restaurants so people do not need to go outside into the heat and snow.
A Toronto man built a wooden staircase for safe entry to a park for $550 after he learned that the city-made staircase would cost $65,000/150,000. Although it was removed by city staff due to safety concerns, the mayor called and thanked him for his effort, and a new stairway was built for $10,000.
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| Skylone of Toronto. By chensiyuan |
HISTORY
French forts Fort Rouillé and Fort Toronto were established in present day Toronto in 1750, but they abandoned a decade later due to the turbulence of the Seven Years' War.
In 1793, the British Governor John Graves Simcoe built a fort and settlement in the same present day Toronto location. He named it York after Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany. The town's settlement was formed at the eastern end of the harbor behind the peninsula, near the present-day intersection of Parliament Street and Front Street (in the "Old Town" area).
Simcoe decided to move the Upper Canada capital from Newark to York believing that the new site would be less vulnerable to attack by the United States.
Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begun in York in 1795.
The picture below is a notice to settlers of Yonge Street from 1798, indicating their duties once they settled land granted to them.
American forces attacked York in 1813 as part of the War of 1812. The Battle of York ended in its capture and the Americans subsequently plundered the town, and set fire to the legislative buildings.
York, Upper Canada, was incorporated as a city on March 6, 1834. It was renamed Toronto, the Huron Indian word for meeting place.
Toronto became a major destination for immigrants to Canada in the second half of the 19th century. The first significant wave of immigrants were Irish, fleeing the Great Irish Famine. In 1847, with a population of just 20,000 people, Toronto took in 38,560 Irish famine victims.
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| View of Toronto 1854. Whitefield, Edwin. 1816-1892 |
Toronto was one of two cities (along with Montreal) that wanted to be the capital of Canada, but Queen Victoria decided that Ottawa, then a small logging town, should be the national capital as it was located between the two.
The Yonge Street subway line opened in Toronto on March 30, 1954. It was the first subway built in Canada.
Construction of the CN Tower in Toronto topped out in April 1975, beginning the 553.33 metres (1,815.4 ft) tower's 34 year reign as the world's tallest free-standing structure.
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| The CN Tower and the Toronto Harbor By Wladyslaw |
FUN TORONTO FACTS
The Toronto census metropolitan area (CMA) held a population of 5,928,040 in 2016 , making it Canada's most populous CMA.
Toronto is closer to the equator than it is to the North Pole.
According to Canada's 2011 census, 49 percent of Torontonians are immigrants.
Highway 401 is a 400-series highway in the Canadian province of Ontario stretching 817.9 kilometres (508.2 mi). The portion that passes through Toronto is the busiest highway in the world, and one of the widest.
The EdgeWalk on Toronto's CN Tower — a precipitously high walkway open to the elements from which brave visitors can lean out held only by a safety lead — is 356 metres (1168 feet) above the ground.
Though it has always been a fictional American city, the original artist of Superman modeled the Metropolis skyline after Toronto.
The Toronto Blue Jays are a major league baseball team based in Toronto. In 1992, "the Jays" became the first non-US team to win the World Series, a feat they repeated in 1993.
The Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto is the largest museum in Canada. With more than six million items and forty galleries, the museum's diverse collections of world culture and natural history contribute to its international reputation. It exhibits vary from the world's largest collection of fossils from the Burgess Shale to the tomb of Zu Dashou, a Ming dynasty Chinese general.
Toronto has around 90 fake houses (they look real on the outside) which contain transformers that convert raw, high voltage electricity to a voltage low enough to distribute throughout the city.
There is a 30 kilometre (19 mile) network of tunnels underneath downtown Toronto, connecting shops, subway stations and restaurants so people do not need to go outside into the heat and snow.
A Toronto man built a wooden staircase for safe entry to a park for $550 after he learned that the city-made staircase would cost $65,000/150,000. Although it was removed by city staff due to safety concerns, the mayor called and thanked him for his effort, and a new stairway was built for $10,000.
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