York County, Ontario
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York County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario.
York County was created in 1792 and was part of the jurisdiction of Home District of Upper Canada. It originally comprised all of what is now York Region, Peel Region, Halton Region, Toronto and parts of the current Durham Regional Municipality and the current city of Hamilton.
In 1816, Wentworth County and Halton County were created from York County. In 1851, Ontario County and Peel County were separated from York.
In 1953, Metropolitan Toronto was separated from York County. At this time, the townships of Etobicoke, York and Scarboro (now Scarborough) seceded from York County, and the county office was moved to Newmarket.
In 1971, the remaining portion of York County was replaced by the York Regional Municipality.
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[edit] Historic Townships
- East Gwillimbury - now the Town of East Gwillimbury
- East York - now in the City of Toronto
- Etobicoke - now in the City of Toronto
- Georgina - merged with North Gwillimbury to form the Town of Georgina
- King - still exists
- Markham - now the Town of Markham
- North Gwillimbury - merged with Georgina to form the Town of Georgina
- North York - now in the City of Toronto
- Scarborough - now in the City of Toronto
- Vaughan - now the City of Vaughan
- Whitchurch - now the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville
- York - now in the City of Toronto
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Boylen, J.C. (1954). York Township: An Historical Summary 1850-1954. Toronto: Municipal Corporation of the Township of York and the Board of Education of the Township of York.
- Sawdon, Herb H. (1961). The Woodbridge Story, 13-14,.
