City of Toronto and Liberties, 24 June 1834

Surveyed by Samuel Proudfoot Hurd (1793-1853). Drawn by James Grant Chewett (1793-1862).
Manuscript map mounted on linen.
Toronto Public Library, TRL MsX.1918.1.3.
Crown copyright. Used with kind permission of Queen's Printer for Ontario on behalf of the Crown in right of Ontario.

In 1834 the City of Toronto was incorporated with boundaries extending far beyond those of the old Town of York. The city was divided into five wards: St. Patrick's, St. George's, St. David's, St. Lawrence, St. Andrew's. Liberties were attached to each ward for the growth of the ward or the creation of new wards. The boundaries of the city and liberties were the present Dufferin Street on the west, Bloor Street on the north, the Don River on the east including the area south of today's Queen Street, east to the far side of Lot 3 (now MacLean Avenue), and the lake on the south. This map shows the area from the waterfront north to the top of the 1st concession and from Lot 1 to the Humber River.