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This timeline of the history of Toronto documents all events that occurred in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, including historical events in the former cities of East York, Etobicoke, North York, Toronto, Scarborough, and York. Events date back to the early-17th century and continue until the present in chronological order.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto is a viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 , a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 , localized in Toronto. Toronto is the most populous city in Canada, and the fourth most populous city in North America.
The Act split the colony into two. The eastern portion of Quebec became the Province of Lower Canada, and the western portion of Quebec (including Toronto) became the Province of Upper Canada. A provisional Upper Canada government was set up in Newark (today's Niagara-on-the-Lake) in 1791.
March 31 – Ottawa Senators win their 10th Stanley Cup by defeating the Western Canada Hockey League's Edmonton Eskimos 2 games to 0. The deciding game was played at Vancouver's Denman Arena; December 1 – Queen's University win their second Grey Cup by defeating the Regina Rugby Club 54–0 in the 11th Grey Cup played at Varsity Stadium in ...
Svend Robinson becomes Canada's first Member of Parliament to come out as homosexual. Maher Arar emigrates to Canada. David Lam becomes Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia. CHUM Limited buys the CHUM-City Building at the corner of Queen and John streets in Toronto as their headquarters. Conrad Black gains control of The Spectator.
February 7 - Toronto Maple Leafs star Darryl Sittler scores ten points in one game. March 14 - Toronto Varsity Blues won their University Cup by defeating the Guelph Gryphons 7–2 at Varsity Arena in Toronto; May 16 - Montreal Canadiens won their nineteenth Stanley Cup by defeating the Philadelphia Flyers 4 games to 0.
April 5 – The Just Desserts shooting occurs in Toronto, May 10 – Annular solar eclipse happened in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes. June – An Ontario farmer is allowed to grow 10 acres (40,000 m 2) of marijuana for research purposes.
The amalgamation of Toronto was the creation of the city limits of Toronto, Ontario, Canada after amalgamating, annexing, and merging with surrounding municipalities since the 18th century. The most recent occurrence of amalgamation was in 1998, which dissolved the federation of Metropolitan Toronto and its constituent municipalities, and ...