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The foremost historical organization in the province, The Ontario Historical Society, originally called the Pioneer Association of Ontario, was established on September 4, 1888 largely through the efforts of the Reverend Henry Scadding. It initially…

IN 1852, A COMMITMENT TO THE CARE OF OTHERS MOTIVATED A SMALL GROUP OF WOMEN TO OPEN THE MAGDALEN ASYLUM AND INDUSTRIAL HOUSE OF REFUGE FOR THE SHELTER OF HOMELESS WOMEN IN A RENTED HOUSE ON RICHMOND STREET. AFTER A MOVE TO THIS SITE IN 1860, A NEW…

City Hall was designed in 1887 by E. J. Lennox to fit this central site at the head of Bay Street. In one structure, these municipal buildings combined a City Hall, in the east portion, and Court-house, in the west. The building, constructed mostly…

Loyal residents of York (Toronto) were encouraged by early British victories in the War of 1812, but in 1813 they experienced first-hand the hardships of war. On the morning of April 27, an American fleet appeared offshore and began to send 1,700…

In 1859 the city leased land here from King's College, and in 1860 a park, named after Queen Victoria, was opened by the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII. Queen's Park was long considered as a location for new parliament buildings and in 1879-80…