Etobicoke

Also known as Etobicoke, Toronto, Etobicoke, Ontario, Etobicoke, ON

Key facts

Settlement.name: Etobicoke
Settlement.settlement_type: Dissolved city (lower-tier)
Settlement.image_caption: From top, left to right: Humber Bay Park East, Downtown Toronto from Humber Park, Gardiner Expressway from Royal York Road, Humber Bay Arch Bridge
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Etobicoke, Ontario (1995–1997).svg
Settlement.image_seal: Logo of Etobicoke, Ontario (Pre-1997).svg
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of arms of Etobicoke.png
Settlement.shield_alt: Coat of arms
Settlement.motto: "The Leading Edge of Metro"
Settlement.image_map: Etobicoke locator.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Etobicoke (red) compared to the rest of Toronto.
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Canada
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Ontario
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Toronto
Settlement.established_title: Incorporated
Settlement.established_date: January 1, 1850 (township)January 1, 1967 (borough)June 1983 (city)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: urban-type settlement
Country: Canada
Located in: Toronto
Population: 365143
Area: 123.93
Body of water: Lake Ontario
Image: Etobicoke Skyline.jpg

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Commons category: Etobicoke
inception: 1850-01-01
category of associated people: Category:People from Etobicoke
native label: Etobicoke

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Etobicoke (, ) is an administrative district and former city within Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Comprising the city's west end, Etobicoke is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the east by the Humber River, on the west by Etobicoke Creek, the cities of Brampton, and Mississauga, the Toronto Pearson International Airport (a small portion of the airport extends into Etobicoke), and on the north by the city of Vaughan at Steeles Avenue West.

The area of Etobicoke was first settled by Europeans in the 1790s. Primarily an agricultural district, it was incorporated in 1850 as Etobicoke Township. The municipality grew into city status in the 20th century after World War II. Several independent villages and towns developed and became part of Etobicoke, first when Metropolitan Toronto was formed in 1954 and later, in a 1967 consolidation. In 1998, its city status and government dissolved after it was amalgamated into present-day Toronto.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Etobicoke” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.