Posted on Feb 1, 2016
The character that truly is Kensington Market started to take shape in the early 1900’s when Jewish immigrants from Eastern...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2016
Harbourfront did not exist until the early 1800’s. Prior to this, Toronto only extended south until about where today’s Front...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2016
The history of the Distillery District dates back to 1832 when two brothers-in-law, James Worts and William Gooderham, founded the...
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Posted on Sep 13, 2015
Formerly known as Norway because of the many Norway Pines that were grown and harvested in this area, the Upper...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2016
Leslieville was named after George Leslie and sons who were some of the areas first settlers and they opened a...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2016
The East End started out as a small farming community that was a considerable distance from Toronto. In the early...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2016
This is test data being used for pinned history for the various communities we have in the GTA. History is...
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Posted on Feb 17, 2016
The history of Toronto, Ontario, Canada begins several millennia ago. Archaeological finds in the area have found artifacts of First...
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Posted on Sep 13, 2015
In 1867, the Dominion of Canada was created with four provinces: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario. This marked...
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Posted on Aug 30, 2015
The history of Downtown is very much tied to the history of the City of Toronto itself. Downtown is where...
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Posted on Oct 9, 2015
Until the early 1900s, The Beaches was a wooded, swampy area only sparsely dotted with a few private homes. The...
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