Author: Darrel Pratt

Toronto was incorporated as the City of Toronto on March 6, 1834, but before European settlers arrived here, Canada’s largest city was home to Indigenous peoples for thousands of years. How long have Indigenous People lived in Toronto? 12,000 yearsFor over 12,000 years, Indigenous People have lived in the Toronto area. The ancestors of the […]

501(TTC Streetcar) 501 (Queen St East at Leslie St) is operational during everyday. How often does the Queen streetcar run? The 501 QUEEN streetcar runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week, between Long Branch and Neville Park. During the night, the route number changes, from 501 QUEEN to 301 QUEEN NIGHT, although streetcars […]

Why did the trolley buses disappear from Toronto’s streets? Bad timing, mostly. Electric vehicles have longer lifespans than their diesel counterparts (at least 30 years versus 12-18 for the average bus), but even these vehicles have to be rebuilt or replaced sometime. Why did cities get rid of trolleys? Bus lines were less expensive to […]

1893. In 1893, William Still and Frederick B. Fetherstonhaugh designed and built Canada’s first electric vehicle in Toronto, and in 1896, George Foote Foss from Sherbrooke, Que., built the first successful gasoline-powered automobile in Canada. When did cars come to Toronto? Canada’s first horseless carriage, an electric, was built in Toronto in 1893; the first […]

While the meaning of the term was initially unclear, Drake clarified in a 2016 interview by Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show that it derived from the shared digits of the 416 and 647 telephone area codes and the six municipalities that amalgamated into the current Toronto city proper in 1998. Why is Toronto called […]

Good Game. Means “Good Game“, and indicates one of two things: Either it was truly a good, fairly played and close match, or one team got slaughtered. Used as an insult. Either in the aformentioned way, or used to insult someone who has preformed an incredibly stupid act. What does GG mean in slang? Good […]

Canadian citizens must present a valid passport or a government-issued identification with a photograph, along with an official birth certificate. All visitors are required to travel with a return ticket or onward ticket for entry into Jamaica. Can I fly to Jamaica without a passport? Entry, Exit and Visa Requirements U.S. citizens are generally required […]

Toronto Demonym Torontonian Time zone UTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT) Postal code span M What do you call residents of Toronto? Noun. Torontonian (plural Torontonians) A native or inhabitant of Toronto. What are people living in Ontario called? Ontario Demonym Ontarian Official languages English GDP • Rank 1st Is Torontonian a real word? […]

In 1763 (under the Treaty of Paris) French territories in North America were surrendered to the British. The Toronto region remained in British North America after the founding of the United States during the American Revolution, after which several thousand United Empire Loyalists resettled in southern Ontario. Is Toronto British or French? Toronto was founded […]