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York is a district and former city within Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located northwest of Old Toronto , southwest of North York and east of the Humber River . Originally formed as York Township, it encompassed the southern section of York County.
York was a town and the second capital of the colony of Upper Canada.It is the predecessor to the old city of Toronto (1834–1998).It was established in 1793 by Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe as a "temporary" location for the capital of Upper Canada, while he made plans to build a capital near today's London, Ontario.
The 51 hectares (130 acres) park was built on farm land owned by John Bales, which later became York Downs Golf and Country Club in 1922. [3] The land was saved from development after the sale of the club which relocated in 1969 to Unionville, Ontario and was turned into an urban park [ 4 ] in 1975. [ 5 ]
Toronto is an international centre for business and finance. Generally considered the financial and industrial capital of Canada, Toronto has a high concentration of banks and brokerage firms on Bay Street in the Financial District. The Toronto Stock Exchange is the world's seventh-largest stock exchange by market capitalization. [167]
The York Pioneers were formed in 1869 in an attempt to preserve the heritage of York (now Toronto). The York Pioneer and Historical Society began on April 17, 1869, with the purpose of preserving the history of the Home District. A few months later, the York Pioneers Association was founded to collect and preserve historical information and sites.
Bridle Path–Sunnybrook–York Mills is a municipal and census district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and it is the name officially designated by Toronto City Hall. Traditionally, Torontonians regard this area as five distinct neighbourhoods that were formerly in North York before it was amalgamated into Toronto in 1998.
York Mills is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is centred around Yonge Street and York Mills Road located in the district of North York . In 2010, it encompassed the fourth and seventh most affluent postal codes in Canada. [ 1 ]
The York Civic Centre is a government building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [1] It is located at 2700 Eglinton Avenue West in the neighbourhood of Beechborough-Greenbrook . The building is used by the Toronto West Court Office and was the seat of the municipal government of the former city of York , Ontario .