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Toronto is Canada's largest city, North America's fifth largest, and is the provincial capital of Ontario. Population: 2,385,000 (1996), Metropolitan Area: 4,263,757 (1996). |
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Toronto is Canada's largest city, North America's fifth largest, and the provincial capital of Ontario. Population: 2,385,000 (1996), Metropolitan Area: 4,263,757 (1996). |
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Part of this confusion can be attributed to the succession of native peoples who lived in the area during the 18th century: Huron, Senecas?, Iroquois, and Mississaugas? (the latter having lent their name to Toronto's modern-day western suburb). Until the beginning of British colonization there were no permanent settlements, though both native peoples and the French did try. |
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Part of this confusion can be attributed to the succession of peoples who lived in the area during the 18th century: Huron, Senecas?, Iroquois, and Mississaugas? (the latter having lent their name to Toronto's modern-day western suburb). Until the beginning of British colonization there were no permanent settlements, though both native peoples and the French did try. |
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Governor Simcoe was concerned with opening military communications between the settlements in the southwest of Upper Canada (notably Niagara?, then Newark?), and those to the east (Kingston?, then points east to the border with Quebec). Yonge Street, which is today the center line of the city was intended as a military highway for the north-south direction, while Dundas Street linked east and west. The latter never fulfilled its goal, but Yonge Street is sometimes termed "the longest street in the world" as it snakes its way for 1,896 kilometers to [Rainy River]?, Ontario on the Manitoba border. In 1813, as part of the War of 1812, York was attacked and partially burned by American forces. It was in retaliation for this that British forces attacked Washington, DC the next year. |
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Governor Simcoe was concerned with opening military communications between the settlements in the southwest of Upper Canada (notably Niagara?, then Newark?), and those to the east (Kingston?, then points east to the border with Quebec). Yonge Street, which is today the center line of the city, was intended as a military highway for the north-south direction, while Dundas Street linked east and west. The latter never fulfilled its goal, but Yonge Street is sometimes called "the longest street in the world" as it snakes its way for 1,896 kilometers to [Rainy River]?, Ontario on the Manitoba border. |
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In 1813, as part of the War of 1812, York was attacked and partially burned by American forces. It was in retaliation for this that British forces attacked Washington, DC the next year. |
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Up until the 1970s, Toronto was the second largest city in Canada after Montréal, but a considerable spurt in growth since that time left it half again as large as its nearest rival by 2000. |
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Up until the 1970s, Toronto was the second largest city in Canada, after Montréal, but a considerable spurt in growth since that time left it half again as large as its nearest rival by 2000. |
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Landmarks include the CN Tower, a concrete transmission tower that (at 553 meters) is the largest free-standing structure in the world; the SkyDome?, the world's first sporting arena to feature a retractable roof; and the Toronto Islands, a 230 hectare park accessible from the city waterfront via a ferry line. |
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Landmarks include the CN Tower, a concrete transmission tower that (at 553 meters) is the largest free-standing structure in the world; the SkyDome?, the world's first sporting arena to feature a retractable roof; and the Toronto Islands, a 230-hectare park accessible from the city waterfront via ferry. |
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