| The cosmopolitan Canadian city of Toronto
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| | with the Treaty of Paris.During the
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| now has a population of more than three
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| | following decades the fate of Toronto was
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| million and the most ethnically diverse
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| | largely decided by events taking place
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| culture in the world. But three hundred
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| | south of the great lakes in the American
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| years ago it was little more than a
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| | Colonies. In the late 1770s and
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| portage where the Humber River flows into
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| | throughout the 1780s much of southern
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| Lake Ontario. It was known only to local
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| | Ontario was settled by United Empire
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| natives and a few French voyageurs.White
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| | Loyalists who were forced to flee from
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| Man Meets IndianThe first settlers in the
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| | the newly independent American
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| Toronto area were native North American
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| | authorities. And, along with British
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| Indians. Different tribes had inhabited
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| | settlers, missionaries, and governing
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| the area around Lake Ontario for at least
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| | elite the population and culture of the
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| ten thousand years. By the time Europeans
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| | Toronto region slowly developed and
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| first started exploring the region, the
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| | grew.The threat from an openly
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| predominant Indian tribes were the Hurons
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| | antagonistic United States was foremost
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| and Petuns.During the 1600s the Indian
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| | on the minds of most residents of the
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| populations of much of this part of North
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| | British colonies to the north, and as a
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| America were devastated by diseases
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| | result, Toronto and the rest of southern
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| brought to the new world by European
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| | Ontario experienced only slow growth for
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| explorers and settlers. As Indian tribes
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| | a number of decades.In 1793 the
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| were reduced by disease, tribes feuded
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| | Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, John
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| with each other for their very survival.
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| | Graves Simcoe, moved the capital of the
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| Indeed, some tribes did not survive.This
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| | province from Newark
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| was the state of affairs in the southern
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| | (Niagara-on-the-Lake) to Toronto and
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| Ontario region for much of the 1600s as
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| | renamed the town York. At that time it
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| Iroquois battled with Hurons. By 1688
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| | was still a very small town consisting of
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| however the Iroguois, who had moved into
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| | only about 50 families. In 1813 one of
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| the Toronto area, were in turn displaced
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| | the most decisive events of the War of
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| by the French, and gradually the southern
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| | 1812 with the U.S. saw York captured by
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| Ontario region was dominated by the white
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| | the Americans and many of its major
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| man.The Early French PeriodThe first
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| | buildings burned to the ground.But in
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| European to reach the Toronto area is
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| | spite of the damage done to York, the War
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| thought to have been Etienne Brule, who
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| | of 1812-14 represented the end of
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| had served under Samuel de Champlain.
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| | hostilities between the U.S. and British
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| Tradition has it that Brule "discovered"
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| | North America. As a result the Toronto
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| the Toronto site in 1615, but other
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| | and southern Ontario regions experienced
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| scholars question whether Brule ever
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| | accelerated immigration and much more
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| reached Lake Ontario at Toronto.The first
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| | rapid development throughout the
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| verifiable evidence of European presence
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| | 1800s.Toronto Develops Along With
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| in the area came with Roman Catholic
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| | CanadaIn 1834 the name of York was
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| missionaries working with the local
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| | changed back to Toronto, and in 1841
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| natives in the 1660s and 1670s. Seasonal
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| | Toronto became the capital of the newly
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| traders also regularly passed through the
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| | minted Canada West region of the United
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| area by this time, the most famous of
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| | Province of Canada.In 1867 when the
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| whom was the explorer Rene-Robert
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| | Canadian confederation was reformed and
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| Cavelier de La Salle.By 1720 the French
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| | expanded, Toronto carried on as the
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| had established a trading post on the
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| | capital city of the new provice of
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| Humber River at the base of what was
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| | Ontario.Toronto's population grew rapidly
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| known as the "Toronto Passage." And in
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| | in the late 1800s, with the population
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| 1750-51, the French built Fort Rouille to
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| | going from 30,000 in 1851 to 181,000 in
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| protect French interests in the area
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| | 1891. This rapid population growth was
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| against the British.Fort Rouille, or Fort
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| | almost completely the result of
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| Toronto as it was more commonly known,
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| | immigration. The 1891 population figure
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| was used as a trading post until 1759. At
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| | also included recent annexations of many
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| that time the French were locked in a
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| | smaller, outlying towns such as Parkdale,
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| protracted war with the British to decide
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| | Brockton Village, West Toronto, East
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| which imperial power would have the upper
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| | Toronto, and many others.Most of the
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| hand in dividing up world wide colonial
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| | immigration in the early and mid 1800s
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| interests. The French were forced to
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| | was from Britain and Ireland. As a result
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| retreat from much of inland North America
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| | Toronto became a thoroughly
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| in 1759. Before retreating from Fort
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| | English-Scottish-Irish town and remained
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| Rouille they burned the fort to the
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| | that way until immigration patterns
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| ground rather than having it fall into
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| | changed in the late 1800s.Rick Hendershot
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| English hands.The British Take OverThis
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| | publishes the Canada Travel Network. This
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| marked the end of French control of the
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| | article is adapted from Visit Toronto
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| regions we now know as Toronto and
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| | where you can find extensive Toronto
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| Ontario, and the beginning of English
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| | travel information, including information
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| domination, which was formalized in 1763
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| | about Toronto wedding photographers.
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