The Town of York, incorporated in 1834 and taking on the official name of Toronto (partially to separate itself from New York City), has been an ever changing place. Buildings were erected and brought down (head to the Guild Inn if you would like to see some of the remains), streets were built and then added, and of course the Great Fire of 1904 happened which changed a good portion of downtown drastically.
With all the change that is currently underway downtown it is sometimes difficult to imagine what it must have been like over a hundred years ago. So to satisfy my own curiosity I’ve put together a collection of a few pictures of Downtown Toronto from 1866 to 1950, all thanks to the Archives found on the City of Toronto’s website. Enjoy!
(As a side note I found it amusing that even in the 1920s traffic downtown seemed to be an issue!)