York, Ontario
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- This article is about the former City of York in Toronto. For the regional municipality immediately north of Toronto, see York Regional Municipality, Ontario. The city of Toronto itself was historically named York. See also North York, Ontario, East York, Ontario and York University.
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| City of York (Dissolved) | |
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| Country | Canada  |
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| Province | Ontario  |
| Established | 1 January 1850 (township) |
| Amalgamation | 1998 with Toronto |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | David Miller (Toronto Mayor) |
| - Governing Body | Toronto City Council |
| - MPs | Mario Silva, Alan Tonks, Joe Volpe, Carolyn Bennett |
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| Area [1] | |
| - Disolved city | 23.18 km² (8.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2001)[1] | |
| - Disolved city | 150,255 |
| - Density | 6,482.1/km² (16,788.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code(s) | 416, 647 |
York is a community in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Formerly a separate city, it was one of six municipalities that amalgamated in 1998 to form the current city of Toronto. Its population as of the 2001 census was 150,255, the second smallest of the six former municipalities, yet it is one of the most ethnically diverse.
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[edit] Demographics
- 57.1% White (chiefly Portuguese, Italian and British)
- 20.4% Black (chiefly Jamaican, African, and other Caribbean)
- 4.6% Asian (chiefly Vietnamese and South Asian)
- 3.7% Filipino
- 16.2% other (mainly Latin American)
Among non-visible minority groups, sizeable clusters of Portuguese (southern half of Oakwood - Vaughan), eastern European Humewood-Cedarvale and German populations live in the area as well. The religious demographics of York vary from Roman Catholic in the southern half Oakwood - Vaughan to Anglican in Weston to Jewish in Humewood-Cedarvale to even Rastafarian in Little Jamaica and the northern half of Oakwood - Vaughan. There are also significant numbers of Seventh-day Adventists, Pentecostals and Evangelical Christians.
York has many diverse neighbourhoods from middle-class Weston and upper-class Baby Point to the west to lower-middle-class Oakwood - Vaughan and upper-middle- to upper-class Humewood-Cedarvale to the east.
[edit] History
It was incorporated by the Province of Ontario in 1850 as the Township of York. It was bounded in the west by the Humber River, in the east by what would become Victoria Park Avenue, and in the north by what would become Steeles Avenue. To the west was the township of Etobicoke and to the east was the township of Scarborough, while to the north were the townships of Vaughan and Markham.
Humewood-Cedarvale was developed in the 1910s to attract development in the growing township. Oakwood - Vaughan was also developed during this time. In the 1920s, the character of the township changed, with its southern reaches abutting the city of Toronto taking on a more urban character, compared with the very rural character of the north. The decision was made to split the township in two, with the northern, rural portion becoming North York. The remaining, two pockets of unincorporated urban development at the north end of the city, were split by the village of North Toronto, which was by then a part of the City of Toronto. Within years, the Province of Ontario saw that this arrangement was impractical, and further subdivided York, creating the township of East York out of the eastern pocket. The Township of York contracted streetcar and bus services from the Toronto Transit Commission, but remained independent from Toronto. During this time, famed novelist Ernest Hemingway resided in the Humewood-Cedarvale community.
In the 1920s, York's first high school, Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute was built in 1926, along with York Memorial Collegiate Institute at Eglinton Avenue and Keele Street and St. Michael's College School at Bathurst Street north of St. Clair Avenue.
York was part of the federation of twelve suburban municipalities that joined Toronto in 1954 to form Metropolitan Toronto. York's first and largest library, York Public Library, was built near the intersection of Eglinton Ave. and Dufferin St. in 1964, later renamed Maria Shchuka and rebuilt. In 1967, it absorbed the village of Weston, and later became the City of York. It was amalgamated into the new City of Toronto on January 1, 1998. Since amalgamation, Maria Shchuka is part of the Toronto Public Library system.
York's Civic Centre is located at 2700 Eglinton Avenue West, between Black Creek Drive and Keele Street, near York's Museum and York Memorial Collegiate Institute.
[edit] Public Transportation
Although no subway station is fully in York, Eglinton West, St. Clair West, Old Mill, and Jane stations are just outside York's boundaries. However, only one GO station is in York, Weston station, is in the namesake community.
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| Municipalities amalgamated in... | ||
| 1998 | East York · Etobicoke · North York · Scarborough · Toronto · York · Metropolitan Toronto |  |
| 1967 | Forest Hill · Leaside · Long Branch · Mimico · New Toronto · Swansea · Weston | |
| 1883– 1912 |
1912: Dovercourt · Earlscourt 1910: Moore Park · North Toronto 1909: Bracondale · Midway · West Toronto · Wychwood 1908: Deer Park · East Toronto 1905: Rosedale 1890: Bedford Park · Davisville · Eglinton 1889: Parkdale 1888: Seaton Village 1884: Brockton · Riverdale 1883: Yorkville | |
