East York

East York [ ˌ istjɔɹk ], with an area of 21.26 square kilometers, the smallest district of Toronto. The census in 2001 showed a population of 115 185 for East York. It is located east of Downtown.

History

The area around present-day York in 1791 discovered by European settlers and called Dublin Township. This name was a few years later renamed by John Graves Simcoe in honor of the Duke of York, York. East York was an independent municipality in the county of York. The city on the eastern arm of the Don River developed in the 19th century to an industrial city. Important branches of the industry were at that time, among other things a distillery and several mills. Between 1840 and 1880 York was known especially for his prosperous farm.

East York was originally founded in 1967 as a district in the metropolitan area of ​​Toronto with halbautonomem status. In 1998 the merger of the " megacity " of Toronto. Since the 1970s, East York has become the capital of immigrants.

Demography

45.1 % of the inhabitants are immigrants East Yorks and around half of these (49%) migrated between 1991 and 2001 a. The immigrants originate, inter alia, from India, Pakistan, Jamaica, the Philippines and Sri Lanka. There is also a long resident community of Greek immigrants and a growing community of immigrants from China. While English is the predominant language in East York, indicate 42.6 % of the population that is neither English nor French as their mother tongue.