Growing rapidly since the end of the 19th century, metropolitan Toronto now has over five million people. In 1834, the city became known as Toronto, from tkaronto, the Mohawk name for the narrows. Resentment lingered for some time after US forces raided and pillaged the community during the War of 1812. For info, and to make a donation to this fund, see Glad Day Lit.įounded in 1793, the city originally known as York was populated by many fleeing Loyalists from the United States. See updates from the Ontario provincial government.Īn Emergency Survival Fund has been set up to help support artists, performers, sex workers, tip-based workers and others who have experienced a swift and brutal loss of income in these difficult days. Travellers entering Canada by air or by land face testing and mandatory quarantine, and must provide traveller contact information on arrival. The US-Canada border has been closed to all non-essential travel until at least 21 February 2021. Emergency measures in the wake of Covid-19:
