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Celebrating One Thousand Years of Ontario's History: Proceedings of the Celebrating One Thousand Years of Ontario's History Symposium, April 14, 15, and 16, 2000. Ontario Historical Society, 2000. 343 pp. Baskerville, Peter A. Sites of Power: A Concise History of Ontario.
The history of Ontario covers the period from the arrival of Paleo-Indians thousands of years ago to the present day. The lands that make up present-day Ontario, the most populous province of Canada as of the early 21st century have been inhabited for millennia by groups of Aboriginal people, with French and British exploration and colonization commencing in the 17th century.
Timeline of Port Dover, Ontario history; T. Timeline of Toronto history This page was last edited on 6 October 2022, at 23:26 (UTC). ...
The dispute between Manitoba and Ontario ended as Ontario's borders were finalized, extending the province west to the Lake of the Woods and north to the Albany River. [30] October 2, 1895 The District of Keewatin was expanded to the portion of the North-West Territories north of Ontario. [31] December 18, 1897
First permanent English settlement in North America 1585: Roanoke Colony: North Carolina: United States: Settlers were left on the island on August 17, 1585. [13] 1587-1623 Mantle Site: Ontario Canada Massive late Woodland Huron-Wendat village site, with trade links reaching as far as Newfoundland. 1596 Monterrey: Nuevo León: Mexico 1597 ...
Ontario [a] is the southernmost province of Canada. [9] [b] Located in Central Canada, [10] Ontario is the country's most populous province.As of the 2021 Canadian census, it is home to 38.5 per cent of the country's population, and is the second-largest province by total area (after Quebec).
1780 – About the year that both Robert Land and Richard Beasley arrived. [1] 1784 – About 10,000 United Empire Loyalists are settled in what is now southern Ontario, chiefly in Niagara, around the Bay of Quinte, and along the St. Lawrence River between Lake Ontario and Montreal. They are soon followed by many more Americans, some of them ...
January 18 – 1875 Ontario election: Sir Oliver Mowat's Liberals win a second consecutive majority. March 1 – The Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto) is founded. April 5 – The Supreme Court of Canada is created. April 8 – The Northwest Territories is given a lieutenant-governor separate from that of Manitoba.