DCHP-3

Home District

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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in Upper Canada, the district that included York (Toronto) and adjacent townships.

Quotations

1798
We readily see the necessity of the Home district being divided, and of York being made the capital of a new district.
1846
Toronto lies in the home district, and is the capital of the Western Province of the United Canadas.
1964
Regarding the condition of the Jail. Thomas Ridout . . . laid before him the Court a letter addressed to him from the Sheriff of the Home District. . . .