King Street (Toronto)
King Street is a major east–west commercial thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was one of the first streets laid out in the 1793 plan of the town of York, which became Toronto in 1834.
| Maintained by | City of Toronto | ||||||||
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| Length | 7.9 km (4.9 mi) | ||||||||
| West end | The Queensway / Queen Street (Continues as Roncesvalles Avenue) | ||||||||
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| East end | Merges with Queen Street | ||||||||
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| Inauguration | 1790s | ||||||||
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After the construction of the Market Square in 1803 at King and Jarvis streets, to house the first St. Lawrence Market farmer's market, the street became the primary commercial street of York and early Toronto. This original core was destroyed in the 1849 Great Fire of Toronto but was subsequently rebuilt. The original street extended from George Street to Berkeley Street and was extended by 1901 to its present terminuses (both with Queen Street) at Roncesvalles Avenue in the west and the Don River in the east.
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