Old Toronto
Dissolved city in Ontario, Canada
Summary
Old Toronto is the part of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that corresponds to the boundaries of the City of Toronto prior to 1998. It was incorporated as a city in 1834, after being known as the town of York, and being part of York County. Toronto periodically grew in size by annexing adjacent land and municipalities.
Originally created by Martinsizon
3/29/2006, 9:12:23 PM
Modified
6/4/2026, 4:11:21 AM
Recent revisions
updated
added mapframe
Using the same skyline image used on the main Toronto Wikipedia page since it was taken very recently in 2026, while the old image was from 2022.
added link to U of T St. George
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minor copy edits
Removed good-faith but badly broken additions - clean it up, try again with Preview please
Added old Toronto's 2006-2021 populatiom
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/* Demographics */ there is nothing to update; the previous City of Toronto ceased when amalgamation occurred in the late 1990s
/* Demographics */ remove unsourced population counts from 2006 to 2021 inclusive per [[WP:CANPOP]]; Statistics Canada last published a population count for the former City of Toronto in 2001 and hasn't done again since
/* Demographics */
/* Demographics */ add 1851 and 1861 population counts and supply references for 1851 through 2001 inclusive
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rv, not a thing.