| LC control no. | n 79079328 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Toronto (Ont.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Ontario--Toronto |
| Variant(s) | City of Toronto (Ont.) Corporation of the City of Toronto (Ont.) Duolunduo (Ont.) Horad Taronta (Ont.) Taronta (Ont.) Tô-lùn-tô (Ont.) Töront (Ont.) Torontas (Ont.) Torontu (Ont.) Torontum (Ont.) Tūrantū (Ont.) Tūrintū (Ont.) Tūruntū (Ont.) Τορόντο (Ont.) Таронта (Ont.) Торонто (Ont.) Горад Таронта (Ont.) טאראנטא (Ont.) טורונטו (Ont.) تورنتو (Ont.) トロント (Ont.) 多伦多 (Ont.) 토론토 (Ont.) Municipality of New Toronto (Ont.) |
| See also | York (Upper Canada) Metropolitan Toronto (Ont.) |
| Other standard no. | Q172 244542798 0000000404093523 117ab616-e9a9-49bc-988b-d410dce7b0a9 1205798 6167865 7013284 74b24e62-d2fe-42d2-9d96-31f2da756c77 |
| Biography/History note | Established 1793 as Town of York, incorporated 1834 as City of Toronto. Absorbed 1884 Village of Brockton. In 1953 became one of the member municipalities of the metropolitan level of government known as Metropolitan Toronto established by the Government of Ontario. Absorbed Jan. 1, 1998 the former member municipalities of Etobicoke, Scarborough, North York, York and East York. |
| Beginning date | 1834-03-06 |
| Associated country | Canada |
| Located | Ontario |
| Special note | Old catalog heading: Toronto, Ont. URIs added to this record for the PCC URI MARC Pilot. Please do not remove or edit the URIs. Non-Latin script references not evaluated. |
| Found in | NLC, 9-18-85 (AACR 2: Toronto (Ont.)) York, Upper Canada, 1984: p. ix (York, now Toronto) NLC, 2-13-86 (Town of York est. 1793, incorporated as city of Toronto in 1834) Info. from CaAE, Jan. 24, 2001 (From NLC auth. record: On Jan. 1, 1998, the cities of Toronto, Etobicoke, North York and Scarborough, and York, and the borough of East York were amalgamated as the City of Toronto) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 43⁰42ʹ00ʺN 079⁰24ʹ59ʺW) Wikipedia, June 10, 2015 (Toronto is the most populous city in Canada, and the capital of the province of Ontario; City of Toronto; established August 27, 1793 (as York); incorporated March 6, 1834 (as Toronto); York was incorporated as the City of Toronto on March 6, 1834, reverting to its original native name; 43⁰42ʹN 79⁰24ʹW) Bashkir page (Торонто = Toronto) Belarusian page (Горад Таронта = Horad Taronta; Таронта = Taronta) Bulgarian page (Торонто = Toronto) Greek page (Τορόντο = Toronto) Persian page (تورنتو = Tūrantū) Hakka Chinese page (Tô-lùn-tô) Korean page (토론토 = T'oront'o) Hebrew page (טורונטו = Ṭoronṭo) Latin page (Torontum) Latvian page (Toronto) Lithuanian page (Torontas) Japanese page (トロント = Toronto) Piedmontese page (Töront) Sicilian page (Torontu) Yiddish page (טאראנטא = Ṭoronṭo) Chinese page (多伦多 = Duolunduo) Canadian Geographical Names Database, May 21, 2024 (Toronto; located in York, Ontario; city; 43° 44' 30" N, 79° 22' 24" W; 43.7417, -79.3733) LAC internal file, May 21, 2024 (access point: Toronto (Ont.); variants: Municipality of New Toronto (Ont.) Established 1793 as Town of York, incorporated 1834 as City of Toronto. Absorbed 1884 Village of Brockton. In 1953 became one of the member municipalities of the metropolitan level of government known as Metropolitan Toronto established by the Government of Ontario. Absorbed Jan. 1, 1998 the former member municipalities of Etobicoke, Scarborough, North York, York and East York.) |
| National bib agency no. | 0100L5766E |
| Geographic area code | n-cn-on |
| Invalid LCCN | sh 85136126 |
| Quality code | nlc |
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