The Global City · event 5 of 13

1973

The Islands fight begins. Metro Toronto moves to clear the last island homes. Residents resist for two decades and secure 99-year leases in 1993.

The The Global City era

  1. 1954
  2. 1967
  3. 1971
  4. 1971
  5. 1973
  6. 1976
  7. 1989
  8. 1998
  9. 2003
  10. 2007
  11. 2010
  12. 2015
  13. 2023

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