The approximate geographical size of Toronto is:
- 700 sq. km.(approximately 37 km from East boundary to West boundary)
The limits of the City of Toronto were originally defined by the geographic limits of the original Township of York as surveyed in 1791. Over time, those limits have been amended as follows:
- West – the centreline of the Etobicoke Creek, the north limit of the original road allowance between the Townships of Etobicoke and Toronto aka Eglinton Avenue West and the west limit of the original road allowance between the Townships of Etobicoke and Toronto Gore, also known as Indian Line Road;
- East – the centreline of the original road allowance between the Townships of Scarborough and Pickering also known as York-Durham Town Line; in 1973 under s.150 (2) of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto Act, the area to the west of the Rouge River within the Township of Pickering was annexed by the Borough of Scarborough, removing the areas of Port Union / West Rouge from the Township of Pickering;
- South – the ambulatory natural water’s edge of Lake Ontario;
- North – the centreline of the original road allowance between the Geographic Townships of York and Vaughan & Markham, respectively. In 1975, an Ontario Municipal Board ruling changed the northerly administrative boundary of the City of Toronto to the “northerly” limit of the afore-mentioned original road allowance, also known as Steeles Avenue.
Toronto Map
