The History Of Toronto Begins Approximately 12,500 Years Ago
When
The Laurentide Ice Sheet
A Continental Glacier That Covered Northeastern North America
Retreated From
The Area Of Present-day Toronto
Soon Afterward Small Groups Of Indigenous People Moved Into
The Area
To Hunt Animals Such
As Caribou
Archaeological Finds
In
The Area Have Included Artifacts Of First Nations Dating Back Several Thousand Years
Prior
To 1000 AD
The Wyandot People Were Likely
The First Group
To Live
In
The Area
Followed By
The Iroquois
When Europeans First Came
To Toronto
They Found
A Small Village Known
As Teiaiagon
On
The Banks Of
The Humber River
Between Visits
By European Explorers
The Village Was Abandoned By
The Iroquois
Who Moved South Of Lake Ontario And
The Mississaugas
A Branch Of
The Ojibwa Settled Along
The North Shore Of
The Lake
The French First Set Up Trading Posts
In
The Area
Including Fort Rouill�
In 1720
Which They Abandoned As
The British Conquered French North America
In 1786
Lord Dorchester Arrived
In Quebec City
As Governor-in-Chief Of British North America
His Mission Was
To Solve
The Problems Of
The Newly Landed Loyalists From
The United States After
The US War Of Independence
At First
Dorchester Suggested Opening
The New Canada West
As Districts Under
The Quebec Government
But
The British Government Made Known Its Intention
To Split Canada Into Upper
And Lower Canada
Dorchester Began Organizing For
The New Province Of Upper Canada
Including
A Capital
Dorchester's First Choice Was Kingston
But Was Aware Of
The Number Of Loyalists
In
The Bay Of Quinte
And Niagara Areas
And Chose Instead
The Location North Of
The Bay Of Toronto
Midway Between
The Settlements
And 30 Miles (48 Km) From
The US
Under
The Imperial Policy Of
The Time
Namely
The Royal Proclamation Of 1763
Which Was Rooted
In Roman Law
Dorchester Arranged
To Purchase
The Lands From
The Mississaugas
A Provisional Upper Canada Government Was Set Up
In Newark (today's Niagara-on-the-Lake)
In 1791
In 1793
Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe Moved
The Capital Of Upper Canada
To Toronto
Which He Named York
Not Wanting An Aboriginal Name
Simcoe Originally Planned
For York
To Be
A City
And Military Outpost And
To Set Up
A Capital
In
The Area Of London
Ontario
But He Abandoned
The Plan
And York Was Named
The Permanent Capital
In 1796
The Mississaugas Set Up
A Settlement Reserve
In
The Area Of Port Credit
To
The West Of York
And Eventually Moved Further
To
The West
Simcoe Only Lived
In York
For Three Years
But He Directed Its Initial Settlement On
A Gridiron Layout Near
The Mouth Of
The Don River
In 1797
The Garrison Which Became Fort York Was Built At
The Entrance
To Toronto Harbour
Tensions Between
The British
And Americans Persisted
And War Broke Out
In 1812
In 1813
The Garrison Was Attacked
And Overrun By
The Americans Forcing
The British
To Retreat
In
A Parting Blow
General Roger Sheaffe Ordered
The Grand Magazine
A Timber Structure
On
The Shore Of Lake Ontario Packed With 30,000 Pounds Of Gunpowder
30,000 Cartridges
10,000 Cannonballs
And Numerous Musket Balls
Be Torched
To Prevent
It Falling Into American Hands
The Blast
Powerful Enough
To Perforate Eardrums
And Hemorrhage
The Lungs Of Some American Soldiers Massed Outside
The Fort Was Said
To Have Rattled Windows 50 Kilometres Across
The Lake
In Niagara
The Americans
Who Lost Their Commanding Officer
In
The Explosion
Proceeded
To Sack
The Town
And Burn Down
The Government Buildings But Did Not Take Possession Of York
Peace Came After Only Two Years Of
The War Which Ended In
A Stalemate
During Peacetime
York Steadily Grew
In Population
Although Its Infrastructure Lagged
Leading
To
The Nickname Of "Muddy York"
As
The Village Grew
Tensions Grew Between
The Ruling Class
In York
And Growing Merchant
And Worker Classes Who Advocated
For Reforms
York Was Incorporated
And Renamed Toronto
In 1834
Leading
To
The First Toronto Elections
Toronto's First Mayor William Lyon Mackenzie
A Reformer
Persisted
In His Efforts
To Reform Upper Canada
Culminating
In His Organization Of
A Rebellion
In 1837
Upper Canada Forces Defeated
The Rebels
And Mackenzie
And Others Fled
To
The United States
Peace Again Returned
To Toronto And
The City Steadily Grew During
The 19th Century
A Major Port Of Distribution
As Upper Canada Was Settled
Toronto Businesses Grew Including
The Meat Packing Business
Leading
To
The Nickname Of "Hogtown"
Toronto Continued
To Grow
By Annexing Outlying Villages Up Until
The Early 1900s
After World War II
Another Major Influx Of Immigrants Came
To
The Region
Leading
To
The Growth Of Numerous Suburban Villages
However
The Suburban Villages Did Not Have
The Tax Base
To Build
The Infrastructure
To Support
The Growth
In Population
To Support
The Suburban Growth
The Government Of Ontario Set Up Metropolitan Toronto
A Regional Government Encompassing Toronto
And Its Suburbs
In 1954
The Regional Government Built Roads
Water Treatment
And Highways
In Toronto
Although
The Central City Remained
The Largest Municipality
And Occasionally Defeated Regional Projects
Such As
The Spadina Expressway
And Other Expressways And
The Clearing Of
The Toronto Islands
In
The Second Half Of
The 20th Century
Toronto Surpassed Montreal
As Canada's Largest City
And Became
The Economic Capital Of
The Country
In 1998
The "megacity" Of Toronto Was Formed By
The Dissolution Of
The Regional Government And
The Amalgamation Of
The Toronto Municipalities Into One Municipality
In
The 21st Century
Toronto Has Integrated
The Core And
The Suburbs Under One Government
Although Many Bylaws Enacted By
The Former Municipalities Remain
In Effect
A Division Has Persisted Between
The Interests Of Those Who Live
In
The Former Suburbs
And Those Of
The Central Core
The Central Core Has Seen Unprecedented Office Growth
And Residential Growth
Particularly Of Condominium Apartments
While
The Former Suburbs
And Further Outlying Suburbs Have Seen
The Bulk Of New Industrial Investment
A Major Metropolis Of Just Over 2.8 Million People
Toronto
Is Also One Of
The Most Ethnically Diverse
In
The World
All Of This Growth Took Place
On
The Lands Of
The Original Toronto Purchase
Of Which Final Agreement Was Only Finally Reached Between
The Mississaugas And
The Government Of Canada
In 2010
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in Ontario evolved from early waterway travel
and First Nations paths followed
by European explorers
Ontario has two major east-west routes
both starting from Montreal
in
the neighbouring province of Quebec
the northerly route
which was
a major fur trade route
travels west from Montreal along
the Ottawa River
then continues northwestward towards Manitoba
Major cities
on or near
the route include Ottawa
North Bay
Sudbury
Sault Ste
Marie
and Thunder Bay
the southerly route
which was driven
by growth
in settlements originated by
the United Empire Loyalists
and later other European immigrants
travels southwest from Montreal along
the St
Lawrence River
Lake Ontario
and Lake Erie before entering
the United States
in Michigan
Major cities
on or near
the route include Kingston
Belleville
Peterborough
Oshawa
Toronto
Mississauga
Kitchener-Waterloo
Hamilton
London
Sarnia
and Windsor
This route was also heavily used
by immigrants
to
the Midwestern US particularly
in
the late 19th century
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Prior
to
the arrival of
the Europeans
the region was inhabited
by Algonquian (Ojibwe
Cree
and Algonquin)
in
the northern/western portions
and Iroquois
and Wyandot (Huron) people more
in
the south/east. During
the 17th century
the Algonquians
and Hurons fought
the Beaver Wars against
the Iroquois
European contact. Since
the 2015 election
the Greater Toronto Area
is represented
by 47 Members of Parliament
in
the House of Commons of Canada
Forty-six Members of Provincial Parliament also represent
the GTA
in
the Ontario Legislature
Five Senators from Ontario have also designated themselves
as representatives of certain areas
in
the GTA
in
the Canadian Senate
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