The Construction Of Union Station
In 1858 Dramatically Increased Commerce
As Well As
The Number Of Immigrants
Toronto Grew Rapidly
In
The Late 19th Century
The Population Increasing From 30,000
In 1851
To 56,000
In 1871
86,400
In 1881
And 181,000
In 1891
The Total Urbanized Population Was Not Counted
As It
Is Today
To Include
The Greater Area
Those Just Outside
The City Limits Made For
A Significantly Higher Population
The 1891 Figure Also Included Population Counted After Recent Annexations Of Many Smaller
Adjacent Towns Such
As Parkdale
Brockton Village
West Toronto
East Toronto
And Others
Immigration
High Birth Rates
And Influx From
The Surrounding Rural Population Accounted
For Much Of This Growth
Although Immigration Had Slowed Substantially By
The 1880s If Compared
To
The Generation Prior
Rail Lines Came
To
The Waterfront Harbour Area
In
The 1850s
A Planned "Esplanade" Land-fill Project
To Create
A Promenade Along
The Harbour
Instead Became
A New Right-of-way For
The Rail Lines
Which Extended
To New Wharves
On
The Harbour
Three Railway Companies Built Lines
To Toronto:
The Grand Trunk Railway
(GTR)
The Great Western Railway
And Northern Railway Of Canada
The GTR Built
The First Union Station
In 1858
In
The Downtown Area
The Advent Of
The Railway Dramatically Increased
The Numbers Of Immigrants Arriving
And Commerce
As Had
The Lake Ontario Steamers
And Schooners Entering
The Port
The Railway Lands Would Dominate
The Central Waterfront For
The Next 100 Years
In 1873
GTR Built
A Second Union Station At
The Same Location
Horse-drawn Streetcars Were First Installed
In
The City
In 1861
The System Continued
To Expand Into
The Present-day Toronto Streetcar System
New Rail Transportation Networks Were Built
In Toronto
Including An Extensive Streetcar Network
In
The City (still Operational)
Plus Long-distance Railways
And Radial Lines
One Radial Line Ran Mostly Along Yonge Street
For About 80 Km
To Lake Simcoe
And Allowed Day Trips
To Its Beaches
At
The Time
Toronto's Own Beaches Were Far Too Polluted
To Use
Largely
A Side Effect Of Dumping Garbage Directly
In
The Lake
Other Radial Lines Connected
To Suburbs
As
The City Grew
It Became Bounded By
The Humber River
To
The West And
The Don River
To
The East
Several Smaller Rivers
And Creeks
In
The Downtown Area Were Routed Into Culverts
And Sewers And
The Land Filled
In Above Them
Including Both Garrison Creek
And Taddle Creek
The Latter Running Through
The University Of Toronto
Much Of Castle Frank Brook Became Covered During This Time
At
The Time
They Were Being Used
As Open Sewers
And Were Becoming
A Serious Health Problem
The Re-configuration Of
The Don River Mouth
To Make
A Ship Channel
And Lakeshore Reclamation Project Occurred
In
The 1880s
Again Largely Driven
By Sanitary Concerns
And Establishing Effective Port Commerce
Toronto Had Two Medical Schools
Both Independent: Trinity Medical School And
The Toronto School Of Medicine (TSM)
During
The 1880s
The TSM Added Instructors
Expanded Its Curriculum
And Focused
On Clinical Instruction
Enrollments Grew
At Both Schools
Critics Found Proprietary Schools Lacking Especially
For Their Failure
To Offer Sufficient Instruction
In
The Basic Sciences
In 1887
The TSM Became
The Medical Faculty Of
The University Of Toronto
Increasing Its Emphasis
On Research Within
The Medical Curriculum
Trinity Realized That Its Survival Depended
As Well
On Close Ties
To Basic Science
And
In 1904
It Also Merged Into
The University Of Toronto Faculty Of Medicine
Crystal Palace Hosted
The First Toronto Industrial Exhibition
In 1879
The Event Later Grew
To Become
The Canadian National Exhibition
Toronto Modernized
And Professionalized Its Public Services
In
The Late 19th
And Early 20th Centuries
No Service Was Changed More Dramatically Than
The Toronto Police
The Introduction Of Emergency Telephone Call Boxes Linked To
A Central Dispatcher
Plus Bicycles
Motorcycles
And Automobiles Shifted
The Patrolman's Duties From Passively Walking
The Beat
To Fast Reaction
To Reported Incidents
As Well
As Handling Automobile Traffic. After
The Great Fire Of 1849
Toronto Improved Its Fire Code
This Was Followed
By An Expansion Of
The Fire Services And
The Eventual Formation Of Toronto Fire Services
In 1874
In 1879
The First Toronto Industrial Exhibition Was Held
A Provincial Agricultural Fair Was Held
In Ontario On
A Rotating Basis Since
The 1850s
And After Toronto Held
The 1878 Exhibition
At King
And Shaw Streets
It Wanted
To Hold
The Fair Again
The Request Was Turned Down And
The Industrial Exhibition Was Organized
The City Arranged
A Lease Of
The Garrison Commons
And Moved Its Crystal Palace Building
To
The Site
Eventually
The Garrison Commons Became Taken Over By
The Exhibition And
The Annual Exhibition Continues Today As
The Canadian National Exhibition
The Grounds Became Exhibition Place
And Hold Sports Venues
Exhibition Venues
Trade
And Convention Space Used Year-round
Immigration
. Transportation
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