York, Ontario (borough and later city within Metropolitan Toronto)

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York, Ontario was a former borough and later city within Metropolitan Toronto, known as a largely residential, working- and middle-class community that was eventually amalgamated into the modern City of Toronto in 1998.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former city
former municipality in Canada
adjacentTo East York NERFINISHED
Etobicoke NERFINISHED
North York NERFINISHED
Old Toronto NERFINISHED
amalgamatedInto City of Toronto NERFINISHED
amalgamationDate 1998-01-01
areaCode 416
437
647
characterizedAs largely residential community
middle-class community
working-class community
containsNeighbourhood Beechborough-Greenbrook NERFINISHED
Brookhaven-Amesbury NERFINISHED
Fairbank NERFINISHED
Glen Long NERFINISHED
Keelesdale-Eglinton West NERFINISHED
Lambton NERFINISHED
Mount Dennis NERFINISHED
Rockcliffe-Smythe NERFINISHED
Silverthorn NERFINISHED
Weston NERFINISHED
country Canada
dissolved 1998
formedFrom former Township of York (in part) NERFINISHED
governmentType borough
city
historicalStatus one of the six municipalities of Metropolitan Toronto
locatedIn Greater Toronto Area
Metropolitan Toronto NERFINISHED
Ontario
notToBeConfusedWith Regional Municipality of York NERFINISHED
former Township of York, Ontario
partOf City of Toronto NERFINISHED
former municipalities of Metropolitan Toronto
postalCodePrefix M6M
M6N
M9N
regionType urban
timezone Eastern Time Zone
transportServedBy GO Transit NERFINISHED
Toronto Transit Commission NERFINISHED
UTCOffset −05:00
UTCOffsetDST −04:00

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Township of York hasSuccessorAdministrativeUnit York, Ontario (borough and later city within Metropolitan Toronto)