Old Toronto

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former municipality historic core neighbourhood cluster

Old Toronto is the historic core and former municipality of Toronto, encompassing the city’s downtown and many of its oldest, most densely developed neighborhoods.

Aliases (1)

Old Town Toronto ×1

Statements (101)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former municipality → historic core → neighbourhood cluster →
amalgamationDate	1998 →
areaCode	416 → 437 → 647 →
borderedBy	Don River valley to the east → Humber River to the west → Lake Ontario to the south →
cityIncorporationYear	1834 →
climate	humid continental climate →
contains	Allan Gardens → Art Gallery of Ontario → Bay Street → Bloor-Yonge intersection → CN Tower → Cabbagetown → Casa Loma → Chinatown → Church and Wellesley → College Street → Distillery District → Don Valley Parkway (southern section) → Downtown Toronto → Eaton Centre → Entertainment District → Financial District → Fort York → Gardiner Expressway (central section) → George Brown College St. James campus → Harbourfront → Harbourfront Centre → High Park → Hospital for Sick Children → Kensington Market → King Street West → Mount Sinai Hospital → OCAD University campus → Old City Hall → Ontario Legislative Building → PATH underground pedestrian network → Queen Street West → Queen's Park → Regent Park → Rogers Centre → Rosedale → Royal Ontario Museum → Ryerson University campus → Scotiabank Arena → Spadina Avenue → St. Lawrence → St. Lawrence Market → St. Michael's Hospital → The Annex → Toronto City Hall → Toronto General Hospital → Toronto Islands → Toronto Union Station rail corridor → Toronto waterfront → Union Station → University Avenue → University of Toronto St. George campus → Yonge-Dundas Square → Yorkville →
country	Canada →
dominantLanguage	English →
formerMunicipalityStatus	city →
governedBy	Toronto City Council →
hasCharacteristic	contains many of Toronto's oldest neighbourhoods → highest urban density in Toronto → historic street grid pattern → major cultural centre → major employment centre → major transportation hub → mixed-use land use →
hasPublicTransitOperator	Toronto Transit Commission →
hasSignificantPopulationOf	immigrant communities →
historicalPredecessor	Town of York →
locatedIn	southern Ontario →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
locatedOn	northwestern shore of Lake Ontario →
mergedInto	amalgamated City of Toronto →
namedAfter	Toronto →
partOf	Golden Horseshoe → Greater Toronto Area → Ontario → Toronto →
postalCodePrefix	M4 → M5 → M6 →
representedInFederalParliamentBy	multiple Toronto Centre and downtown ridings →
representedInProvincialLegislatureBy	multiple downtown Toronto ridings →
servedBy	GO Transit rail lines → Line 1 Yonge–University → Line 2 Bloor–Danforth → UP Express →
townOfYorkIncorporationYear	1793 →
usesDaylightSavingTime	yes →
wasSeatOf	City of Toronto government → Metropolitan Toronto →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dupont station → St. Clair West station → St. Clair station →	borough
King station → Summerhill station →	locatedInBorough
Financial District (Toronto) → St. Lawrence neighbourhood →	partOf
York, Ontario →	adjacentTo
East York →	borderedBy
Bloor–Yonge station →	locatedIn
Nathan Phillips Square →	locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
St. Lawrence Hall ("Old Town Toronto") →	neighbourhood
Bay Street →	passesThrough