York County, Ontario
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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East Gwillimbury - now the
Town of East Gwillimbury*
East York - now in the
City of Toronto*
Etobicoke - now in the City of Toronto
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Georgina - merged with North Gwillimbury to form the
Town of Georgina*
King - still exists
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Markham - now the
Town of Markham*
North Gwillimbury - merged with Georgina to form the Town of Georgina
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North York - now in the City of Toronto
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Scarborough - now in the City of Toronto
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Vaughan - now the
City of Vaughan*
Whitchurch - now the
Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville*
York - now in the City of Toronto
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List of Ontario census divisions.
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1951 map of York County
