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History of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Journey back in time to Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Visit Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

• 1721 - France built fur post at Toronto
  
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• 1834 - York is renamed Toronto. William Lyon Mackenzie becomes the first mayor of Toronto.
  The city of Toronto started off as York, the capital of Upper Canada in 1793. York was incorporated and renamed Toronto in 1834.
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• 1848 - St. Michael’s Cathedral dedicated at Toronto
  
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  St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica
  200 Church St., Toronto, ONTARIO
  Established 1848
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• 1856 - Grand Trunk
  The Grand Trunk Railway opens its Toronto-Montréal line.
  
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• 1867 - Emily Stowe, the first woman doctor in Canada, begins to practice medicine in Toronto.
  
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• 1869 - Toronto
  Toronto. - The chief city of the Province of Ontario, is situated in latitude 43' 39' 24" north, and longitude 79° 2? 30" west, on the north-west...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1872 - WRECK OF THE ROBERT LOWE
  CONFIRMATION OF THE SAD RUMOR — EIGHTEEN LIVES LOST.
  
  TORONTO, Nov. 23 — The following particulars have been received regarding the Anglo-American...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1872 - October 1 - First case reports in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, of the Great Epizootic of 1872 (equine influenza, or the "horse flu") which will substantially disrupt life in North America by mid-December.
  
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  October 1, 1872
  
  
• 1873
  TORONTO, formerly YORK, capital of Ontario, an 1 one of the most flourishing cities in the Dominion, is situated on a beautiful circular bay, on the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1876 - The Toronto Women's Literary Club is founded as a front for the suffrage movement.
  
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• 1880 - Emily Stowe is finally granted a license to practice medicine in Toronto.
  
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  St. Andrews Church
  
  1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
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  College Avenue (Queen Street)
  
  1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
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  The Exhibition Grounds
  
  1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
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  Horticultural Gardens
  
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  A Sculling Match - Toronto Harbour
  
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  Toronto, From the Island
  
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  King Street, West
  
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  Toronto Street, and Post Office
  
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  University of Toronto
  
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  Toronto, From Kingston Road
  
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• 1883 - Augusta Stowe, daughter of Emily, is the first woman to graduate from the Toronto Medical School. The Toronto Women's Suffrage Association replaces the Literary Club of 1876.
  
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•  1885 - The city of Toronto, Canada, had a million-dollar conflagration Sunday night. The entire city was seriously threatened.
  
  St Joseph Herald
  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  August 8, 1885
  
  
•  1890 - TORONTO UNIVERSITY DESTROYED.
  THE CARELESS HANDLING OF LAMPS CAUSES A HEAVY LOSS.
  
  Toronto, February, 14. - Toronto university was totally destroyed by fire tonight. The loss is ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Stuttgartger Sanitary Woolen Underwear
  
  The T. Eaton Co., Toronto, Agts. in Canada
  
  Ladies' Home Journal
  November 1898
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  Queen's Park, Toronto
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  Island Park, Toronto
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• 1903 - The Ivanhoe, a popular electric car, is made by Canada Cycle and Motor Co. of Toronto.
  
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•  1904 - Pledge to Not Drink Liquor
  It is announced from Toronto that seven hundred children have recently taken the pledge not to drink liquor. It is a nice ethical question whether...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  April 19, 1904: Great fire in Toronto started
  The Great Toronto Fire destroys much of that city's downtown, but there are no fatalities.
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  April 19, 1904
  
  
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  Cowan's Swiss Milk Chocolate
  The Cowan Co., Ltd., Toronto
  
  St. John Daily Sun, St. John, New Brunswick - June 29, 1904
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• 1909 - The first Grey Cup game; the University of Toronto football team defeats Toronto Parkdale. A trophy has been donated by the governor general, Earl Grey.
  
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  Yonge Street looking North, Toronto, Canada
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• 1921 - July 27 – Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting announce the discovery of the hormone insulin.
  
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  July 27, 1921
  
  
•  1949 - 200 DIE ON FIERY SHIP. GREAT LAKES QUEEN BURNS. HOLOCAUST SINKS PLEASURE CRUISER AT TORONTO DOCK.
  400 HOLIDAYERS ESCAPE FLAMING DEATH AMID SCENES OF HORROR.
  
  Toronto, Ont., Sept. 17. (AP) - Nearly 200 ship-board holiday-makers, most of them...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1950 - SIX MEET DEATH IN FIRE TRAP.
  Toronto, Jan. 21. - (CP) - Refugees from Europe's barbed wire and prison bars died behind bars yesterday in their land of promise.
  
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•  1954 - Hurricane Hazel
  Hazel was first spotted east of the Windward Islands on October 5. It moved through the islands later that day as a hurricane, then it moved westward ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  March 30, 1954: Official opening of Canada's first subway (Toronto)
  
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  March 30, 1954
  
  
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• 1975 - Toronto's CN Tower becomes the world's tallest free-standing structure (Apr. 2).
  
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