York County, Ontario

E190290

former county historic administrative division

York County, Ontario was a former administrative division in south-central Ontario that once encompassed the area around present-day Toronto before being restructured into regional municipalities.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
York County, Ontario canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former county ⓘ historic administrative division ⓘ
abolished	1971 ⓘ
capital	Toronto ⓘ
category	Former counties in Ontario ⓘ
contained	area of present-day City of Toronto ⓘ parts of present-day Durham Region ⓘ parts of present-day Peel Region ⓘ parts of present-day Simcoe County ⓘ parts of present-day York Region ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
created	1792 ⓘ
establishedBy	John Graves Simcoe ⓘ surface form: Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe
governmentType	county government ⓘ
hadJurisdictionOver	local roads ⓘ some local services ⓘ
historicalStatus	defunct county ⓘ
languageOfAdministration	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Ontario ⓘ south-central Ontario ⓘ
lostTerritoryTo	Ontario County NERFINISHED ⓘ Peel County ⓘ Simcoe County ⓘ
namedAfter	Duke of York ⓘ Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany ⓘ surface form: Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
originallyIncluded	Etobicoke Township ⓘ surface form: Township of Etobicoke Town of Georgina ⓘ surface form: Township of Georgina Township of King ⓘ Town of Markham ⓘ surface form: Township of Markham Township of Pickering ⓘ Township of Scarborough ⓘ Township of Vaughan ⓘ Township of Whitchurch ⓘ Township of York ⓘ
partOf	Province of Canada ⓘ Ontario ⓘ surface form: Province of Ontario Upper Canada ⓘ
region	Greater Toronto Area ⓘ
restructuredInto	regional municipalities ⓘ
seat	Toronto ⓘ
succeededBy	Metropolitan Toronto ⓘ Regional Municipality of Peel ⓘ Regional Municipality of York ⓘ
surrounded	area around present-day Toronto ⓘ
underwent	multiple boundary changes in the 19th century ⓘ
usedFor	land registration ⓘ local governance ⓘ

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York → historicalCounty → York County, Ontario ⓘ

subject surface form: York, Ontario