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1616 – Date of an early map of New France, entitled La Nouvelle France, which included much of what would become Southern Ontario. The map is attributed to Samuel de Champlain. [6] 1639 Summer – Construction begins on Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, intended as a central headquarters for the French mission in Huronia. [7]
1890: The Toronto and Mimico Electric Railway and Light Company is established. Toronto Railway is established. 1892: November 3: The Evening Star is established. The Toronto and Scarboro' Electric Railway, Light and Power Company is established. 1893: April 4: Queen's Park and the Ontario Legislative Building opens. 1894: May 17: The ...
1870–1870s decade; Confederation era Hamilton boosters lose a commercial and financial edge to Toronto and consciously shift to the economic strategy of attracting industry. [5] 1870 – Daily temperature published. [1] 1872 – The Nine-Hour Movement is born, Hamilton unionists urge government to limit working hours to nine per day. [14]
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A 1755 map of the Pays d'en Haut region of New France, an area that included most of Ontario French explorer Étienne Brûlé surveyed part of the area in 1610–12. [ 2 ] The English explorer Henry Hudson sailed into Hudson Bay in 1611 and claimed the area for England, but Samuel de Champlain reached Lake Huron in 1615.
The District of Keewatin was created from a central strip of the North-West Territories to provide government for the growing area north of Manitoba and west of Ontario; while the North-West Territories consisted of several districts, Keewatin had an elevated status and many sources note it distinct from the rest of the North-West Territories.
1870 237 Queen Street East Old Town: Old Toronto 6 Collin's Block 1870 456–458 Queen Street West Alexandra Park: Old Toronto 18 Downsview United Church 1870 2822 Keele Street Downsview: North York 6 Duke of York Inn: 1870 1225 Queen Street East Leslieville: Old Toronto 18 37–39 Elm Street 1870 37–39 Elm Street Downtown Yonge: Old Toronto 18
The British North America Act, 1867, divides the Province of Canada into Ontario and Quebec and joins them with New Brunswick and Nova Scotia into the new confederated state of Canada. [55] [56] 1869–1870: 11 October – 12 May: A group of Métis led by Louis Riel mount the Red River Rebellion against Canadian intrusion and in the Red River ...