Toronto of Old

Henry Scadding

• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Year: 1987
• ISBN:
  9781459713567
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

In 1873, Henry Scadding, former rector of Toronto's Church of the Holy Trinity, wrote the definitive history of early Toronto. His detailed portrait of the streets, customs and prominent citizens is a goldmine of sights and insights into a Toronto long-since disappeared.

Toronto of Old was first reprinted in 1966 and has been out of print since 1973. The later version, edited by Frederick H. Armstrong is shorter than the original, with Scadding's references to outside cities and characters shortened or omitted to give the book a sharper focus on Toronto. This second edition is an updated and corected version of the 1966 edition.

The best history of Toronto ever written, "Toronto of Old" by Henry Scadding, has just been edited by Professor F.H. Armstrong of the University of Western Ontario... Armstrong's editing, with his written reasons for a series of cuts, has made it a tighter and more informative book than the original.
- Gordon Sinclair in Let's Be Personal

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Editor’s Preface to the Second Edition
• Editor’s Preface to the First Edition
• Editor’s Introduction
• Facsimile Title Page of First Edition
• Facsimile Dedication of First Edition
• Author’s Preface
• I. Palace Street to the Market Place
• II. Front Street from the Market Place to the Garrison and Back to the Place of Beginning
• III. King Street from John Street to Church Street
• IV. King Street: St James’ Church
• V. King Street from Church Street to George Street with Digressions at Church and Duke Streets
• VI. King Street From George Street to the Bridge and Across It
• VII. The Valley of the Don
• VIII. Queen Street from the Don Bridge to Caroline Street; History of the Early Press
• IX. Queen Street from George Street to Yonge Street
• X. Queen Street from Yonge Street to College [University] Avenue
• XI. Queen Street from College [University] Avenue to the Humber
• XII. Yonge Street from the Bay to Yorkville
• XIII. Yonge Street from Yorkville to Hogg’s Hollow
• XIV. The Harbour: Its Marine, 1793-1834
• Appendix I: The Pioneers
• Appendix II: Lieutenant Governors of Upper Canada, 1791-1841
• Appendix III: Biographies
• Appendix IV: Changes in Street Names
• Bibliography
• Index