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The adjacent York County Coat of Arms and the female figure inside the entrance once adorned the York County Registry Office, formerly located on this site. Commissioned by the County in 1941, the sculptural reliefs were created by Jacobine Jones, a…

First occupant: Margaret Kennedy
Builder: James Crang

Designated under the Ontario Heritage Act, 1994
HERITAGE TORONTO

TORONTO LEGACY PROJECT AND HERITAGE TORONTO

THE AMERICAN BOXER RUBIN CARTER, KNOWN AS Hurricane Carter (1937-2014), WAS JAILED FOR 18 YEARS FOR A MURDER HE DIDN’T COMMIT. IN TORONTO, HE HELPED FREE MANY WRONGLY CONVICTED CANADIANS, WORKING OUT OF…

Between 10,000 and 13,000 years ago, Indigenous people walking in this area left footprints that were preserved in clay and later covered by Lake Ontario. In 1908, workers building a tunnel under the Toronto Bay located the footprints by…

Opened on July 6, 1870, the immigrant sheds near this site were an important transfer point for arrivals to North America. People travelling via train from Atlantic ports usually stayed a few days at this facility before continuing to their final…