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Halton Region Burlington Green tick, Faculties of Ryerson University, Whitefield Christian Schools The American naval squadron exchange fire with Fort York during the Battle of York in April 1813 the American landing is depicted to the west (bottom left of image) On 27 April 1813 American forces led by Zebulon Pike attacked York After the British-Native force failed to prevent the American landings (in present-day Parkdale) British forces ordered a withdrawal realizing that defence was impossible Upon their departure British forces rigged Fort York's gunpowder magazine to explode it exploded as the American forces were about to enter the fort killing Pike and a contingent of his men in the following days American forces sacked the town and burned a number of properties including the Parliament Buildings the town remained occupied until May 8 when American forces departed the settlement In addition to the Battle of York two other American incursions occurred in the town during the war the second incursion occurred several months later on 31 July An American squadron originally planned to attack British forces at Burlington Heights; although finding the British too well-entrenched in the Heights opted to raid York instead the landings at York went unopposed with most York's garrison moving west to defend Burlington Heights American forces raided the town's food and military stores as well as destroyed several military structures before departing the same night The third incursion into York occurred a year later in August 1814 on 6 August 1814 an American naval squadron arrived outside of York's harbour dispatching USS Lady of the Lake to enter the town's harbour in an effort to gauge its defences. After the ship briefly exchanged fire with the improved Fort York built several hundred metres to the west from its original position the USS Lady of the Lake withdrew and returned to the American squadron outside the harbour American forces did not attempt a landing during this incursion although remained outside the town's harbour for the following three days before departing Post-War of 1812. . . In addition to snowstorms ice storms windstorms heavy rainfall events associated with tropical storms or very severe thunderstorms Tornadoes are rare but do occur Tornado warnings have been posted for the city on a few occasions in the early 21st century however no touchdowns have been confirmed in the city since a weak tornado hit Scarborough in the mid-1990s a pair of dangerous F2 tornados did touchdown in neighbouring Vaughan on August 20 during the 2009 tornado season Further information: Effects of Hurricane Hazel in Canada. ! .

. . . Toronto Academy was a former secondary school located on Front Street between Bay and York Streets and had ties to Knox College Toronto Established in 1846 as an alternative to provincial schools it severed ties with Knox College in 1849 and was closed shortly afterwards in 1852. William Lyon Mackenzie's son future Chief Justice Thomas Moss as well as first African Canadian doctor Anderson Ruffin Abbott Before 1987 a number of private Roman Catholic high schools were operated by several religious orders across Toronto in 1987 a number of these schools joined the public Metropolitan Separate School Board after the funding was announced beginning in 1985 They included:, 8 References Toronto is home to the Toronto Maple Leafs one of the National Hockey League's Original Six clubs and has also served as home to the Hockey Hall of Fame since 1958 the city had a rich history of ice hockey championships Along with the Maple Leafs' 13 Stanley Cup titles the Toronto Marlboros and St Michael's College School-based Ontario Hockey League teams combined have won a record 12 Memorial Cup titles the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League also play in Toronto at Coca-Cola Coliseum and are the farm team for the Maple Leafs The Toronto Blue Jays host the Detroit Tigers at the Rogers Centre in April 2008 The city is home to the Toronto Blue Jays professional baseball team of Major League Baseball (MLB) the team has won two World Series titles (1992 1993) the Blue Jays play their home games at the Rogers Centre in the downtown core Toronto has a long history of minor-league professional baseball dating back to the 1800s culminating in the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team whose owner first proposed an MLB team for Toronto The Toronto Raptors entered the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1995 and have since earned eleven playoff spots and five Atlantic Division titles in 24 seasons They won their inaugural NBA title in 2019 the Raptors are the only NBA team with their own television channel NBA TV Canada They and the Maple Leafs play their home games at the Scotiabank Arena in 2016 Toronto hosted the 65th NBA All-Star game the first to be held outside the United States The city is represented in the Canadian Football League by the Toronto Argonauts who have won 17 Grey Cup titles and play in BMO Field Toronto is represented in Major League Soccer by the Toronto FC who have won six Canadian Championship titles as well as the MLS Cup in 2017 They share BMO Field with the Toronto Argonauts Toronto has a high level of participation in soccer across the city at several smaller stadiums and fields Toronto FC entered the league as an expansion team BMO Field is an outdoor stadium that is home to the CFL's Toronto Argonauts and MLS's Toronto FC The Toronto Rock is the city's National Lacrosse League team They won five National Lacrosse League Cup titles in seven years in the late 1990s and the first decade of the 21st century appearing in an NLL record five straight championship games from 1999 to 2003 and are first all-time in the number of Champion's Cups won the Rock share the Scotiabank Arena with the Maple Leafs and the Raptors Toronto has hosted several National Football League exhibition games at the Rogers Centre Ted Rogers leased the Buffalo Bills from Ralph Wilson for the purposes of having the Bills play eight home games in the city between 2008 and 2013 The Toronto Wolfpack became Canada's first professional rugby league team and the world's first transatlantic professional sports team when they began play in the Rugby Football League's League One competition in 2017 Toronto is home to the Toronto Rush a semi-professional ultimate team that competes in the American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL). Ultimate (disc) in Canada has its beginning roots in Toronto with 3300 players competing annually in the Toronto Ultimate Club (League) Collegiate sports. Source: Statistics Canada website Censuses of Canada 1665 to 1871 See United Province of Canada for population after 1840 Church of England, The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms includes provisions that guarantee English and French language schools and reaffirms the rights of separate schools in Ontario Four school boards in Toronto provide public elementary secondary and adult education the four school boards operate as either English or French first language school boards and as either secular or separate school boards The number of school boards based in Toronto and the kinds of institutions that they operate are a result of constitutional arrangements found in the Constitution of Canada Separate schools in Ontario are constitutionally protected under Section 93 of the Constitution Act 1867 and is further reinforced by Section 29 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms French language schools in Toronto are constitutionally protected under Section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms In 1980 there were 7 French schools (secular and separate) in Metropolitan Toronto Maurice Bergevin the vice principal of the Etienne Brule School stated that a study from Montreal in 1971 noted that if francophones in Toronto had the same proportion of schools that anglophones had in Montreal there would be 31 francophone schools in Metropolitan Toronto According to a 1971 Canadian federal census Toronto had 160,000 francophones the number of French first language schools in Toronto has since grown to 26 (secular and separate) Several alternative schools in Toronto are also operated by Toronto's public school boards the oldest is ALPHA Alternative School which opened in 1972 the first conference for publicly funded alternative schools in the Greater Toronto Area happened in Nov 2012. Ontario's Ministry of Education distance education program the Independent Learning Centre is also headquartered in Toronto Secular. . . 4 Settlement Transportation Native trees in Toronto.