Township of Scarborough

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former municipality township

The Township of Scarborough was a former municipality in what is now eastern Toronto, Ontario, that developed from a rural township into a major suburban community before its amalgamation into the City of Toronto.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Township of Scarborough canonical 1
former City of Scarborough 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former municipality ⓘ
township ⓘ
amalgamatedInto City of Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ
amalgamationDate 1998 ⓘ
borderedBy City of Toronto (pre‑1998) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pickering NERFINISHED ⓘ
Town of Markham NERFINISHED ⓘ
character rural (early history) ⓘ
suburban (later history) ⓘ
containedCommunity Agincourt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bendale NERFINISHED ⓘ
Birch Cliff NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cliffside NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dorset Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guildwood NERFINISHED ⓘ
Highland Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ionview NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malvern NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oakridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Port Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scarborough Junction NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scarborough Village NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
Woburn NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
development transitioned from rural township to major suburban community ⓘ
evolvedInto Borough of Scarborough NERFINISHED ⓘ
City of Scarborough NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedFrom York County NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType township council ⓘ
historicalRegion York County, Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance example of post‑war suburbanization in Canada ⓘ
locatedIn Metropolitan Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
eastern Toronto ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay City of Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Scarborough in England NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scarborough, North Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedBy Elizabeth Simcoe NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Greater Toronto Area ⓘ
primaryLandUseEarly agricultural ⓘ
province Ontario ⓘ
region eastern Toronto ⓘ
status defunct municipality ⓘ
successorAdministrativeUnit City of Toronto (post‑1998) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scarborough (former city) NERFINISHED ⓘ
transportationInfluence development of road network in eastern Toronto ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

York County, Ontario → originallyIncluded → Township of Scarborough ⓘ
Scarborough Rapid Transit → servedMunicipality → Township of Scarborough ⓘ
this entity surface form: former City of Scarborough